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The day began with dawn lockdowns at Wells Fargo and Bank of America. Several dozen people were involved int he blockades near the intersection of Montgomery and California in the middle of the financial district.
The day began with dawn lockdowns at Wells Fargo and Bank of America. Several dozen people were involved int he blockades near the intersection of Montgomery and California in the middle of the financial district.
The BLO kept the dancing going in the streets and alleys around Wells Fargo. They were playing a cumbia number during this shot.
Activists made a banner that exactly blocked the front door of 345 California, SF offices of Chevron.
A crowd gathered for street theater performances outside Wells Fargo. At first the cops kept the crowd on the sidewalk...
...but as numbers grew the crowd spilled into the intersection at California and Montgomery - site of major Wells Fargo and Bank of America offices.
A contingent from Occupy Oakland, along with a bus painted suspiciously like a local Muni bus, joined the protest near Wells Fargo. After a while, the OO group led the crowd on a march toward Embarcadero Plaza (10-12 blocks away) for a lunch gathering. Many people stayed at Bank of America and Wells Fargo to support the blockaders. A couple of affinity groups were arrested to open one doorway at Wells Fargo, but otherwise police stayed back.
Occupy California! Well, California Street, anyway.
The Occupy Oakland contingent led the march past the Federal reserve at 100 Market Street - site of the original Occupy SF protest. The Occupy Oakland group marched on to Embarcadero Plaza near the SF waterfront - site of a planned lunchtime meeting, although foul weather made meeting difficult.
About the time the OO march reached Embarcadero, a student and labor march was gearing up to march into the financial district.
As the two marches collide, happy chaos fills the streets.
A student group declared a B of A branch to be the first Food Bank of America.
Everywhere the festive marches went, bank branches locked their doors, making actions like this much easier.
Caught up in the spirit of the day, police officers joined the protest and blockaded the historic One Market building.
There's no shortage of B of A branches aorund downtown, and the police couldn't surround all of them at the same time. The student and labor group occupied the plaza outside the California and Davis branch.
Notice the barricades surrounding the grey blob known as the Banker's Heart.
A dance troupe did a die-in on Bank of America Plaza...
...then leapt back to reclaim their lives - a beautiful symbol for the entire action.
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