Bay Area Current covers working-class life and culture across the Bay Area.
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SF's billionaire-backed Hamilton Society, an extension of the Bay's right-wing tech scene, gathered 700 people to debate whether the US needs a dictator. The vibes were as rotten as you would expect.
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When management neglected their building, elderly, majority-Chinese tenants in Downtown Oakland got organized and fought back. bayareacurrent.com/meet-the-…
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Things were different a century ago; hundreds of local leftist newspapers operated nationwide.
And today? Our media is dominated by billionaire venture capitalists and the corporate elite. Private equity, tech capitalists, and managers who love AI slop threaten local outlets.
This week's newsletter: Madrid Tenant Union explodes while tenants across the world, here in the Bay, fight back. Learn about the SF I-Hotel fight, read words by @tracyrosenthal_, swag from @KCTenants, and more.
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Things were different a century ago; hundreds of local leftist newspapers operated nationwide.
And today? Our media is dominated by billionaire venture capitalists and the corporate elite. Private equity, tech capitalists, and managers who love AI slop threaten local outlets.
yes that's us along with @oakreviewbooks :)))
The East Bay’s literary publications are trying to be “the opposite of Nextdoor.” sfchronicle.com/eastbay/arti…
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Wildland firefighters have become central figures in the fight against capitalism's ecological disaster. We spoke with a veteran federal wildland firefighter about the job's dangers, labor politics, and its joys.
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"It’s a deadly time to be a wildland firefighter. A fourth firefighter from the Knowles Fire burnover has passed away. Three weeks ago, on our way to Colorado, the initial three fatalities of the burnover passed away in their fire shelter."
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I interviewed a wildland firefighter about his work for @BayAreaCurrent: what a typical day is like, the self-organization of wildland firefighters, and what it takes to do the job. The photos are incredible, too:
"It’s a deadly time to be a wildland firefighter. A fourth firefighter from the Knowles Fire burnover has passed away. Three weeks ago, on our way to Colorado, the initial three fatalities of the burnover passed away in their fire shelter."
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"It’s a deadly time to be a wildland firefighter. A fourth firefighter from the Knowles Fire burnover has passed away. Three weeks ago, on our way to Colorado, the initial three fatalities of the burnover passed away in their fire shelter."
bayareacurrent.com/wildland-…
Wildland firefighters have become central figures in the fight against capitalism's ecological disaster. We spoke with a veteran federal wildland firefighter about the job's dangers, labor politics, and its joys.
bayareacurrent.com/wildland-…
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Despite pushback, Oakland's politicos have given its cops another huge raise.
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Despite pushback, Oakland's politicos have given its cops another huge raise.
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SF is rich, but its kids struggle to get to school. Why? @SFUnified has outsourced buses to a private company, Zum. Only 43 of 122 schools are served, mostly for students with special needs, and drivers raise issues with student treatment, safety and more.
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Unionized SF Orchestra workers face cuts amid eye-watering boss pay and management's refusal to dip into a $270 M endowment. Workers hit picket lines and canceled opening night. The last time the musicians hit the picket lines was about 36 years ago.
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Unionized SF Orchestra workers face cuts amid eye-watering boss pay and management's refusal to dip into a $270 M endowment. Workers hit picket lines and canceled opening night. The last time the musicians hit the picket lines was about 36 years ago.
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This depot worker's experiences dealing with Waymos gives a whole new meaning to 'enshittification.' bayareacurrent.com/theres-a-…
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And of course, know your enemy by reading the article here: bayareacurrent.com/sfs-tech-…
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United Steel Workers Local 5 has been on strike, and is now locked out, for over 134 days at Martinez Renewables. 𝐶𝑢𝑟𝑟𝑒𝑛𝑡 profiled one of those workers: Tomas Rivera, a proud union member and family man, who refuses to back down.
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This essay is featured in this week's edition of the Best of Journalism: buff.ly/o4ZygVs
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While marketing itself as "fully automated," Waymo's robotaxi service depends on low-level human labor: workers clean sensors and follow reset scripts. This interview describes chaotic contracting through Transdev.
By Stephanie Reist in @BayAreaCurrent
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