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some sense of agency. Part of this is the fun of making the signs.” “I had this implicit class conscious- ness as a teenager,” Goldmacher said, which he attributes to growing up in Brooklyn and watching his Polish immigrant dad labor at a sweatshop in the garment district and endure seasonal layoffs. “I really understood what the toll was.” So, at 14, he stocked grocery shelve...

“These are our walking brigades,” said Goldmacher, a retired commu- nity psychiatrist and active filmmaker who moved to the Rockridge senior residence last fall. He was referring to the initial lineup of about 50 sign-carrying seniors along both sides of Broadway at 51st Street, many aided ...

By Liam Pierce

... see page 4 Protest Muscle Memory: Seniors Reflect on a Lifetime of Showing Up that brisk fall Saturday. The rally, situated near the intersec- tion of Broadway and College Avenue, drew an early and lively crowd. The event was organized by Donald Gold-

...tory on the KPIX Five O’clock News. Further walk-ins are scheduled, notably on June 14, the day of the mil- itary parade in Washington, DC. “We started meeting in February and decided we would hit the streets March 15 — the Ides of March,” Gold- macher said. “We had a sign-making session. They couldn’t stop talking about it. People are really jazzed.” One resident emailed him from a hospital ICU to say: ‘I can’t be there because I had a heart attack last night.’ “Get out of there, we nee...

stations. A 2011 documentary, “Heist: Who Stole the American Dream?” had widespread showings, featured Senators Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders, and was reviewed favorably in the New York Times. Since leaving medicine, Goldmacher has been working on the screenplay for another film, “No Going Back,” this time a work of fiction. He described it as “a political thriller about climate change. I think it will be my last film.” Another project is a workshop encouraging his...

“He informs, he inspires, he encour- ages. Donald reminds us that we have the lived experience, the expertise, the perspective — and now the drive — to strive for a society every grandchild deserves.” “I adore the people here,” Gold- macher said. “We’re the special generation. We’re here for th...

...t a “road diet.” The lanes, to be installed in 2013, will extend from Broadway Terrace south to 38th Street. Mitigation funds from the Caldecott Tunnel Fourth Bore project will be used to stripe bike lanes on Broadway along Highway 24 from Golden Gate Avenue up to the Kay Street freeway overcrossing by Caldecott Your neighborhood family eyecare providers since 1947 Dr. Donald Sarver Dr. Larry Sarver Dr. Scott Yokoi Dr. Cindy Sakai 5321 College Avenue, Oakland 510-655-3797 www.rockridgeop...

ers forever by allowing diners to remain in their cars and thereby creating the concept of drive-up service that remains the mainstay of the fast food industry. By the mid-1950s McDonald’s golden arches became as famous a symbol of America as the bald eagle.