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May Day

In Court: Jesse Nesbitt

Who: Jesse Nesbitt, 34What: The Occupy San Francisco activist is scheduled to appear for a preliminary hearing Wednesday on charges that he lobbed bricks from a rooftop onto protesters and cops May 1, injuring at least one other protester and damaging a police patrol car. The incident occurred during the May Day takeover of the 888 Turk St. building. Read More

Protesters take over The City

The Occupy movement’s frenetic commemoration of May Day got plenty of attention as Bay Area demonstrators came out in droves to spread the message that income disparity has created a nationwide crisis. But fallout from the labor holiday could provoke backlash from otherwise supportive observers. Click on the photo to see more photos from the protest. Read More

SEIU marches with Southern California Communists in May Day demonstration

An SEIU May Day marcher in Los Angeles carries a Communist Party flag.
Members of a Service Employees International Union (SEIU) chapter in Los Angeles turned out arm-in-arm with members of assorted Communist Party and socialist groups last month for their annual May Day demonstration. Read More
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