On May 13th 1960, a group of Bay Area college students gathered outside the Supervisors' chambers at City Hall on the second day of hearings by the House Un-American Activities subcommittee, which was touring the country to root out Communists in unions and the teaching profession. The SFPD ended up turning fire hoses on the kids to disperse them, and arresting 64 of them in a "riot" that got national attention and eventually led to the Free Speech Movement. As the Chron reports, HUAC's subsequent propaganda film about the protest completely backfired. ""People saw that film, and said, 'I'm going to Berkeley!'" says former teachers union prez Marty Hittelman, who was in the hearing room that day. [Chron]

Please welcome SFist's newest feature: Boycott Blotter. This feature is designed to let you know about what you shouldn't be buying, doing, attending, watching, or thinking about in the name of justice -- or, in most cases, in the name of public intoxication while jogging with your dick hanging out.

BAY TO BREAKERS: Citizens for the Preservation of Bay 2 Breakers want you to boycott the annual jiggling boob fest. Why? Because B2B's new rules go against "San Francisco values." (An aside: You know what else goes against San Francisco values? Using the term "San Francisco values.") As of yesterday, "more than 15,000 citizens had signed a Web petition vowing to boycott race registration." (Oh no, not a petition!) Angry citizen Stuart Schuffman tells Associated Press, "It's kind of the flavor of San Francisco ... If you can't be naked running around the streets here, where can you?"

Touche, Schuffman. Touche.

FRENCH TOURISM: A small but growing touristic boycott of San Francisco is underway by the French. Allegedly. It has to do with the Hugues de la Plaza murder/suicide. (If you recall, SFPD closed the case, claiming the one-time Hayes Valley resident and French native repeatedly stabbed himself to death.)

SFist received a crazy rant yesterday from someone (who failed to give us their name), asking for "a critical mass appeal for a touristic boycott on SF." He or she goes on to say:

Chef/crankypants Anthony Bourdain, the male flip side in the Rachel Ray world of food stardom, has made it a habit of slamming other celeb chefs. Brilliantly so. During an interview with DCist, Bourdain takes aim at Chez Panisse's Alice Water. Behold:

“Alice Waters annoys the living shit out of me. We're all in the middle of a recession, like we're all going to start buying expensive organic food and running to the green market. There's something very Khmer Rouge about Alice Waters that has become unrealistic.”

Bourdain added:

“I'm a little reluctant to admit that maybe Americans are too stupid to figure out that the food we're eating is killing us. But I don't know if it's time to send out special squads to close all the McDonald's.”

According to Hugh Merwin over at Gothamist, Bourdain was most likely referring to this recent open letter to the Obamas and her offer to serve as in his "kitchen cabinet." In her defense, every commie pinko tool in the Bay Area assumes they'll be working in the White House over the next four years, so: grain of salt, Anthony.

In the meantime, we eagerly await Bourdain's thoughts on Sandra Lee and the infamous Kwanzaa cake.