PRO-PALESTINE PROTESTERS SHUT DOWN THE GOLDEN GATE BRIDGE, AT LEAST 38 PROTESTERS ARRESTED
At least 38 pro-Palestine protesters were arrested on Monday in two events in the San Francisco area, on the central California coast of the US, including the arrest of protesters who blockaded the Golden Gate Bridge on Monday morning.
According to local reporting, the protests began when groups of protesters brought large barrels filled with concrete to an intersection in Oakland, California to which protesters proceeded to chain themselves to.
Law enforcement were forced to cut through the barrels using jackhammers and saws before the protesters could be released and removed from the street. Seven protesters were arrested following the incident.
Pro-Palestine protesters also blockaded the southbound lane of the Golden Gate Bridge, chaining themselves to other protesters in cars and backing up traffic for several hours. Police said they arrested 26 protesters as a result of the event.
The media giants won’t tell us this, but there are protests happening all over the US. With the coordinated BDS (Boycott, Divest, Sanction) movement, large corporations like Sbux and Wackdonalds are feeling the hurt - collective action Works.
Text for the tweet below the cut, for those comrades who need it.
I found this via Instagram yesterday, Feb 14.
A screen grab of an Instagram post, titled: ‘Golden Gate Bridge Briefly Blocked by Activists Calling for Cease Fire in Gaza’
Post credited to kqednews and reads: ‘Activists calling for a ceasefire in Gaza blocked traffic on the Golden Gate Bridge this morning around 7:30 a.m. Traffic was closed for about 20 minutes and reopened by 8 a.m.
Israel is preparing for a military offensive in Rafah, a city and location of a border crossing at the southern end of Gaza where Palestinians are seeking refuge but unable to leave, prompting warnings by President Joe Biden to not proceed without a plan to protect civilians.
In the Bay Area, protestors had previously blocked the Bay Bridge in November to draw attention to the humanitarian crisis in Gaza.’
The image shown is taken from the Golden Gate Bridge, where 4 activists are wearing masks and holding a large banner-sign that says “STOP ARMING ISRAEL”, behind them you can see traffic lined up.
Dozens of Jewish activists drop a huge banner from San Francisco's Colt Tower sending a message to mayor London Breed not to veto the ceasefire resolution that was passed by the SF Board of Supervisors 10 days ago.
The most well known of San Francisco's numerous pedestrian streets is that section of Filbert Street between Montgomery and Battery streets on the steep eastern slope of Telegraph Hill - the Filbert Steps. This pastoral enclave, which includes the cross streets Darrell Place and Napier Lane and the nearby Greenwich Steps, is dotted with cottages that are testament to the bittersweet challenge of cottage living.