Pro-Palestinian protesters are planning a series of May Day marches and rallies across the Bay Area, including a shutdown of the Port of Oakland set for 4 p.m.
Gloria RodríguezPro-Palestinian protesters are planning a series of May Day marches and rallies across the Bay Area, including a shutdown of the Port of Oakland.A day of action protesting the war in Gaza on Wednesday could impact Bay Area commuters.One of the demonstrations is targeting the Port of Oakland, and scheduled for 4 p.m. According to a press release, protesters will be demanding an end to US economic and military aid to Israel.
There are also protests planned Wednesday at the 24th Street BART Plaza in San Francisco at 10 a.m. and at the Oakland Federal Building at noon. This year though, May Day's port shutdown comes just weeks after pro-Palestinian protesters shut down the "Nobody knows and of course the protesters don't want anyone to know where they are going to be and what they are going to do. Law enforcement is geared up, I think in a pretty major responsive effort to keep highways and bridges open," says professor Rory Little of UC Law San Francisco.
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