Our May Cover
Our May 2023 cover.
Alastair Boone
The organizing power of a Homeless Union
By Alastair Boone on The National Union of the Homeless has been instrumental in securing basic human rights for homeless people for decades. We spoke to founding member, Anthony Prince.
The final stand for Wood Street Commons
By David Bacon on After years of pushing homeless Oakland residents to the site during other encampment closures, Oakland is clearing out what was once the city’s largest unhoused community.
A love letter to the Wood Street Commons
By Jaz Colibri on A love letter to Wood Street Commons by a former resident and advocate for her community.
Journalists, unhoused residents seek restraining order against OPD and the City of Oakland
By Zack Haber on Journalists and unhoused residents at Wood Street say that OPD and the city are violating their first amendment rights by limiting media access to cover an eviction. The dispute is being taken to court.
The ‘unemployable’ also have a right to exist
By Jack Bragen on I’m disabled and I’m unable to make it in a conventional job. I’m facing very hard challenges at this point in life.
Berkeley Copwatch solidarity statement: STOP COP CITY
By Berkeley Copwatch on The protest around the planned construction of Cop City lands at the very heart of the current movement to defund the police.
STREET SPIRIT HOROSCOPES: MAY 2023
By Boudia Crow Lafleur on Horoscopes for the month of May, written just for Street Spirit.
Street Spirit events calendar: May 2023
Resources and community events in the Bay Area for the month of May, all free unless otherwise specified.
Mission Gold:
By Nick Marzano on A magazine exploring the money, magic, and misfits of San Francisco’s shadow economy.
Remembering Michael Delacour, People’s Park co-founder and pillar of Berkeley organizing
By Supriya Yelimeli on Delacour hosted the first meetings to organize and build People’s Park at his Berkeley home in the 1960s.