When police officers pepper sprayed non-violent student protestors on the campus of University of California, Davis, the whole country reacted. Many of us were outraged, and some were in support of the action. However, few of us can truly understand the physical effects of police-grade pepper spray. On the Scoville… Read more
Last Wednesday at the Oakland general strike, I along with thousands of demonstrators chanted, “We are the 99%! We are the 99%! We are the 99%!” I honestly felt proud, powerful and conflicted all at the same time. In one sense, I’m thrilled that there is a movement… Read more
I had the privilege of attending the open-to-the-public People’s Hearing on Racism and Police Violence this weekend in Oakland. From 9 to 5 on both Saturday and Sunday, at least 100 people at any one time sat in the gym of Edna Brewer Middle School listening to… Read more
This post is part of our Silence the Violence series in commemoration of National Silence the Violence Day on July 24th, 2010.
On Thursday July 8, I stood at the corner of 14th and Clay in downtown Oakland as lines of police officers marched through Read more
