Last night at the Hilton Hotel where a group of activists lead by a woman named Mollie, who is a fierce and lead voice of the Anti-Police Terror Project, tried to prevent the boarding of buses by mayors and staff was met by the full force and numbers of the San Francisco Police Department. Some politicians, police officers, […]
By Steven Miller on January 1, 2014 3:47 pm / TAKEOVER “Capitalism in the 21st Century is no longer based largely on profits […]
When the Occupy movement injected ideas about general strikes and economic inequality into public conversation, these concepts were news for many people. But in San Francisco in 1934, and in Oakland in 1946, the General Strike wasn’t a concept or a goal: it happened. In “California Labor History,” a three unit San Francisco City College […]
On February 1, 1960, four black students took seats at a lunch counter at the Greensboro, North Carolina, Woolworth’s. The white waitresses ignored them. They remained in their seats. Supervisors told them to leave. Woolworth’s in North Carolina didn’t serve colored people. The students refused to move and demanded service. In the early Spring of […]
The world has gone batty, or at least the world I know. Someone has decided to bring tourists to the Tenderloin. There is a good reason they do not go there. There is also a reason they do and the reasons are one in the same—Drugs and other gritty subjects. San Francisco Detours Into Reality […]
A 2006 BBC poll showed the United States as the “biggest global peace threat.” BBC summarized their survey: “People in European and Muslim countries see US policy in Iraq as a bigger threat to world peace than Iran’s nuclear programme.” June 14, 2006. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/5077984.stm This poor rating contrasts with the State Department’s image of our […]
When Ronald Reagan ran for re-election for president in 1984, he declared that it was “springtime for America”. He should have said it was “springtime for Corporate America.” Under his administration and those that followed, Corporate America and the world wide capitalist class increased its domination of the world, seemingly without an equivalent resistance from […]
As Jose` was thoughtfully explaining how an effective thesis statement works, the fire alarm pierced his words, shutting him up, and as we hurriedly packed our bags to rush out of the room, shutting down the lesson and the class for the day. Our class rushed into a river of students from other classes, from […]
New Research on State Crimes Against Democracy By Peter Phillips and Mickey Huff New research in the journal American Behavioral Scientist (Sage publications, February 2010) addresses the concept of “State Crimes Against Democracy” (SCAD). Professor Lance deHaven-Smith from Florida State University writes that SCADs involve highlevel government officials, often in combination with private interests, that […]