SF News A Brief History Of The Long Tradition Of General Strikes In The Bay Area Our stages of grief and outrage over the Trump presidency have reached the refusing-to-show-up-for-work phase, with today’s national Day Without Immigrants and Friday’s proposed national general strike (another women’s general
SF News Nationwide General Strike Gains Traction, Scheduled For February 17 A proposed national general strike to oppose any and all things Trump has been coalescing around February 17, the Friday before President's Day when, presumably, a lot of people will be taking off
SF News [Update] General Strike Begins With Morning Picket At City Hall Picketing starts at #SF city hall for #Frisco5 #Frisco500 #hungerforjusticesf genera strike pic.twitter.com/kgY4qv7LGU— Mission Local (@MLNow) May 9, 2016 A true general strike, the likes of which we haven't seen
SF News May Day: This Is What Downtown Oakland Looks Like Right Now [Updated] General Strike Day is well under way over in downtown Oakland, and we've got this almost-live picture of the scene, shot moments ago by SFist intern Owen. It's basically a street party right
SF News Occupy Oakland Leads Monday's West Coast Port Shutdown Continuing with the momentum of last month's general strike, Occupy Oakland has organized a West Coast Shutdown to begin bright and early on Monday morning. The group has joined forces with Occupy groups
SF News Police Officer Busted for Covering Name Tag During Occupy Oakland Strike BLK PXLS captured this superb footage of an Oakland policer officer covering up his name tag during Wednesday's chaotic, tear gas-filled Occupy Oakland general strike. When asked about the black tap over his
SF News Video: Occupy Protesters Clash With Black-Masked Group During General Strike Although the Occupy Movement has emphatically preached peaceful non-violence during strikes and demonstrations, as we saw yesterday "anarchist groups" and fringe factions that take a different approach to the unrest are a growing
SF News Video: Pedestrian Intentionally Hit By Car During Occupy Oakland Strike? The following footage (via KTVU) shows a pedestrian being hit by car in downtown Oakland during the general strike. While, of course, the pedestrian could have moved and not slammed the hood of
SF News Gallery: Scenes from the Oakland General Strike Here now: photos from yesterday's general strike as seen by local photographers on the ground in Oakland, California.
SF News Oakland Braces for Occupy General Strike [UPDATED] The scene at 14th and Broadway, noted as the Occupy Oakland epicenter, has grown in numbers as the morning wears at today's general strike. With chants of "take the streets, take the streets"
SF News Occupy Strike Plans to Shut Down City of Oakland on Wednesday Last week, over 1,600 people at the Occupy Oakland General Assembly voted to approve a resolution to shut down the city of Oakland with a citywide general strike this Wednesday, November 2nd.
