Climate Justice 2019!

Several thousand Bay Area activists shut down the central financial district of San Francisco, known as Wall Street West.

Street blockades closed a ten-block area. Teams of artists then painted two dozen street murals along Montgomery Street. A couple of affinity groups were arrested while blockading the rear employee entrance to Wells Fargo and a few more in a mural drop, but otherwise police stayed in the background. Those arrested were cited and released in a short time.

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The tone of the day was hopeful and creative - and as you'll see below, Reclaiming wasn't the only group doing ritual in the streets.

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The September 25 actions were part of international climate justice events, including the global student strike on September 20.

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Reclaiming's Bay Area Pagan Cluster - Witches Invoking Creative Climate Action, or WICCA - organized a ritual for mid-afternoon. We processed down California Street singing We Are the Rising Sun, then did a short Equinox ritual in the middle of the "mural district" of Montgomery Street, ending with a spiral dance to Our Hands Will Work for Peace and Justice (Harvest Chant).

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Call to Action from the Climate Justice SF coalition | Slide show photos by Luke Hauser