Under pressure, the Peralta Community College Board of Trustees voted against negotiating with the A’s over privatizing Peralta land for the A’s new stadium. Yet few at Laney Community College trusts the […]
Battle of A’s Stadium, Round II
Privatization scheme killed; shows power of working class
On Tuesday, Dec. 5, the Board of Trustees of the Peralta Community College District voted to kill the proposal to build a stadium for the Oakland A’s baseball team on Peralta […]
Oakland A’s stadium proposal: Save Laney College; stop gentrification
A specter is stalking America’s urban working class. It is the specter of gentrification. Urban workers, mainly people of color, are victimized in good times and bad. When times are bad, many […]
Save Laney College; keep the A’s where they are! Radio interview.
The multi-millionaire, real estate speculator and school privatizer owner of the Oakland A’s wants to build a new stadium right across the street from Oakland’s Laney Community College. Here is an interview […]
After the NBA spectacle fades, Oakland’s troubles remain
Every so often the national spotlight turns to Oakland, CA, a city of about half the population of its better-known neighbor, San Francisco. For the past three years that spotlight has come […]
International Woman’s Day, 2017, in Oakland CA
Several thousand women, and a few men, gathered in downtown Oakland to mark International Women’s Day, 2017. Considering the small forces that did the organizing, the turnout was impressive. It was also […]
Oakland Cops Scandal: Can You Say “Coverup”?
About a year ago, it was revealed that an under age sex worker in Oakland had been traded around by the Oakland Cops like an old baseball player. When Oakland Mayor Libby […]
Video: Oakland’s Women’s March
Includes a few interviews… See here for a more in-depth article.
Ghost Ship Disaster: The Hunt is On
While the real criminal is getting off Scot-free, the campaign is on to find a scapegoat for the Ghost Ship fire disaster, in which at least 36 people died. So far, the […]
Protest Against Trump
Thank you, Donald Trump. There were thousands and thousands at the anti-Trump rally in downtown Oakland last night, the overwhelming majority were young. This could be the start of something big. Here’s […]