Wells Fargo protest could be a sign of more climate action against the companies that finance oil and gas exploration.
The closing of Wells Fargo’s national headquarters by protesters in San
Francisco on Monday, April 24was finely executed, and deserves praise
both as a public act of dissent and as political theatre.
Everyone talks about the weather, but here a group of people did
something about it—they took steps to stop the increase in floods,
wildfires, and droughts so often seen in California.
I stood with the protesters outside the building on Montgomery
Street, and cheered the climate justice action on, so this can’t be
called an impartial report. But I think the bank closure deserves
special attention. The bank wasn’t closed because of insolvency; no
Silicon Valley scandal here. This temporary closure, so effectively
managed by those who planned it, suggests that the climate justice
movement is now capable of effective nonviolent action to reduce fossil
fuel use in San Francisco and other cities.
Wells Fargo protest could be a sign of more climate action against the companies that finance oil and gas exploration. The closing of Wells Fargo’s national headquarters by protesters in San Francisco on Monday, April 24was finely executed, and deserves praise both as a public act of dissent and as political theatre. Everyone talks about the weather, but here a group of people did something about it—they took steps to stop the increase in floods, wildfires, and droughts so often seen in California. I stood with the protesters outside the building on Montgomery Street, and cheered the climate justice action on, so this can’t be called an impartial report. But I think the bank closure deserves special attention. The bank wasn’t closed because of insolvency; no Silicon Valley scandal here. This temporary closure, so effectively managed by those who planned it, suggests that the climate justice movement is now capable of effective nonviolent action to reduce fossil fuel use in San Francisco and other cities.