Argentina deja vu: Occupy SF forces employees of Wells Fargo to be escorted in and out

today in san francisco...

Protesters associated with Occupy SF, an offshoot of New York’s ongoing Occupy Wall Street demonstration, have migrated and formed a thick cluster outside the headquarters of Wells Fargo bank, making it necessary for police officers to escort workers in and out of the building’s doors.

Eleven protesters have been arrested at the scene, an officer told San Francisco Chronicle reporter Vivian Ho. They were charged with trespassing.

Protesters also reportedly sat in front of the bank’s doors, holding signs that said “make banks pay” and hanging mock eviction signs to the building’s doors. The signs were secured by stickers bearing one of the protest’s slogans: “We are the 99 percent.”

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People on the scene estimate that the crowd holds about 200 protesters. The demonstrators are obstructing at least three of the four entrances to the bank.

a bell went off and i went searching for a blog post i put up way back in march 2005 when i was first living in buenos aires... i had gone walking down on the florida pedestrian mall in the microcentro...

It took me a few minutes to grasp what I was seeing. There were roughly fifteen to twenty people pounding with hammers on a corrugated metal wall that had been erected immediately around the outside of a tall office building and they were making one hell of a racket. The wall was clearly not new and showed evidence of severe pounding that must have occurred over quite a period of time. I noticed that the "pounders" were casually dressed and were accompanied by protestors carrying signs. My first thought was that it was a construction site and they were demonstrating against some new development. As I examined the building in greater detail, I noticed a familiar white and blue sign and logo high up as well as blue and white trim partially exposed behind the corrugated metal. Slowly it began to dawn on me. This wasn't a construction site, it was Citibank's main office in Buenos Aires. I also realized that there was a heavily guarded door at the corner of the building where employees coming and going were flashing their badges.

as i was wont to do more often in the early days of the blog, i continued with the following rant...

WHY AREN'T WE CHAINING OURSELVES TO THE FRONT DOORS OF HALLIBURTON'S CORPORATE HEADQUARTERS TO PROTEST WAR PROFITEERING? WHY AREN'T WE POUNDING ON THE WALLS OF CITIBANK FOR PRACTICING USURY, ACCUMULATING PROFITS ON THE BACKS OF THE POOR, AND BUYING POLITICAL INFLUENCE?

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We oughta be joining hands and marching across the country to toss the ringleaders of this godawful mess OUT, OUT, OUT!!!

HA...! i've always claimed that i'm years ahead of my time...

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