photos from the edge 23
WHAT RESISTANCE LOOKS LIKE
OAKLAND, CA - 23OCTOBER25
Photos by David Bacon
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Hundreds of people came out in the early morning darkness to block the causeway leading to Coast Guard Island, where 100 ICE agents were believed to have arrived yesterday. Cars of workers could not pass the picket line that moved slowly from corner to corner, through the whole intersection. Border Patrol agents came out to break the line and bring their vehicles onto the island, using anti-personnel weapons against people with no weapons. But except for their half-dozen SUVs and king cab pickups, no other cars got through. It all reminded me of 1984, when a similar moving line blocked Pier 80 in San Francisco, and longshore workers refused to cross it and unload South African cargo from the Nedlloyd Kimberley. The Bay Area has this rich history of people putting themselves on the line for justice.
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