Organized as part of Stop Billionaires Summer, a rowdy "tour of shame" of banking and insurance institutions in San Francisco’s financial district took place on August 18 to shut down business as usual, and emphasize the connections between genocide, the climate crisis, capitalism, exploitation, and oppression.

The day's action began at McKesson Plaza by denouncing insurance Company Chubb, whose offices are at the Plaza. Then it was on to J.P. Morgan Chase where another rally was held. The Black Rock Headquarters building was next. After a sit-in in the lobby of BlackRock ensued, police arrived and arrested demonstrators, taking them away in multiple paddy wagons.

Joining activists from the Bay Area was a delegation of Gulf South residents, a region on the frontlines of climate disaster, representing communities hit hardest by the fossil fuel projects supported by the financial and insurance institutions in the SF Financial District.

Walk of Shame Includes Chubb, J.P. Morgan Chase, and BlackRock | Tour of Shame - March & Action to Shut Down Corporate Profiteers of War and Climate Crisis

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