57 years ago, October 30 1968, a bomb exploded at the office of Oakland lawyer and civil rights activist Donald Warden. Warden, the founder of the Afro-American Association and an early influence on the Black Panther Party, blamed "white radicals," while the BPP blamed the police

57 years ago, October 14 1968, 27 prisoners at the Presidio stockade in San Francisco took part in a sit-down demonstration to voice grievances about the horrific conditions at the military prison. The Presidio mutiny resulted in one the longest courts-martial in U.S. history

33 years ago, October 12 1992, the country's first officially-recognized Indigenous People's Day was celebrated in Berkeley. The holiday was planned by Resistance 500, a Native-led group that formed to protest upcoming celebrations of the 500th anniversary of Columbus's landing

14 years ago, October 10 2011, people inspired by the Occupy Wall St movement set up camp in Oakland's Frank H. Ogawa Plaza, which they immediately renamed Oscar Grant Plaza. The founding of Occupy Oakland was timed to coincide with Indigenous People's Day

14 years ago, September 17 2011, over 200 protesters set up camp outside the Bank of America building in San Francisco's Financial District in solidarity with Occupy Wall Street. Occupy FDSF (soon renamed Occupy SF) was followed by camps in San Jose, Oakland, Berkeley, and beyond

57 years ago, September 13 1968, a black powder bomb ripped through the Naval ROTC office on the UC Berkeley campus. This was just one of several attacks on the building that same year. Radical newspaper the Berkeley Barb responded with the headline "Berkeley Bombs Can Do Better"

51 years ago, September 11 1974, the Weather Underground bombed the Oakland office of the Anaconda mining company in retaliation for their "decisive role in the US-sponsored fascist coup in Chile" which occurred one year prior, shortly after the socialist Allende government nationalized copper mines

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28 years ago, August 29 1997, after over a year of organizing, workers at The Lusty Lady in San Francisco officially unionized under the sponsorship of the Exotic Dancers Alliance and Service Employees International Union, becoming one of the only union strip clubs in the US

54 years ago, August 28 1971, over 2,000 people attended the funeral of George Jackson, slain leader of the Black Panther Party's San Quentin Branch, at St. Augustine's Episcopal Church in Oakland. Jackson was killed 7 days prior by prison guards during an alleged escape attempt

33 years ago, August 25 1992, anarchist People's Park activist Rosebud Denovo was shot to death by police in the home of UC Berkeley Chancellor Chang-lin Tien. She had broken into the house with a machete and a note reading "We are willing to die for this piece of land. Are you?"

36 years ago, August 22 1989, Huey Newton, cofounder of the Black Panther Party, was murdered in the Lower Bottoms neighborhood of West Oakland. Tyrone Robinson of the Black Guerilla Family was arrested and charged with his murder

54 years ago, August 21 1971, incarcerated revolutionary, theorist, and Black Panther Party leader George Jackson was shot to death in San Quentin State Prison during an alleged escape attempt. The following week, thousands attended his funeral in Oakland

55 years ago, August 19 1970, over a thousand people protested at San Francisco's Civic Center plaza in support of the Soledad Brothers, Los Siete de la Raza, and Angela Davis, demanding freedom for all political prisoners and calming for an armed revolution in the United States

11 years ago, August 16 2014, thousands of people converged at the Port of Oakland to block an Israeli-owned container ship from docking and unloading at the port as part of a wider "Block the Boat" campaign. Similar protests took place in Seattle, Tacoma and Vancouver that week

129 years ago, August 15 1896, eight members of the Socialist Labor Party were arrested for public speech on 7th and Market in San Francisco at a rally in support of free speech, called after another SLP member, William Edlin, was arrested and convicted for speaking on the street