Dave Welsh

San Francisco mourners honor Jessica Williams, condemn racism

San Francisco, May 30 -- People gathered Friday night in the Bayview District to honor and mourn Jessica Nelson Williams,…

May 30, 2016

San Francisco police chief fired; win for #Frisco500

San Francisco, May 19 -- It’s less than a month since the “Frisco Five” began a  hunger strike with a…

May 23, 2016

#Frisco500 occupy City Hall

Inspired by the stamina of the “Frisco Five” hunger strikers, hundreds of chanting supporters occupied the rotunda and grand staircase…

May 11, 2016

Strikers hunger for justice

San Francisco, May 1 — Five hunger strikers, angered by ongoing police murders of Black and Brown people, have been occupying…

May 6, 2016

$1,000-a-pill is death sentence for HCV patients

Foster City, Calif. -- One Harvoni pill a day for 12 weeks can cure hepatitis C with a 95 percent success…

April 11, 2016

Black and Brown unite against police impunity in San Francisco

San Francisco’s Black and Latino/a communities came together March 18 on the steps of City Hall to launch a united…

March 25, 2016

Oakland, Calif., event supports Haitian people’s struggle

Oakland, Calif. -- An event commemorating the 25th anniversary of the inauguration of Haiti's first democratically elected president, Jean-Bertrand Aristide,…

March 14, 2016

2016 opens with new surge in mass resistance to Haiti election fraud

Jan. 8 -- The seemingly irresistible momentum of Haiti’s mass movement -- combined with convincing evidence of widespread election fraud…

January 12, 2016

People’s power defeats new jail

San Francisco, Dec. 18 – Against all odds, a grassroots coalition has defeated a plan to build a new, 384-bed downtown…

December 22, 2015

Oakland, Calif.: Victory for the ‘Black Friday 14’

Oakland, Calif. - On the so-called “Black Friday” shopping day of Nov. 27, 2014, following the failure to charge cops in…

December 8, 2015