top
Newswire
Features
From the Open-Publishing Calendar
From the Open-Publishing Newswire
Indybay Feature
Sat Oct 8 2011 (Updated 10/24/11)
Occupy Santa Cruz Marches on Banks
Occupy Santa Cruz Demonstrates Outside Major Banks
Approximately 150 supporters of Occupy Santa Cruz marched on banks the afternoon of October 7th. The march wound its way through the downtown, and stops were made at Chase, Bank of America, and Wells Fargo. Protesters attempted to gain entry in order to close their bank accounts as a group, but even though it was normal business hours, all three of the establishments visited had locked their doors to prevent the group from entering.

The march began at Mission Plaza at 3:30pm, and shortly after the protesters returned they learned that the SCPD wanted them out of the park by 8am on Saturday. The group decided to move their location to the County Courthouse lawn on Water Street, and by 9:30 most of those interested in staying the evening had made their way over. After setting up canopies and unloading some supplies, at least ten Santa Cruz County Sheriffs arrived and stated that the protesters could not set up any sort of camp there.

A second march was held on October 12th.

October 7th: imc_photo.gif Read more and view photos | imc_photo.gif Occupy Santa Cruz Demonstrates Outside Major Banks | OSC Relocates to the Courthouse

October 9th: Deputy Duplicity Thins Protest Numbers in front of County Building | Marchers Joined by OSC for Protest and Noisemaking at County Jail

October 10th: Call for Pizza from Protest Central | October 12th: imc_photo.gif Occupy Santa Cruz Holds Second Major March

October 14th: imc_photo.gif MoveOn Sponsors March on Banks, Rallies with OSC | imc_photo.gif Rally for Global Change

October 15th: imc_photo.gif Global Day of Action | October 19th: imc_photo.gif Occupy Santa Cruz Keeps Pressure on Banks

imc_video.gif Video: Join Occupy Santa Cruz | imc_pdf.gif HUFF Fliers | Occupy Santa Cruz | previous coverage: Notes from 2nd General Assembly

See also: Are We An Occupation or Just a Gathering? | Dear Occupiers: A Letter from Anarchists
2025-07-22 Palantir Makes Billions Off Surveillance, Deportation, and Genocide Anti-War | Global Justice & Anti-Capitalism | Peninsula | U.S. | Palestine | Immigrant Rights2025-07-21 Program Pioneered Harm Reduction Model that Centered Voices of Drug Users Front Page | Health, Housing & Public Services | Drug War | Santa Cruz Indymedia2025-07-20 Protests Continue at Trader Joe's Stores Over Chicken Supplier Petaluma Poultry Front Page | East Bay | North Bay / Marin | California | Animal Liberation2025-07-16 Kayakers Declare We Must Fight to Defend Rivers and Wild Lands from Donald Trump Front Page | Environment & Forest Defense | Central Valley | California | U.S. | Government & Elections2025-02-22 Musk and Trump Blasted for Attempting Fascist Takeover Front Page | Labor & Workers | Central Valley | San Francisco | South Bay | East Bay | Peninsula | North Bay / Marin | California | U.S. | Government & Elections | Santa Cruz Indymedia2025-01-14 Healthcare Profiteers Encounter Protest at Investors Gathering Front Page | Health, Housing & Public Services | San Francisco | Palestine2025-01-01 Photography From Gaza By Journalist Ahmed Younis Front Page | Anti-War | Media Activism & Independent Media | Arts + Action | East Bay | Palestine2024-12-31 Launched 25 Years Ago, Riseup.net Continues Providing Vital Infrastructure Front Page | Global Justice & Anti-Capitalism | Media Activism & Independent Media | U.S. | International2024-12-30 After Quick "Hiatus" Editors of IGD Continue Publishing Front Page | Global Justice & Anti-Capitalism | Media Activism & Independent Media | U.S.2024-12-24 A Shifting Landscape for Autonomous Anti-Capitalist Media Global Justice & Anti-Capitalism | Media Activism & Independent Media | U.S.2024-12-23 Daniel Andreas San Diego Wanted for Questioning in Bay Area Bombings Police State & Prisons | East Bay | U.S. | International | Animal Liberation
We are 100% volunteer and depend on your participation to sustain our efforts!

Donate

$95.00 donated
in the past month

Get Involved

If you'd like to help with maintaining or developing the website, contact us.

Publish

Publish your stories and upcoming events on Indybay.

IMC Network