SF News February 28th Economic Blackout Gaining Steam Posts on social media have been calling for a mass boycott of major retailers on Friday. The event appears to be attributed to People's Union USA, whose mission is a bit vague.
Arts & Entertainment Rose McGowan's Twitter Suspension Inspires #WomenBoycottTwitter Protest As a response to Rose McGowan's brief suspension from Twitter yesterday for sharing the private phone number of a Hollywood executive's assistant, people have joined together to protest Twitter and the spotty enforcement
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink French Official Bête Wants France To Boycott Calif. Wines Because we aren't the only people silly enough to boycott other regions, an official in the land of baguettes poking through wicker bike baskets has urged his country to boycott California wines in
SF News Southwest Airlines Boots 'L Word' Actress for Same-Sex Kissing L-Word actress and musician Leisha Hailey took to Twitter yesterday after Southwest Airlines booted her and her girlfriend from a flight for kissing. According to Hailey, "Flt. attendant said that it was a
SF News 19 Arrested During S.F. Immigration Rally Last night, 19 protesters were arrested during a sit-in on Seventh Street for immigration rights. Organized by the SF Bay Area Coalition for Immigration Reform, the majority of those arrested were clergymen. Last
SF News Turnabout is Fair Play: AZ Immigrant Law Supporters Boycott CA and SF In the continuing saga of West and East: Civil War 2.0, Arizona immigrant law supporters have called for a boycott of California -- which is downright impossible; like God, the Golden State
SF News Oakland to Join Arizona Boycott Oakland will join San Francisco in boycotting Arizona over anti-immigration/anti-illegal alien law SB 1070. Oakland Council President Jane Brunner, Vice Mayor Jean Quan and Councilman Ignacio De La Fuente will "join clergy
SF News Breaking: City Workers Banned from Traveling to Arizona Oh dear. Here we go. City workers are banned from traveling to Arizona for official work. SF Gate reports: "San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom announced today a moratorium on official city travel to
SF News Boycotting Arizona, A Bad Idea We had a pleasant tête-à-tête yesterday in the comments of SFist's "SF City Attorney Dennis Herrera Calls for Arizona Boycott" post. The quest to be right on the internet was, as expected, just
SF News SF City Attorney Dennis Herrera Calls for Arizona Boycott San Francisco’s City Attorney Dennis Herrera has called for a boycott of Arizona over the state's new (and frightening) immigration law (SB 1070) which was signed by Governor Jan Brewer on Friday.
Arts & Entertainment Odd March Against Muni on Monday Fed up with Muni's simultaneous fare hikes and cuts in service? A lot of folks are. This isn't new. But there's this march on Muni happening on Monday at 5 p.m. at
SF News Noe Valley Whole Foods Opens Today, Controversy Ensues The grand opening of San Francisco's fifth Whole Foods is happening right this very second over at 3950 24th Street in Noe Valley. Supervisor Bevan Dufty will be there to cut the tape.
misc Whole Foods Customers: Have You Been Boycotting? We were reminded yesterday of the recent Whole Foods boycott that's been gaining steam in the past month. Whole Foods CEO John Mackey wrote a Wall Street Journal editorial last month opposing the
SF News You Should Get AIDS and Die, You Pig... and Drink Rockstar Did you know that San Francisco-based Michael Savage, God-fearing KNEW performance artist who was literally banned from entering Britain for being mean, founded Rockstar energy drink? It's true. He used to be an
SF News Boycott Blotter: French, Bay 2 Breakers, Wharf 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 --
SF News Don't Forget: SFist's Matt Baume On KALW Tonight, 7:30 p.m. Be sure to check out voice of reason Matt Baume on KALW" tonight at 97.1 on your dial, or live right here. He goes on 7:30 p.m.-ish. SFist's Editor
SF News Gay Leaders Advise Against Prop. 8 Boycotting While wielding boycotts as political statements have had a history of effectiveness (look no further than the Montgomery, Ala., bus boycott as a prime example), and with publications like the Chronicle and the
SF News Cinemark's CEO Donated 9,999 Bucks to Yes on 8 Alan Stock, CEO of Cinemark Theaters, donated $9,999 to anti-gay Prop. 8. According to AmericaBlog, it's "time to avoid this cinema like the plague." But what say you? Cinemark operates 2700 screens
SF News Ask SFist: A Call for Constructive Prop. 8 Overturning Tactics Is it out of your system yet? While all of this in-fighting, blaming, exempting, and naive attacks of reverse-discrimination (a chortle-inducing term if there ever was one) has been fun, let's get down
SF News California Musical Theatre Aristic Director Donated to Prop. 8 Queers are calling for a boycott of the California Musical Theatre -- at least according to the -- after discovering that its artistic director, Scott Eckern, donated $1,000 to Prop. 8. Eckern
SF News Et Tu, David?: Eggers Pens NYT Op-Ed Piece About SF Olympic Torch In our continuing Beijing Olympic-boycotting coverage, Dave Eggers--the scribe ever well-educated San Franciscan loves to hate (because he's successful at what he does)--wrote a piece in this Sunday's about the Olympic Torch's
SF News Give Us the SF Olympic Torch Route, Activists Demand Tibetan activists and the San Francisco Darfur Coalition (who, by the way, are trying to turn the holy day of "Casual Friday" into "Darfur Friday") are demanding to know exactly where the torch
