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Protests and Demonstrations

  • Blogs

    May 24, 2012

    Occupy Oakland Upset Over Proposed Shield Ban

    It seems that Oakland City Hall might have given Occupy Oakland a new reason to protest. The Council's public safety committee is mulling an ordinance that, if passed, would ban protesters from carrying shields during any and all demonstrations. The ordinance, backed by City Attorney Barbara Parker ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 14, 2012

    Occupy The Farm: Police Arrest Sleeping Protesters

    Early this morning, Occupy farmers released a statement, explaining that they agreed to peacefully leave the Gill Tract by 10 a.m., and have already started breaking down the encampment on the site that they have taken over since April 22. However, it doesn't appear that police are waiting around fo ... More >>

  • News

    May 9, 2012

    Unmasking the Anarchists: Occupy Oakland Returns

    Early this morning, Occupy farmers released a statement, explaining that they agreed to peacefully leave the Gill Tract by 10 a.m., and have already started breaking down the encampment on the site that they have taken over since April 22. However, it doesn't appear that police are waiting around fo ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 16, 2012

    Catholics Protest Gay Jesus Documentary at Castro Theatre

    If the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence's Hunky Jesus Contest on Easter just wasn't enough to piss-off the Catholics, next Sunday's world premiere of the documentary Corpus Christi: Playing with Redemption at the Castro Theatre probably will. The film follows 108 Productions' revival of Terrence Mcna ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 14, 2012

    Occupiers to Put on Ugly Hospital Gowns to Confront Wells Fargo Executive

    ​No better way to draw sympathy than to put on a hospital gown, right? Needless to say, protesters in San Francisco are getting creative with their campaign against Wells Fargo, the nefarious big bank that's screwed one too many homeowners out of their homes. Occupy Bernal Heights, along with the ... More >>

  • Calendar

    February 15, 2012

    A Nation Mobilized

    ​No better way to draw sympathy than to put on a hospital gown, right? Needless to say, protesters in San Francisco are getting creative with their campaign against Wells Fargo, the nefarious big bank that's screwed one too many homeowners out of their homes. Occupy Bernal Heights, along with the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 5, 2012

    Occupy Oakland: Police Raid City Hall Vigil, 12 Arrested

    Occupy Oakland More overtime!​Police moved in on Occupy Oakland protesters late last night, arresting a dozen as the demonstrated outside City Hall.The protesters were hauled off to jail just two days after the city revoked the Movement's permit to have a tepee on Frank Ogawa Plaza as part of its ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 29, 2011

    Occupy Oakland Camp Dismantled by Police -- Again

    ​Well, that didn't last long. Less than 48 hours after Occupy Oakland had returned with a new camp, pitching more than a dozen tents in West Oakland, police dismantled the encampment, removing squatters who had just made themselves at home. According to the Chron, police were instructed by the pro ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 13, 2011

    Occupy Protesters Clear Port of Oakland This Morning

    ​Port workers began lining up at 5 a.m. today, ready to get back to work after demonstrators managed to close the nation's fifth-busiest port as part of a massive West Coast effort to shake up the 1 percent. Only it wasn't the 1 percent they were necessarily interrupting. According to the Port of ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 7, 2011

    Occupy SF Protesters Storm Justin Herman Plaza, Refuse to Leave

    Lauren Smiley​Update (7:10 p.m.) Eighteen motorcycle cops have pulled up near the plaza while two more rows of cops in riot gear have lined up around protesters. A group of 40 protesters are in a circle, refusing to leave the plaza, noting that it is a public facility.Update (6:45 p.m.) Two people ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 30, 2011

    SFPD's Ugly History with Pepper Spray

    ​When San Francisco Police came calling in June of 1995, 37-year-old Aaron Williams probably didn't think it would be his last day on Earth. But as the pet-store-burglary suspect emerged from his house, a dozen officers piled on him. Police pepper-sprayed him, restrained him, and placed him face-d ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 18, 2011

    Advocates Link Inmate Suicides to Recent Hunger Strike

    Inmate suicides ​Advocates for prisoners involved in the recent hunger strikes are linking three inmate suicides to the unsavory prison conditions that prisoners had been protesting when they refused to eat state-issued meals for several weeks. The group, Prison Hunger Strike Solidarity, says John ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 16, 2011

    Occupy Oakland: Will Protesters Reoccupy?

    Occupy what?​It's been two days since Occupy Oakland was uprooted from its camp on Frank Ogawa Plaza, and the only thing the hundreds of protesters can agree on now is that the capitalism has ruined our lives and corporate media sucks. Other than that, there's been zero consensus on whether the mo ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 16, 2011

    Police Raid Occupy SF

    Erin Sherbert​Add San Francisco to the growing list of Occupy camps being gutted by police. Early this morning, San Francisco police raided part of the Occupy SF camp, removing tents along Market Street and arresting squatters. Media outlets are reporting that police moved in at about 1:30 a.m., a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 8, 2011

    Occupy Oakland Arrests: Armor-Wearing "Real Life Superhero" Faces Resisting Arrest Charge

    Superheroes or Villains?​Three of the Occupy Oakland protesters who were arrested after last week's General Strike turned chaotic were arraigned in Alameda Superior Court on Monday. Among them was a roughed up "real-life superhero" who had attended the march dressed as a ninja with homemade armor, ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 28, 2011

    Mayor Jean Quan Apologizes to Occupy Oakland, Gets Booed Off Stage

    Let's just say it will take magic to undo Quan's problems​Oakland Mayor Jean Quan is quickly becoming more unpopular than Ron Dellums, who made history when he decided not to seek a second term (he was that unpopular!). Quan, who allowed police to raid the Occupy Oakland camp on Tuesday morning, t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 24, 2011

    San Francisco Seems to Think OccupySF Protesters Are Just Homeless Folks

    There IS a difference between the hippies and the homeless ​Garrison Keiller once had a great joke on "Prairie Home Companion" about a Lake Wobegon driver who, spotting a a jogger on the road, stopped to ask if she needed a ride. Keillor knew there was great comic potential in the naive attem ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 18, 2011

    Occupy Wall Street App Comes in Handy When You Get Arrested

    Ping NewsThere's an app for that...​Some might say that the Occupy Wall Street protesters are out there trying to upend capitalism by demonstrating against big banks and economic disparity. But, somewhat ironically, it's these very protests that have spurred a new enterprise -- with the inevitable ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 5, 2011

    Occupy SF Movement Grows on Market Street

    ​Last week we told you about the Occupy Wall Street movement spreading all the way to the West Coast, including San Francisco. Near the Financial District, protesters have set up a makeshift home for themselves, equipped with tarps, food, rain gear, and, because it's San Francisco, they're attempt ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 4, 2011

    State Launches Investigation of Bay Area Lawyers Involved in Hunger Strike Negotiations

    ​The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation has barred two Bay Area attorneys from entering Pelican Bay State Prison as a hunger strike drags on at the facility, asserting that it is investigating them for alleged illegal activity that compromised prison security.The attorneys are ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 27, 2011

    BART Protest: Only Three People Showed Up

    Andrewarchy via Flickr And then there was one ... ​Despite the audacious demands put upon BART, including disbanding its police force, protesters seem to have completely lost their mojo. Last night, only three people reportedly showed up to the Monday night demonstration, which was (or would have ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 26, 2011

    Pelican Bay Hunger Strike Resumes

    Inmates go on hunger strike ... and not because prison food sucks​Inmates at Pelican Bay state prison are renewing their hunger strike after a short hiatus of eating prison food to protest the "inhumane" conditions, especially when it comes to solitary confinement. According to the hunger strikers ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 12, 2011

    BART Jams Cell Phone Service to Shut Down Protests

    No-speech zone?​This might just be a first in the annals of Bay Area transit agencies' political suppression (such as those annals are). BART has fessed up to jamming cell-phone signals yesterday at downtown stations in San Francisco in order to disrupt protests over the death of Charles Hill, who ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 11, 2011

    Protests Over BART Shooting Shut Down Civic Center Station During Evening Commute

    Eric C./twitpicRiot police at the cable car turnaround.​ Update 8:03 p.m. Seems like protestors are leaving the cable car turnaround area. Powell St. station remains closed, but -- knock on wood! -- things seem to be finally winding down. We'll sign off for the evening. Hope everyone gets home ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 17, 2010

    Pepper Spray, Arrests at U.C. Regents Meeting

    The times have a-changed since Mario Savio's day...​Prior to a meeting in which the University of California board is set to vote upon an 8 percent tuition hike, protesters were arrested and pepper-sprayed outside U.C. San Francisco's Mission Bay campus. U.C. Spokesman Pete King told the press at ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 31, 2010

    White Nationalist Group To Protest 'Machete' Movie With Machetes This Weekend

    Whitey, beware? ​A group of white nationalists will protest the new Robert Rodriguez movie Machete  -- which depicts a Mexican renegade attempting to assassinate an anti-immigrant senator played by Robert DeNiro -- at Bay Area cinemas this week. This gets even more interesting: The protesters ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 14, 2010

    Students Take Over S.F. State Student Union, Reportedly Pepper Sprayed

    The Cesar Chavez Student Center​KTVU news is reporting that 19 students took over the San Francisco State student union in the predawn hours. At least two protesters have been arrested, with unconfirmed reports that they were pepper-sprayed by police. A masked protester interviewed on television c ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 12, 2010

    Who Shows Up to Demonstrate on Day *Two* of Prop. 8 Trial? In the Rain?

    Joe EskenaziFive minutes before the gavel on Tuesday, and no one's showed up to say anything about it...​There were folks huddled outside the city's federal courthouse today whose views and behavior decidedly do not fall within the bounds of "San Francisco values." With the gavel about to fall, i ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 20, 2009

    A Primer For Those Curious About Today's U.C. Berkeley Protests

    Wheeler Hall​Anyone glancing at a television or computer is likely well-aware by now that students have barricaded themselves within a building on the U.C. Berkeley campus. It's a wise move; by this time next year they'll be unable to afford the bike locks, placards, or ASCAP royalties for "What d ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 13, 2009

    Queer Activists Pepper Spray Buju Banton Concert

    EKAphotographyBuju Banton perfoming at Rock It Room, before the pepper-spray incident​ Despite a landmark peace negotiation brokered between controversial reggae star Buju Banton and LGBT activists yesterday afternoon, protesters pepper-sprayed the crowd during Banton's concert last night at the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 21, 2009

    Interesting Double Bill at City Hall: Come for the Justice In Iran Rally -- and Stay to Raise Hell for the Public Defender

    Richard BuiIt's a protest double-header starring Jeff Adachi and the Iranian people...The beleaguered demonstrators of Iran could use a good public defender these days -- but, beyond that, we never thought to connect the totalitarian crackdowns in Tehran and the ongoing game of budget chicken betwee ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 30, 2009

    Out-of-Towners -- From Fresno, No Less -- Protest In San Francisco. Did You Notice?

    Like a Vaudeville act of old getting ready to take it to New York City, today's protester has got to ask himself if he's ready for the big time when he comes to San Francisco. We've got no shortage of expert, home-grown demonstrators, and budget season has distilled the best of the best. So, were ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 11, 2009

    Gavin Newsom Finds His Way to San Jose -- And So Did SF Weekly

    As part of his quest to become governor, Mayor Gavin Newsom held his latest "town hall" last night in San Jose. The question-and-lecture session attracted about 200 locals and a dozen protesters who trekked down from San Francisco. San Jose Mayor Chuck Reed joked he'd invited the demonstrators to ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 13, 2009

    Grave Robbery in San Francisco: Protesters Evoke Oscar Grant's Bloody Corpse to Flog their Causes in Gaza, Greece, and God Knows What Else

    Two protesters, nine photographers. This is a problem. The Prison-Industrial Complex or the Vast Right-Wing Conspiracy or whatever form The Man is assuming these days can rest easy in his bed. That's because the rabble-rousing radical left (aka white kids from the East Bay wearing hankies over their ... More >>

  • Calendar

    July 9, 2008

    We Don't Need No Maga

    Two protesters, nine photographers. This is a problem. The Prison-Industrial Complex or the Vast Right-Wing Conspiracy or whatever form The Man is assuming these days can rest easy in his bed. That's because the rabble-rousing radical left (aka white kids from the East Bay wearing hankies over their ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 7, 2008

    Opportunity to Protest, Gawk at Richard Gere, Conveniently Combined

    Two protesters, nine photographers. This is a problem. The Prison-Industrial Complex or the Vast Right-Wing Conspiracy or whatever form The Man is assuming these days can rest easy in his bed. That's because the rabble-rousing radical left (aka white kids from the East Bay wearing hankies over their ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 7, 2008

    Nude Torch Protesters: Don't Stand Too Close to the Flame.

    Two protesters, nine photographers. This is a problem. The Prison-Industrial Complex or the Vast Right-Wing Conspiracy or whatever form The Man is assuming these days can rest easy in his bed. That's because the rabble-rousing radical left (aka white kids from the East Bay wearing hankies over their ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 6, 2008

    Berkeley vs. Animal Rights Protesters: You're a Terrorist. No, YOU'RE a Terrorist.

    Two protesters, nine photographers. This is a problem. The Prison-Industrial Complex or the Vast Right-Wing Conspiracy or whatever form The Man is assuming these days can rest easy in his bed. That's because the rabble-rousing radical left (aka white kids from the East Bay wearing hankies over their ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 5, 2008

    Alameda Students Stage Mass Walkout

    Two protesters, nine photographers. This is a problem. The Prison-Industrial Complex or the Vast Right-Wing Conspiracy or whatever form The Man is assuming these days can rest easy in his bed. That's because the rabble-rousing radical left (aka white kids from the East Bay wearing hankies over their ... More >>

  • Film

    February 27, 2008

    Judgment Days

    The circus of the '60s, from the streets to the courtroom, in Chicago 10.

  • News

    January 30, 2008

    Code Pink Underestimates Anti-Lefty Sentiment in Miami

    The circus of the '60s, from the streets to the courtroom, in Chicago 10.

  • News

    April 27, 2005

    Save the Cute Animals!

    The inside story on protests against dog-eating, foie gras-enjoying, and fur-wearing

  • News

    August 25, 2004

    March Radness

    Ten inexpensive, pre-assembled kits to fit the needs of every demonstrator at the Republican National Convention

  • News

    August 4, 2004

    Live Nude Christian Protesters!

    The 200 block of Jones Street brings together homeless people, incensed Christians, and adult amusements

  • News

    March 26, 2003

    Feeding Frenzy

    Amid nervous cops and angry motorists, a squad of bike-riding activists delivered food to anti-war protesters

  • News

    December 12, 2001

    Thrill of a Lifetime

    The life of Will "The Thrill" Viharo -- the Bay Area's undisputed B-movie lounge king -- would make a good B-movie of its own

  • News

    July 4, 2001

    "They're Hijacking Our Rally!"

    Opponents of the Potrero Hill power plant expansion could use a lesson in organization.

  • Best of San Francisco

    May 23, 2001

    Best New Locally Produced Documentary

    Scouts' Honor by Tom Shepard

  • News

    October 25, 2000

    Dog Bites

    Fangxaminer; Mourning the Passing of the Arts; Looking for the New Bohemia

  • Music

    October 14, 1998

    Riff Raff

    Fangxaminer; Mourning the Passing of the Arts; Looking for the New Bohemia

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