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Stanford Stands for Choice on Valentine's Day 
Activists in Palo Alto shut down a major downtown intersection during rush hour to call attention to an impending crisis. The US Supreme Court is poised to dismantle Roe v. Wade if immediate and mass action doesn't stop it....
Posted: Fri, Feb 18, 2022 3:06am PST
Memorial Service & Demand for Justice for Chinedu Valentine Okobi 
A resident of San Mateo County is nine times more likely to get arrested if they are a Black person than if they were white. It can happen just as it did to Chinedu Okobi. On February 13, Okobi's birthday, a memorial event was held at the approximate location where Okobi was tased to death by county sheriff's deputies on October 3, 2018....
Posted: Thu, Feb 17, 2022 4:13am PST
Whole Foods Protest on Bezos' Birthday 
On a national day of action to Support Amazon Workers, Raging Grannies, Vigil for Democracy, and Dance of Peace protested in the street in front of Whole Foods in Palo Alto....
Posted: Fri, Jan 14, 2022 9:48pm PST
Protest Amazon Union Busting 
Whole Foods
774 Emerson St.
Downtown Palo Alto...
Event Date: Wed, Jan 12, 2022 3:00pm PST
Posted: Mon, Jan 10, 2022 6:13am PST
Demonstration in San Mateo on Anniversary of U.S. Capitol Insurrection 
photos by Jim Colton, Probonophoto.org
please credit the photographer...
Posted: Sat, Jan 8, 2022 4:34am PST
Surprise Protests at War Profiteers Boeing and Lockheed Martin in Silicon Valley 
Noisy visitors descended on two of the "Big 5" war companies in Menlo Park and Palo Alto on December 10. Members of CodePink, the Raging Grannies, Bay Area Sunrise Movement, Vigil for Democracy, Women's International League for Peace and Freedom and others joined in protest. Activists delivered messages demanding the war profiteers transition to life-enhancing business instead of making a killing on killing....
Posted: Fri, Dec 17, 2021 12:28am PST
Strike for Choice in Palo Alto — We Don't Talk to Police (video/quicktime 18.7MB) Whole Foods Palo Alto called the police on peaceful pro-choice protestors the afternoon of Dec 1. The action was led by Raging Grannies Action League, who model how to interact with police. “We have no leader.” “We don’t talk to police.” Video is 58 secs....
Posted: Thu, Dec 2, 2021 7:39am PST
San Mateo County Sheriff Says They Will Stop Transfers to ICE Agents 
A week after San Mateo County residents spoke out overwhelmingly against ICE transfers by local authorities at their annual TRUTH Act Forum, Sheriff Bolanos finally bowed to pressure....
Posted: Wed, Nov 10, 2021 4:26pm PST
California Delays Some Dungeness Crab Fishing to Protect Whales Announcement Comes After Humpback Entanglement in Crab Gear...
Posted: Tue, Nov 2, 2021 11:02am PDT
"Mark, You're Fired": Demonstrators Demand Zuckerberg's Removal 
What was the ruckus in front of the Palo Alto home of Mark Zuckerberg on the afternoon of October 17? A caravan of about 20 cars that started with a decorating party at a nearby school parking lot descended on the Crescent Park neighborhood of the Facebook CEO...with their demand....
Posted: Wed, Oct 20, 2021 2:49am PDT
Day Workers in Mountain View Mark 25 Years with Celebration 
Music by Los Jornaleros del Norte and others, dance performances by Orgullo Latino Mountain View High School and more! It's been 25 years since the Mountain View Day Worker Center was established and the community of this city celebrated with great flair. Thank you day workers!...
Posted: Wed, Oct 20, 2021 12:22am PDT
Get the Zuck Out! Short Video from the Action at Marc Zuckerberg's home in Palo Alto (video/quicktime 62.3MB) Very short video from the rousing loud car caravan and street action in front of Marc Zuckerberg's home in Palo Alto....
Posted: Mon, Oct 18, 2021 12:19pm PDT
Resistance to SB 8: "We Out!" 
On the same day more than 650 other protests against Texas' anti-abortion raged across the nation, in Mountain View, California, 500 people heard LaDoris Hazzard Cordell compare SB 8 and the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850. "It is as striking as it is frightening," said the retired judge of the Superior Court of California and former Independent Police Auditor. The following is the text of her speech....
Posted: Fri, Oct 15, 2021 5:01pm PDT
Redwood City Says Bans Off Our Bodies! 
The U.S. Supreme Court will hear a challenge to Roe v. Wade this year. On October 3 the Raging Grannies held a rally in Redwood City in solidarity with Radical Women's national day of mobilization for reproductive justice....
Posted: Mon, Oct 11, 2021 3:33am PDT
Protest: Let's Tell Mark Zuckerberg to Get the Zuck Out! 
Edgewood Drive,
Palo Alto CA...
Event Date: Sun, Oct 17, 2021 12:00pm PDT
Posted: Tue, Oct 5, 2021 10:47pm PDT
Peace Sculpture Dedication on the Peninsula 
Members of the Peninsula/Palo Alto Branch of Women's International League of Peace and Freedom held a peace sculpture dedication ceremony on September 24 on the campus of Menlo College....
Posted: Sat, Sep 25, 2021 11:53pm PDT
Stanford University resident assistants strike over COVID-19, wages The strike by the University’s resident assistants at over two dozen student dormitories sheds light on the increasingly impossible situation facing students and student workers....
Posted: Mon, Sep 6, 2021 9:59am PDT
Students for a Carbon Fee & Dividend Rally 
Dozens of college and high school students who make up the group Citizens Climate Lobby San Mateo Youth launched a demonstration, the “Students for a Carbon Fee & Dividend Rally” on August 21. They heard from many speakers and shouted their own messages through bullhorns as well as from a podium....
Posted: Fri, Sep 3, 2021 4:36am PDT
Protesters Demand San Mateo County Law Enforcement Accountability 
On June 12 in Redwood City, protesters challenged the San Mateo County system that continues to police and kill Black and brown bodies at drastically higher rates than white bodies....
Posted: Wed, Jun 16, 2021 4:38am PDT
End Poverty! San Mateo Rally for HR 438: Third Reconstruction w/ CA PPC San Mateo Office of Rep. Speier, 155 Bovet Rd, San Mateo, CA 94402
Masks and Safety Distancing Required...
Event Date: Mon, Jun 7, 2021 11:00am PDT
Posted: Sun, Jun 6, 2021 8:30am PDT
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