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Flash Mob Occupies San Francisco (Slideshow)

Dancing Without Borders, an Oakland nonprofit, teamed up with Code Pink and the National Organization for Women over the weekend to breath new life into the Occupy movement in both San Francisco and Oakland. These activists-turned-dancers put on a show for the 100 percent living in the two cities, p ... More >>

Flash Mob to Occupy San Francisco and Oakland

Flash mobs are arguably the only good type of mob. It was supposed to be just another ordinary visit to the mall, and then bam. A crowd of people spontaneously broke into dance. That's why Dancing Without Borders, an Oakland nonprofit, is teaming up with Code Pink and the National Organization ... More >>

Tim Pawlenty Gets Glitter Bombed at San Francisco Book Signing (Video)

Has no heart to leave in San Francisco ​The incredible nerve of GOP presidential candidate Tim Pawlenty to camp out in San Francisco and sign copies of his book Courage to Stand. But San Francisco showed him. The man who is seemingly anti everything (gays, abortions, nonChristians) was unpleasantl ... More >>

Female Activists Strip Down in Front of Feinstein's S.F. Office, Protest WikiLeaks Case

When a phone call to your senator doesn't get attention​If you were passing through downtown San Francisco early this morning your eyes might have wandered over to a group of women staging a protest San Francisco-style -- without their clothes on.What you saw was a handful of women from San Franci ... More >>

Bay Links: Snow, Meth, & Code Pink

​So, it snowed in the Bay Area today. That happened. [NYT Bay Area]A great interview with "All Over Coffee" artist Paul Madonna. Hint: There is a Magnum P.I. painting in your future. [The Rumpus]Do you live West of Twin Peaks? Do you like meth? You're in the right place! [SFAppeal]The reviewer is ... More >>

SF Weekly Letters

​So, it snowed in the Bay Area today. That happened. [NYT Bay Area]A great interview with "All Over Coffee" artist Paul Madonna. Hint: There is a Magnum P.I. painting in your future. [The Rumpus]Do you live West of Twin Peaks? Do you like meth? You're in the right place! [SFAppeal]The reviewer is ... More >>

Bay Links: Kittens, Code Pink & Bikes

​If you like kittens and cupcakes, you'll love this. [Mission Mission]Transportation may be a total shitshow this weekend. [SFAppeal]Code Pink's Madea Benjamin talks about her trip to Afghanistan. [SFgate Politics Blog]The nerdy dozens: "Yo momma so stupid, she thinks the Large Hadron Collider is ... More >>

Transgender Activists Staying Home From Obama Protests, But Waiting for President to Back Up Trans-Friendly Words

Code Pink on the left! Teabaggers on the right! Apparently, however, the transgender community still has President Obama's back.​While Michelle Obama marked an earlier San Francisco visit by getting her hands dirty volunteering at a Bayview playground, the O will be skipping a ... More >>

President Didn't Show For President's Cup -- But Code Pink Did

Courtesy Code PinkWhat did you do to promote world peace today, Tiger?​San Franciscans heading to the southwest of the city for the weekend's President's Cup golf tournament may not have been 100 percent certain if the president -- and those who'd like to tell him a thing or two -- would be headin ... More >>

Code Pink Coyly Noncommital on Whether They'll Crash Obama's Tee Time at Harding Park

Fore!​During this weekend's President's Cup Golf Tournament at Harding Park, Michael Jordan, Tiger Woods, and President Barack Obama are all scheduled to be within cigar smoke-blowing distance of one-another, and 25,000 fans are expected to attend. There hasn't been a development this exciting in ... More >>

SF Gov InAction: The Budget Still Sucks, But Now I Want to Hug Chris Daly

Tonight's JROTC Vote Pits Education Against the Politics of Educators

Tonight the San Francisco school board prepares to make a momentous decision on the final fate of JROTC in city schools -- in effect deciding whether the political agenda of the district will opt students out. So, it's worth noting that no less a bastion of liberal educational policy than The Chroni ... More >>

The Economist: Obama Better Watch Out -- Medea Benjamin Is Pissed!

Medea Benjamin, kingmakerThe British, it seems, know San Franciscans better than we know ourselves. Wanna make a miniseries out of Tales of the City? Hire a British director and star. Wanna know where to tool around in town? Read the Telegraph. Wanna gauge the political power of local figures? Read ... More >>

S.F. activist Suzi Chang seeks to give Bush pink slip

Medea Benjamin, kingmakerThe British, it seems, know San Franciscans better than we know ourselves. Wanna make a miniseries out of Tales of the City? Hire a British director and star. Wanna know where to tool around in town? Read the Telegraph. Wanna gauge the political power of local figures? Read ... More >>

Iraqi Shoe Guy Disses San Francisco

By Matt Smith When Muntadar al-Zaidi of Cairo-based al-Baghdadia TV threw his size 10 shoes at President George Bush, San Franciscans were thrilled. It now appears, however, that it's not just George W. Bush who was knocked down a notch by Zaidi's impressive pitching. His filthy flying apparel ma ... More >>

No Dickensian Christmas in SF as Harlots, Peaceniks, Go to Washington

Traditional Christmas in San Francisco is a colorful Charles Dickens pageant of ragtag peaceniks and harlots on Market. Street, in the Tenderloin, and in the Mission. Most years, they recreate the mood of a Victorian-London slum by begging passersby for alms in exchange for political pamphlets or se ... More >>

The Audacity of (No) Hope: Cindy Sheehan's Quixotic Quest

Traditional Christmas in San Francisco is a colorful Charles Dickens pageant of ragtag peaceniks and harlots on Market. Street, in the Tenderloin, and in the Mission. Most years, they recreate the mood of a Victorian-London slum by begging passersby for alms in exchange for political pamphlets or se ... More >>

Meet the Artist General

Traditional Christmas in San Francisco is a colorful Charles Dickens pageant of ragtag peaceniks and harlots on Market. Street, in the Tenderloin, and in the Mission. Most years, they recreate the mood of a Victorian-London slum by begging passersby for alms in exchange for political pamphlets or se ... More >>

Pike-Wielding Anti-Castro Protesters Terrorize SF's CODEPINK Commies

Traditional Christmas in San Francisco is a colorful Charles Dickens pageant of ragtag peaceniks and harlots on Market. Street, in the Tenderloin, and in the Mission. Most years, they recreate the mood of a Victorian-London slum by begging passersby for alms in exchange for political pamphlets or se ... More >>

Code Pink Underestimates Anti-Lefty Sentiment in Miami

Traditional Christmas in San Francisco is a colorful Charles Dickens pageant of ragtag peaceniks and harlots on Market. Street, in the Tenderloin, and in the Mission. Most years, they recreate the mood of a Victorian-London slum by begging passersby for alms in exchange for political pamphlets or se ... More >>

Pretty Rowdy in Pink

How some ladies from S.F. will harass Hillary Clinton into being the tipping point against the Iraq War

Pacifists for War

How the fractured counterrecruitment movement includes those hoping to bring the draft back

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