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Thanks to loyal SFist contributing photog Steve Rhodes, we have these pictures of the sizable protest that went down in Union Square last night, in which activists, Supervisor Ross Mirkarimi and local Iranian-Americans gathered to voice their support for the post-election protests in Tehran and to ask President Obama to support reform leader Mir Hussein Moussavi.

OK, listen up! For all those who believe in marriage equality, and even for those who just love a good protest march, DayOfDecision.org has all the details about protests planned for tonight in San Francisco following on the CA Supreme Court's ruling to uphold Prop 8.

SF Weekly has a slideshow of pics from yesterday's theatrical Greenpeace demonstration, where the basic idea was "fossil fuels are from the stone age." We think some of the participants took their slogan ideas straight from the org's national website instead of coming up with them themselves if only because one of them said, "Solar Power the Sears Tower," which, uh, might benefit from more of a local spin.

Lawrence Ferlinghetti isn't the only San Francisco luminary celebrating today. It's also Frank Chu's birthday!

The Bay Area's favorite protester, for years Frank has been walking the streets of SF with his sign demanding proper compensation regarding Soviet and American ex-presidents (and other galaxies) having filmed him and his family for something called "The Richest Family."