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Highwire Coffee Roasters’ Union Says Management Stalling On First Contract Management has also hired an infamous anti-union law firm

A little under a year ago, workers at Highwire Coffee formed their union—since then, they’ve been battling for a fair contract, facing stalling from management and an infamous anti-union law firm. Read about the latest in the Bay’s barista class war:

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This Notorious Women’s Prison Could Be the Bay Area’s Next ICE Facility After formerly incarcerated survivors of sexual abuse fought to get this Dublin prison closed, they fear it may be used to hold immigrants.

This Notorious Women’s Prison — FCI Dublin — Could Be the Bay Area’s Next ICE Facility.

After formerly incarcerated survivors of sexual abuse fought to get this Dublin prison closed, they fear it may be used to hold immigrants.

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AC Transit Realign Plan Leaves Riders Playing Catch-Up Realignment for who?

AC Transit's "realign plan" has repackaged austerity as "equity" measures. We spoke with riders, who are fed up with the transit cutbacks.

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This Notorious Women’s Prison Could Be the Bay Area’s Next ICE Facility After formerly incarcerated survivors of sexual abuse fought to get this Dublin prison closed, they fear it may be used to hold immigrants.

This Notorious Women’s Prison — FCI Dublin — Could Be the Bay Area’s Next ICE Facility.

After formerly incarcerated survivors of sexual abuse fought to get this Dublin prison closed, they fear it may be used to hold immigrants.

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Meet the New Right-Wing Tech Intelligentsia Libs and the far-right ‘link and build’ in the Bay’s tech publication scene.

for @bayareacurrent.bsky.social, i wrote about repeatedly bumping into some of the worst right-wing people in the tech publishing scene
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Meet the New Right-Wing Tech Intelligentsia Libs and the far-right ‘link and build’ in the Bay’s tech publication scene.

There is a hell… and it’s in the Bay Area.

Meet the New Right-Wing Tech Intelligentsia Libs and the far-right ‘link and build’ in the Bay’s tech publication scene.

A tech publication scene, with politics ranging from left-liberal to far-right, has flourished in the Bay Area — @counteroptimize.bsky.social dives into an intellectual world whose social and political boundary lines have become increasingly blurred.

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Meet the New Right-Wing Tech Intelligentsia Libs and the far-right ‘link and build’ in the Bay’s tech publication scene.

Vital new scene reporting from Jimmy Wu at Bay Area Current: on the rise of the EA, rationalist, and right-leaning journo/writer scene in the Bay Area. I unwittingly attended one of these happy hours ("writer and publisher meetup!") and met Curtis Yarvin's ex. bayareacurrent.com/meet-the-new...

Our Cheap & Union-Made Gift Guide of 2025 There is ethical consumption under capitalism — well, sort of.

Our holiday gift guide is now live! You'll find some Bay Area gems alongside evergreen gift ideas for that special somebody, your pal who is afraid of microplastics, or even your tech-hating buddy. There's something for everyone:

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Our first annual holiday party is TONIGHT! Celebrate the holiday spirit with drinks, food, friends. Raise a glass to 6 months of Bay Area Current. Drink to a movement that will take back the Bay from the tech elite. Pour one out for everyone we've lost and make a friend in the process. See you soon!

Over a Thousand Teachers Strike in Richmond for Themselves and Their Students Community says: ‘Stay on the picket line as long as you need to, we totally support you.’

Over a Thousand Teachers Strike in Richmond for Themselves and Their Students.

And, as it turns out, strikes work. The union, United Teachers of Richmond, has secured a tentative agreement featuring an 8% raise and 100% health insurance coverage.

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Moderate Rule, Maximum Harm: A Year of SF’s Surrender to Oligarchy SF must choose: Democratic Socialism or playground for the rich

Moderate Rule, Maximum Harm: A Year of SF’s Surrender to Oligarchy. @deanpreston.bsky.social argues that SF must choose: Democratic Socialism or playground for the rich.

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Tech Billboard Decoder: The Great Tech Vibe Shift Tech companies used to portray themselves as do-gooders. But as Palintir's new billboard suggests, their commitment to domination was there all along.

Tech companies used to portray themselves as do-gooders. But as Palintir's new billboard suggests, their commitment to domination was there all along. Welcome to the Great Tech Vibe Shift, our most recent Tech Billboard Decoder column by @dellsystem.bsky.social www.bayareacurrent.com/tech-billboa...

Why the Largest Unorganized Bay Area Nursing Facility Is Unionizing Workers at billionaire-owned Alameda Healthcare & Wellness Center say they want better wages and benefits so patients can get the dignified care they deserve. And in a rare move, a major union opened ...

Why the Largest Unorganized Bay Area Nursing Facility Is Unionizing.

Workers, building power in their union @seiu2015.bsky.social, are pushing for respect for patients and workers.

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Confessions & Obsessions with Brontez Purnell A monthly questionnaire that tries to get to the bottom of things.

Our monthly questionnaire, which tries to get to the bottom of things, asks Bay Area legend Brontez Purnell about his hottest take, and more.

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Barista Rebellion: Blue Bottle Workers Walk Off the Job Blue Bottle—the artisanal coffee chain owned by Nestlé—has pushed workers to the brink. Now they’re fighting back.

The most recent in the Bay Area's Barista Rebellion: Blue Bottle workers @bbiunion.bsky.social walk off the job. Blue Bottle — artisanal coffee chain owned by @Nestlé — has pushed workers to the brink. Now they’re fighting back, and demanding a first contract.

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The Democrats’ Biggest Kink is Losing How powerlessness became an unconscious strategy for Democrats.

The Democrats’ Biggest Kink is Losing. Powerlessness has become an unconscious strategy for centrist Democrats — apparently, they relish in the loss. Read on:

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Barista Rebellion: Blue Bottle Workers Walk Off the Job Blue Bottle—the artisanal coffee chain owned by Nestlé—has pushed workers to the brink. Now they’re fighting back.

"Blue Bottle Independent Union launched its first strike ... 100 workers in the #EastBay & #Boston jointly withheld their labor to pressure Nestlé-owned #BlueBottleCoffee to the bargaining table to negotiate a first union contract." @bayareacurrent.bsky.social
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Come watch Mississippi Masala w/ Current! It’s FREE! December 5th, 6:30pm @ Shapeshifters Cinema. LIMITED spots available, save your seat! See you there! www.eventbrite.com/e/free-scree...

Fuck Waymo, Long Live KitKat A self-driving car killed a beloved SF cat. It’s part of a long history of tech companies using the Bay as a testing ground at our expense. People have had enough.

Fuck Waymo—Long Live Kit Kat!

A self-driving car killed a beloved SF cat. Kit Kat's murder fits into the long history of tech companies using the Bay as a testing ground — at our expense. But the Bay has had enough.

Read @alexhanna.bsky.social's searing take: bayareacurrent.com/fuck-waymo-l...

Introducing: Sound Ward — Bay Area Current's new column on bottom-up, underground & DIY music scenes across the Bay. This week: DJ's associated with NO BIAS discuss their role as cultural workers — and call for government grants for music makers.

Read on: bayareacurrent.com/sound-ward-n...

No Nation But Zohran Nation Against all odds, socialist Zohran Mamdani vanquished nepo-baby Andrew Cuomo to become Mayor of New York City. If they can do it, so can we.

Bring NYC’s socialist insurgency to the Bay!

Same problems: The majority of people across the Bay Area face the same cost-of-living issues as New Yorkers. Same enemies: centrist Democrats who cozy up to local billionaires.

No Nation But Zohran Nation:
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Fuck Waymo, Long Live KitKat A self-driving car killed a beloved SF cat. It’s part of a long history of tech companies using the Bay as a testing ground at our expense. People have had enough.

My first for @bayareacurrent.bsky.social -- A self-driving car killed a beloved SF cat. It’s part of a long history of tech companies using the Bay as a testing ground at our expense. People have had enough.

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CURRENT EVENTS LISTING ☻ OCT 29 - NOV 04 We've generated a list this Halloween week, as we always do. But a holiday like Halloween is built for going out on a limb. That could mean dressing up even though you are not a dresser-upper. But in ...

Subscribe to the @bayareacurrent.bsky.social -- get ON IT. This week's events calendar is the best one yet.

1) texting templates to get your friends out the door for parties +
2) KATE BUSH COVER BAND in El Cerrito on Halloween?!

Be still my Wuthering Heart.

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The People’s Answer to ICE: Crowdsourcing Community Defense. People Over Papers' site map offers a glimpse into the informal media people use to warn neighbors when systems of formal confirmation can't match the need: bayareacurrent.com/the-peoples-...

Loo Review: The Bay Area’s Best Public Restrooms A guide to the best, worst, and possibly scariest bathrooms in the Bay Area — the parks edition

Loo Review: The Bay Area’s Best Public Restrooms
A guide to the best, worst, and possibly scariest bathrooms in the Bay Area — the parks edition. Because working people deserve great public restrooms.

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Organizing Through the Heartbreak: Director Brett Story on Filmmaking, Amazon and Unions Bay Area Current sat down with the director of Union (2024) to talk about labor narratives, Amazon and the role of left media.

Bay Area Current sat down with the director of Union — @unionthefilm.bsky.social — (2024) to talk about labor narratives, Amazon and the role of left media.

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Scene Report: Bay Area Fights Against Threat of Federal Agent Surge Trump threatened the Bay with an ICE surge in October 2025, and working-class people mobilized in opposition. We spoke with those who turned out — here's what they told us.

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Trump threatened the Bay with an ICE surge in October 2025, and working-class people mobilized in opposition. We spoke with those who turned out — here's what they told us.

IT HAS HAPPENED -- an event has appeared on @coyotemedia.org, @oaklandreviewofbooks.org and @bayareacurrent.bsky.social calendars. The bay area indie calendar EGOT. What event is it? Well you will have to read all three calendars to find out. Yes I am a social media genius thank you.