Celebrity provocateur, filmmaker, and professional liberal Michael Moore is paying a visit to the impassioned kids at Occupy Oakland today, as he mentioned on his blog yesterday. His exact words, in a P.S. in a post titled "Life Among the 1%," were, "I will go to Oakland tomorrow afternoon to stand with Occupy Oakland against the out-of-control police." This should provide yet another reason for rallying support for the East Bay encampment that drew national headlines all week following Tuesday night's out of control police action against demonstrators. more ›

Since we've finally managed to forgive Michael Moore for besmirching the good name of Judah Ben-Hur, we are very much looking forward to his latest love letter to communism, Capitalism: A Love Story. Because there's nothing like a bespectacled Moore standing outside a big building, yelling into a megaphone. more ›

Hey, remember the Wikipedia scanner that tells you who's edited what page on the ol' Wikepedia? Well, we decided to have a little fun with it and see who's been playing with the entry for our beloved mayor. There's lots of fun to be seen: - Someone with an AT&T account deleted a Michael Moore reference because "[Moore] is not an SF voter. - A probable Republican (other edits to Reagan's funeral and the... more ›

We love documentaries -- they're like reality TV, with a popcorn stand! So you know we're totally psyched for SF Indiefest's sixth annual Docfest, which starts up tomorrow and goes through next week! more ›

Now, you could either watch the trailer for Michael Moore's new movie (about HMOs and universal health care) here on your computer (above)... OR, you could go outside and watch it projected onto the side of buildings in downtown SF and Oakland tonight! more ›

--Michael Moore loves Gavin Newsom. more ›

It wasn't just that shooting in Western Addition this morning -- it's been kind of a violent 24 hours there and in the Mission. more ›

Yeah, pretty much the only thing everyone's talking about is Ed Jew's arrest. But here's some other news! more ›

Now hating the war isn't just the domain of tree hugging hippies and the Defeatocrats-- it's the entire state of California. Today, State Senator Don Perata announced that he wants the entire state to vote on a referendum on pulling troops out of Iraq. Perata might be announcing it, but we see the evil workings of Barbara Streisand behind all this, probably in cahoots with David Geffen and Michael Moore. And even if Rosie lives on the East Coast, she probably has something to do with all of this too more ›

Even though we are way way past school age, we still get a little melancholy at the close of summer. Fortunately, our friends across the -ist network know that the shenanigans don't need to end just because the big yellow buses are back on the roads. So, grab your sunscreen and your favorite hangover cure, as we take a tour of end of summer fun from -ist cities all over the damn place. more ›

Here at SFist HQ, we were excited when we heard that Friend of SFist Eddie was going to go ahead with his plan (first rumored at SXSW) to give WebZine a kick start. In the last few months we've gotten drunk at many meetings, put together a panel, traded buttloads of email and spent most of our time thinking about the parties (that's how roll). more ›

We'll use this week's post to highlight the project of one enterprising Bay Blogger, Eddie Codel, who is leading the charge to produce an awesome event this September: Webzine 2005! more ›

Iraq. I'm not saying that it's going to be another Ira_ country in 2005 but I wouldn't die of shock if we start talking about pre-emptive strikes against nuclear capacities either. Sigh. more ›

We must have missed this in the midst of all the Apprentice hoopla, but last week the San Francisco Board of Supervisors did what they do best- passed a sweeping, half-baked but well-intentioned measure to put on the ballot. The legislation this time? Handgun ban. And we’re not just talking about the sale of handguns, but the owning of handguns. In something right of the fevered dreams of the NRA, the legislation calls for the confiscation of all handguns owned by residents (but not non-residents) within 90 days of the measures' passage. Like this is going to go over quietly. more ›

We do love our protests here in the Bay Area. We love them so much that we follow protests in other cities like some folks follow football. Except it's always the same two teams: the protesters versus the cops. You can guess who EssEffist is rooting for. Medea Benjamin, founder of Code Pink, led a delegation in the massive march on Sunday that some estimates placed at half a million people. The march was led by local boy made good Danny Glover, among others. He walked arm in arm with Michael Moore, who was invoked to jeers and laughter by John McCain during his address to the delegates yesterday evening. Speaking of delegates, the California delegation, led by Regent Parsky, Chairman of the UC Board of Regents (what on earth did he and Dolores Huerta talk about?), is definitely looking forward to tonights speech by the Governator. Look for the recap in tomorrow's Chron. While we've yet to hear 'The Miami Model' used, protest suppression seems to be running along similar tactics. Police have used mopeds and vespas to bring down bicyclists from Critical Mass and the Bike Bloc. Apparently bicyclists are especially dangerous - some estimates have put the number of confiscated bikes near 1,000, including the hi-tech graffiti bike from Bikes Against Bush. After demonstrating the technology to an MSNBC crew, he was arrested for vandlism, even after demonstrating that a water-soluble chalk was used to officers. Other tacticts have included mass arrests by officers without badges or other ID; protesters penned by riot police and orange plastic netting, and then arrested one by one; protestors being chased down by officers on motorbikes who are snaring them in nets; and reports of beatings by both riot squad and plainclothes police. Another tactic, which we've seen here in SF, is cops videotaping the proceedings as well as the protestors. Protest tactics have involved small demonstrations all over the city in order to spread the police forces. Union, Herald, Times and Madison Square have all seen action today. San Francisco political punk legend Jello Biafra was spotted at "The Man in Black Bloc" demonstration singing along with other protesters to "Ring of Fire" and "A Boy Named Sue." We know what Wonkette means when she says New Yorkers must feel like they've all been moved to San Francisco. For the latest in reports from the street, check out NYC Indymedia (which the Secret Service has reportedly been harassing), Indybay or listen in to Critical Mass (89.1 FM) or Pacifica Radio (94.1 FM). Boing Boing is on the geek-tech angle, and of course Gothamist is bringing it with the local coverage. more ›