To get to the climate justice event I had to go by some stars from this TV show, Paranormal State. When I got there, Henry was preaching up a storm. Something about "we're going to keep marching until we get REAL JUSTICE!"

  

     

Click on either of the above handbills to find out more about them.

  

After Henry these young people took the stage to do a skit explaining the corruption of Bank of America. They are doing things like underwriting the cruel exploitation of indigenous peoples who live near oil fields and funding lobbiests that are giving politicians fig leaves for perpetuating business as usual in Washington, DC.

        

    

        

     

     

For Monday morning on a workday, this was a HUGE march.

     

     

   

    

      

This woman was a real spark plug. She lead us in some great chants. Unfortunately, I couldn't get her to let me see her lyric sheets.

 

When we got to the bank the march separated into groups that targeted all of the different exits. It wasn't long before all of the doors were sealed with people willing to risk arrest. Then there was some celebratory posing for pictures and dancing.

       

   

       

As time passed the firmness of the reality started to set in. The crimes of the management really are serious enough that the company was going to be sealed off until something happened.

     

     

     

  

Those that weren't really ready to be busted for the cause were hanging back, doing things like drumming up a storm to give those waiting for the axe to fall musical support.

  

       

After a while the police formed a line between the door and the crowd.

     

        

After much waiting the people blocking the front door were arrested.

     

Once the front door was cleared I went around back and watched that one. The vigil went on and on. After a while somebody announced that twelve people had been busted. They are down at the jail getting booked. Donations to help them out would be appreciated. Then we declared victory and went home. Apparently sealing the back door isn't enough of a crime to get you busted.

     

     

In a crowd like this one I'll get an "I wish I could get one but...  I just don't have any money" when I mention a sticker is worth a buck to me. Sometimes I feel their pain and I say something like "If you want the sticker I'll give it to you if you pose for a picture with it. That's how I got those pictures of people with MEND YOUR FUELISH WAYS stickers. On the other hand, the guy in the green shirt was part of a Microsoft ad I saw in a bus shelter on the way to the train station going home. He had nothing to do with the rest of the day.