San Francisco Transit Fight

Posted on September 4, 2005, filed Under Housing & Urban Issues. Leave a Comment

By Tom Wetzel

Despite heavy police presence at major bus transfer points, at least a couple thousand
passengers rode the buses for free in San Francisco on Thursday, September 1st —
the opening day of a fare strike in North America’s most bus-intensive city. In the days
leading up to September 1st, more than 50 people were actively organizing for the
fare strike, with new groups endorsing the effort in the last week. More than
20,000 leaflets had been distributed and 10,000 stickers were attached to
bus shelters and poles throughout the city — in Spanish and Chinese as well as English.

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The Barcelona Mass Rent Strike of 1931

Posted on September 2, 2005, filed Under Housing & Urban Issues. Leave a Comment

by Tom Wetzel

This is the story of one of the major rent strikes of the 20th century.

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