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Royal Oak bookstore says it's closing on Friday for general strike [View all]
(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/
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