David de Leeuw - Bay Area Current

Martinez Refinery Workers on Month Two of Strike Warn the Bay Is at Dire Risk

“The EPA should be in there every single day seeing what they’re doing.”

Caitlin Clift Jun 24, 2026

Help: My Partner Won't Push Back on Their Parents' Bad Takes

Our advice columnist Pretty Good Advice works through a relationship problem.

Pretty Good Advice Jun 22, 2026

Party and Praxis

Not champagne socialists but socialists with champagne

Bay Area Current Jun 18, 2026

David de Leeuw is a retired Oakland teacher whose first labor involvement was in 1971, standing in front of a supermarket and asking people not to buy grapes.

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Labor

Meet the Young Revolutionaries Building the Bay Area Workers’ Movement

Young workers, sick of bosses' bullshit, are hitting the picket lines. But their motivations aren’t only economic.

David de Leeuw Aug 28, 2025