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January 9, 2024

325 Arrested for Shutting Down Bridges and Tunnel in Manhattan Calling for Gaza Ceasefire
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Here in New York, at least 325 protesters were arrested Monday morning
when they blocked the entrances to three major bridges and a tunnel in
Manhattan. Demonstrators were calling for a ceasefire in Gaza.

Mon: "I'm part of a large group of people who are shutting down downtown
Manhattan. We're taking four sites. We're taking Brooklyn Bridge, where
we are now, Williamsburg Bridge, Manhattan Bridge and the Holland
Tunnel, in solidarity with Palestine and against the war in Gaza. …
We're hoping that with this action we can inspire others to keep
agitating, keep escalating and keep disrupting until we have like shown
that we will not stop until the U.S. supports a permanent ceasefire."

Organizers of the protest included Jewish Voice for Peace, Palestinian
Youth Movement and Democratic Socialists of America.


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