Militant protest targets capitalism
January 26, 2012
In response to the coordinated assaults on the Occupy encampments, the Bay Area Occupy movement declared Jan. 20 to be “Occupy Wall Street West”—a shutdown of San Francisco's financial district. Due to a large turnout, the San Francisco headquarters of three of the largest banks in the nation were forced to close for the day.
Despite pouring rain, protesters were already busy as early as 6 a.m. when activists, including members of the Party for Socialism and Liberation, blocked the entrance to the Goldman Sachs building in downtown San Francisco. A breakfast of grilled squid was served, as the company has been described as a “great vampire squid wrapped around the face of humanity.”
Between 7 and 9 a.m., hundreds of Occupy protesters set up camps in front of the downtown headquarters of Wells Fargo, Chase and Bank of America, making it impossible for employees to enter and for the banks to open. They remained closed the entire day. At times, police attempted to break up the occupations but were met with militant resistance and driven back.
At 8 a.m., the ANSWER Coalition (Act Now to Stop War and End Racism), of which PSL is a member, organized a shutdown of a Bank of America branch at Powell Square, one of the busiest intersections in the city.
Outside the bank, ANSWER speakers noted how the 2008 bailouts of the largest banks, overseen by both the Bush and Obama administrations, had handed over billions in taxpayer money to parasitic financial institutions, when that money could have been paid back to the workers in the form of investments in education, housing and jobs.
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