SF News Photos: SF Abortion Rights Rally, 12/2 On Tuesday at the steps of San Francisco City Hall, activists gathered to rally for abortion rights -- specifically to protest the Stupak-Pitts Amendment. Here are some images from yesterday's rally.
SF News Abortion Rally At City Hall At Noon Today at noon, loads of pro-abortion (and, no, we will not call it "pro-choice," a sunshine-lollipop term that, ultimately, helps play a part in having abortion rights stripped away; if you can't even
SF News Photos: Climate Change Protest at SF Bank of America The Mobilization for Climate Justice -- described by Indybay.org as a "a broad and diverse coalition of organizations working for social, environmental, economic and racial justice" -- held protests across the world
SF News Cindy Sheehan Rocks Travis Air Force Base While we typically like to poke fun at Cindy Sheehan and the loopy ladies of Code Pink --because, let's face it, they usually deserve a good ribbing -- we have too hand it
SF News Cops Get Tough With UC Berkeley Protesters Oh dear. We found this charming video, which you can view after the jump, over at SF Appeal. It seems that during today's UC Berkeley fee-hike protest, some students got a bit rowdy.
SF News UC Berkeley Protest Update The Daily Cal reports that somewhere around 60 protesters have locked themselves inside Wheeler Hall. And...they're still there! (What happened to the crowbar, cops?) Wheeler Hall, obviously, is closed for the day.
SF News Protesters Take Over 2nd Floor of UC Berkeley's Wheeler Hall Early this morning, "dozens of student protesters" occupied UC Berkeley's Wheeler Hall. . "UCPD officers have surrounded the building, and some are inside," reports the Daily Cal. As of 9 a.m., "[p]olice
SF News Students, Workers Strike Against the Economy Affecting UC Bubble Your Kaja Silvermans and Teresa De Laurentises aren't going to save you now, UC ilk. The economy knows no bounds, it knows no AP scores, it known no misguided acceptance of one's own
SF News Photos: Last Night's Gay Marriage Rally Last year at this time, the gay community (and then some) lost their collective shit over the passing of Prop 8, a pro-discrimination measure that effectively pruned the rights of gay married couples.
SF News Maine Gay Marriage Repeal/Prop 8 Anniversary Rallies Sweep SF, the Nation After today's profoundly disappointing news that gay marriage was repealed in the state of Maine -- alas, unadulterated hate wins again -- rallies will be held across the country starting tonight. To find
misc Photos: Obama Protest at Union Square Obama, who is currently in town for a Democratic National Convention fundraiser at the Westin St. Francis Hotel, was met with protesters from both the left and right sides this evening, the majority
SF News CodePink Obama Protest In Union Square Tonight Protest-fetish protest group CodePink -- a social circle whose members wear pink feather boas and zany hats while shouting -- will be in Union Square tonight, protesting President Barack Obama's visit. According to
SF News Thousands of Protesters, <i>Ellen</i> Producers, Descend on UC Berkeley Campus Yesterday While an estimated 5,000 students and faculty packed Sproul Plaza at U.C. Berkeley yesterday to protest a whopping 32-percent fee hike in the next year, thousands of different students were distracted
SF News UC Walkout Events and Live-blog Fun Whenever we had walkouts at our protest-happy alma mater, more often than not we would press our lips to a bong and head to the beach and/or a bar for the day.
misc Photos: Yesterday's "Big Insurance: Sick of It" Rally Flickr photog Tristan C was on the scene at yesterday's "Big Insurance: Sick of It" rally at Embarcadero Two sponsored by MoveOn.org, which was aimed at bringing attention to the Anthem Blue
SF News UC-Wide Walkout Date Set In response to the UC President Mark Yudof's bizarre yet timely budget cut/fee increase plan, the UC-wide walkout date has been set for for this Thursday, 9/24. According to the terse
SF News Ronald McDonald Gets Surprise Pie In The Face By PETA Activist Wow. OK. At an appearance onstage at South San Francisco Day in Orange Memorial Park on Saturday, a PETA member got up on stage and smacked a guy dressed as Ronald McDonald in
SF News 14 Arrested During UC Regent Protest at Mission Bay Campus It has begun. Today, a day after a mass walkout was planned for the UC system, 14 protesters were arrested "after they briefly shut down a regents meeting this morning in San Francisco
SF News UC Walkout Planned Over Budget Crisis Aside from a freshly-packed bong and high-sodium meals, college students love nothing more than to protest something bad. The most recent something bad to move the UC system to protest is, of course,
misc Local "Notables" Pose for NOH8 Photos Everyone from Hilary Newsom to Bevan Duffy to San Francisco treasure/icon Joy Bianchi, above, participated in the NOH8 photo campaign, a campaign to help repeal Prop 8. The campaign involves people with
misc Video: Mother Jones Coverage of Saturday's United for Iran Protest Mother Jones compiled this great video coverage from Saturday's United for Iran protest at City Hall, which reportedly drew thousands of participants. It was part of a Global Day of Action taking place
SF News Photos: State Budget Cut Protest Leads to 17 Arrests So many protests causing a ruckus at Civic Center / City Hall these days, it's an embarrassment of riches, photo-wise. Today, we present to you Steve Rhodes' choice set of images shot at yesterday's
SF News Photos: Iran Election Protest, San Francisco, 6/20 Rumor has it there's more you can do to voice your support for Iranians protesting a fraudulent election than turning your Twitter avatar green. Take, for example, participating in a protest or a
