San Francisco’s General Strike, 90 years later

San Francisco’s General Strike, 90 years later

This week, we celebrate the 90th anniversary of the 1934 general strike in San Francisco, when 150,000 workers across the Bay Area shut down the city for four days in a tremendous display of worker power. The strike had begun on May 9 as a West Coast-wide walkout of...
U.S. Military Anti-vaccine, Anti-China Campaign in Philippines

U.S. Military Anti-vaccine, Anti-China Campaign in Philippines

On June 14, 2024, Reuters published an exposé showing that the Pentagon under both Presidents Trump and Biden ran a secret anti-vax campaign across Asia in order to sow doubt about China’s Sinovac vaccination. The majority of their efforts were put into the...
Beryl a Symptom of Global Warming

Beryl a Symptom of Global Warming

For the entire first week of July, Hurricane Beryl churned through the Caribbean Sea, causing catastrophic damage to some smaller windward islands and serious damage along the coastlines of larger islands like Jamaica and the coast of Mexico. That was as a category 4...
Review: American Dreams by the San Francisco Mime Troupe

Review: American Dreams by the San Francisco Mime Troupe

American Dreams A play for our time… This summer’s San Francisco Mime Troupe’s production, American Dreams, is a show not to be missed. It is a musical comedy for people of all ages. A lively song-filled exploration of the challenges faced by a grandfather and his...