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Blocking Wells Fargo's “Business As Usual” to Demand a Halt to Fossil Fuel Funding

by Action at Worldwide Headquarters
Party-like atmosphere part of protest that leads to 6 arrests
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Photo credit: Cornelia Ann Grimes, ProBonoPhoto

Carnival games, impassioned speakers, mural creation, street theater and a singalong with the Raging Grannies....all part of a continued push from activists to hold Wells Fargo accountable for their reckless funding of the fossil fuel industry. At world wide headquarters it was definitely NOT "business as usual" on July 14.
§Dance of Peace
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§Singalong
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§Pasting posters up all along the front windows
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§organizer pleased at the outcome
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Business disrupted. Point made. 6 arrested and released with court date in a week.
§organizer
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§firemen arrive
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6 activists locked themselves down inside the bank lobby. Police came first, then fire personnel were called to cut the protesters out with power tools, releasing them from home made cuffs.
§Painting the plaza
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§Painter smiling
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§All along the plaza
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§speaker
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§babe in tow
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§through the front window
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One of 6 activists who placed themselves in locking cuffs in the bank's front lobby
§exit after firemen cut cuffs off
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§message
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