Category Archives: SF Bay Area

May Day Mayhem in San Francisco

Posted on May 1, 2009 by

The forces of social revolution attacked luxury stores in San Francisco’s Union Square to celebrate International Workers Day. This is from SF-IMC: This action carried no demands. Its choice of geography and timing speak for themselves. It is safe to … Continue reading →

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Anarchists vs. Maoists at SF Book Fair

Posted on March 15, 2009 by

Ah, it’s that time of year again. Time for the San Francisco Anarchist Book Fair! A place to learn of the glories of social revolution, listen to tales of human autonomy, consensus and self-management and bask in the pungent smell … Continue reading →

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Shootings and Riots: From Athens to Oakland

Posted on January 10, 2009 by

A good friend of mine, call him Z, paid me a visit last week. I met Z in graduate school in NYC close to ten years ago and he currently resides in Athens. As the child of Greek parents, he … Continue reading →

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Political Cults: NATLFED

Posted on October 20, 2008 by

I was involved with a variety of organizations on the radical left for close to fifteen years. Some were genuinely enjoyable (working with a radical press) others less so (attending meetings at the “revolutionary collective”). But the craziest experience, one … Continue reading →

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Critical Resistance 10: Moonbattery Gone Wild

Posted on October 1, 2008 by

Critical Resistance had their 10th annual extravaganza in my former place of residence, Oakland, California. Cynthia McKinney, honorary queen of the tribe, had this to say (love those gasps from the audience): If you don’t want to watch the video, … Continue reading →

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Anarcho-Vandals Vs. Stalinist Shills

Posted on July 31, 2008 by

I was going to post something about the anarcho-vandal attack on the International Brigade memorial in San Francisco but Roland and Bob beat me to it. Plenty of comments by yours truly in Roland’s comment thread. Here is Roland: This … Continue reading →

Posted in (Anti and Post) Communism, Archives and Historical Memory, Archives, History, and Historiography, International Politics, Radicalism, SF Bay Area | 3 Comments

Patrick McCullough, Oakland’s Bernhard Goetz

Posted on July 17, 2008 by

I wrote a few weeks back about the possible appearance of a black Bernhard Goetz as a response to increasing lawlessness and violent crime in Harlem and other African American communities in NYC. Little did I know one such individual … Continue reading →

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Bay Area Graf

Posted on July 2, 2008 by

Roland‘s post on graf in Seoul prompted me to post these pics taken from some Flickr galleries. Here are two pics of one East Bay production executed by my peoples in FSC crew. SYRA, GIGS, HYDE GIGS and HYDE Here … Continue reading →

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Your Black Muslim Bakery, Inc. Linked to Seven Murders (maybe more)

Posted on May 4, 2008 by

I’ve blogged about Your Black Muslim Bakery, Inc. (YBMB) in the past. YBMB was raided by the Oakland Police Department after a bakery employee confessed to murdering Chauncey Bailey, a journalist investigating the bakery for a variety of crimes. Bailey’s … Continue reading →

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The Chauncey Bailey Project

Posted on December 22, 2007 by

I blogged about the murder of Oakland journalist Chauncey Bailey by thugs affiliated with Your Black Muslim Bakery back in August. Since then, a group of investigative journalists collectively known as the Chauncey Bailey Project have been probing into the … Continue reading →

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