Royal Oak bookstore says it's closing on Friday for general strike

[marmar]

(Detroit Free Press) A Royal Oak bookstore says they will close their doors on Friday, Jan. 30, in support of a general strike that protests U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

"ICE has no place in our communities, and we stand with the people of Minnesota and everywhere who are being targeted by this terror," Sidetrack Bookshop, located at 325 S Washington Ave., said in a post on Facebook.

The general strike, organized by Nationalshutdown.org, encourages participants not to go to work, school or shop on Jan. 30.

"The people of the Twin Cities have shown the way for the whole country – to stop ICE’s reign of terror, we need to shut it down," the organization said on its website. ....................(more)

https://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/2026/01/29/royal-oak-bookstore-general-strike-ice/88416723007/

[MIButterfly]

1. I am not familiar with this bookstore but I plan to go there to check them out

I have so many books that I don't buy them anymore, except for gifts, (I check them out from the library these days) but I will gladly find something there to purchase. I think it's important to patronize independent businesses that stand up for the right things.

[murielm99]

2. I know what you mean about too many books.

There is a local independent bookstore near me. I go there once in a while anyway just to help keep them in business.