Nov. 2 General Strike and March in Oakland

Thousands Shut Down Large Sections of the City  

Protest in solidarity with Pelican Bay hunger strikers

Sacramento, Calif.  

Supporters demonstrated at the headquarters of the California Department of Corrections in Sacramento in solidarity with thousands of prisoners in the state who went on a hunger strike on July 1. They united around five demands raised by prisoners at Pelican Bay directed at gross human rights violations.

July 9: Stop the Bombing of Libya!

Demonstration at White House in Washington, D.C.  

Demonstrators gathered in front of the White House on July 9 to demand an end to the U.S./NATO war on Libya.

March demands justice for Oscar Grant, June 12, 2011 Oakland California

Protesters oppose release of Killer Cop  

Hundreds of militant protesters decried the early release of killer cop Johannes Mehserle.

Oakland protests release of Oscar Grant's killer

Killer cop Joanes Mehserle released after less than a year  

A large demonstration marched from the Fruitvale BART Station where Oscar Grant was murdered, to City Hall to protest the release of killer cop Joanes Mehserle after a mere 216 days in jail.

Wisconsin labor battle not over: Photos from largest protest yet

Workers, students pack the streets  

If Gov. Scott Walker thought he could chalk one up for his right-wing agenda by signing his anti-labor bill into law, he was seriously mistaken. Workers, students and other labor supporters have been filling the streets of Madison and making clear they are not giving in.

Workers, students return to streets in aftermath of Senate's illegal maneuver

Spontaneus protest erupt against anti-bill  

Following the illegal political maneuvering that allowed state senators in Wisconsin to force a vote on Gov. Walker's anti-union legislation, people immediately returned to the streets of Madison to fight back.

Wisconsin labor struggle enters its second week

Workers show no sign of backing down  

Images from the labor demonstrations in Madison, Wis., where workers, students and other supporters have been demonstrating against the government's attempt to do away with collective bargaining rights for public-sector workers.

Wisconsin labor fights back

Workers and their supporters take to the streets  

Images of the militant workers and students in Wisconsin who have occupied downtown Madison in a struggle to defeat a bill that would take away collective bargaining rights from public sector workers.

National Conference on Socialism 2010

Organized by the Party for Socialism and Liberation  

The National Conference on Socialism, organized by the Party for Socialism and Liberation on Nov. 13 and 14 in Los Angeles, discussed an alternative to this irrational and increasingly barbaric system that puts human needs over private profits.

UN Out of Haiti demonstration

New York City, Dec. 10, 2010  

Community members and activists take to the streets in New York City to demand the end of the UN occupation of Haiti. UN forces have been in the country since its democratically elected president Jean-Bertrand Aristide was overthrown in a U.S.-backed coup in 2004.

Student protests in Oakland and Berkeley

Fighting for public education!  

Students in Oakland and Berkeley are joined by teachers, parents and community members in the streets to protest against the attack on public education.

Fighting the San Francisco MUNI rate hikes

MUNI rate hike hearing  

More than 150 people packed a MTA board hearing that included votes of rate hikes and cuts and layoff to workers. Another 300 people watched the hearing on a tv in a city hall over flow room.

San Francisco hotel workers take action

Union power is workers' power!  

Over 1400 members and supporters of UNITE-HERE local 2 marched on the downtown Hilton in SF to begin a boycott of the hotel and 6 other major hotels in SF for a decent contract. 140 were arrested for blocking the door to the hotel