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Albany and El Cerrito Weren't Known for Protest ... Until Now
In two quiet Bay Area towns, organizers for Palestine are getting loud — and forming deep friendships along the way.
On a recent early evening in Albany, a tiny suburb tucked between Berkeley and El Cerrito, a group of protestors — many of them retirees — stood on the four corners of a busy intersection, Marin and San Pablo Avenues. Waving large Palestinian flags, and wearing baseball caps and earrings with watermelon symbols, they raised their fists in the air as honking cars passed them by.
“When we first started doing this, we would get a honk from one out of 40 cars, maybe. Now, it feels like one in 10,” said Barry Preisler, a longtime Albany resident and retiree, as he held a banner in front of a Shell gas station with his wife, Haiganoush Preisler. “These days, there aren’t as many middle fingers.”