‘Free Palestine’ protesters blocked the northbound lanes of Interstate Highway 880 at 5th and Embarcadero in Oakland on Monday morning as well as the southbound lanes of the Golden Gate Bridge.
The CHP said the Oakland protest began about 6:30 a.m. Dozens of CHP officers were seen in riot gear watching as protesters waved flags near where they had painted the colors of Palestine on the highway's center median. Traffic was backed up past the Coliseum. Protesters who created a website A15 Action for April 15 said they were attempting an economic blockade to demand an end to the war between Israel and Hamas, where thousands of people in Gaza have died since Oct. 7.
And Oakland is one of 56 cities across the world where groups plan to create these blockades. Participants said that the global economy is complicit in the ongoing genocide of Palestinian people. This is a similar protest to when protesters tried to shut down the Port of Oakland in January, which they say is used to ship military equipment to Israel. And there was another protest there last November.
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