Bay Area CODEPINK kicked off the January 20th Occupy Wall Street West day of action dressed as giant squids at Goldman Sachs, which Rolling Stone
journalist Matt Taibbi refers to as “a great vampire squid wrapped
around the face of humanity, relentlessly jamming its blood funnel into
anything that smells like money.” Three CODEPINKers staged an action
inside Goldman Sachs. CODEPINK co-sponsored a massive flashmob, joined
Occupy the Courts day of action, and spoke out at a teach-in outside war
profiteer Bechtel. See and read news coverage and YouTubes of CODEPINK
participation in Occupy Wall Street West.
Watch these four videos:
Embody the Movement - One People Flash Mob! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aQL_RT9aIfc&feature=youtu.be
CODEPINK activist Nancy Mancias handcuffs herself inside Goldman Sachs building
Goldman Sachs Squid Skit
CODEPINK activist Janet Weil speaks at Bechtel teach-in
Press Links:
January 23, 2012
Embody the Movement: Dancing for Economic Justice
By Rae Abileah, Sharon Shay Sloan, Eva Lyons and Magalie Bonneau-Marcil, Global Exchange Blog, FireDog Lake, OpEd News
January 23, 2012
Thousands in San Francisco "Occupy Wall Street West"
By Josh Healey, The Progressive
January 21, 2012
Banks targeted for OWS West protest
http://www.examiner.com/wine-in-san-francisco/banks-targeted-for-ows-west-protest-1
By Thomas Pendergast, The Examiner
January 23, 2012
Occupy SF Turns The City Into A Theme Park Of Protesthttp://open.salon.com/blog/yserba/2012/01/22/occupy_sf_turns_the_city_into_a_theme_park_of_protest
By Kevin Army, Open Salon
By Gary Kamiya, AlterNet and Salon
Excerpt:
The
last person you would expect to find standing in a bedraggled squid
costume in front of a financial district skyscraper at six in the
morning would be a 69-year-old retired psychology professor. But the
Occupy movement is full of surprises. The human squid, [CODEPINK East
Bay Coordinator] Eleanor Levine, said, “I'm out here to bring attention
to the irresponsible financial practices of Goldman Sachs. I also want
to bring attention to the concept of corporate personhood [which was
behind the Supreme Court ruling in Citizens United]. Corporations are
not people. This company played a role in bringing not just the country
but the world to financial ruin. People have to face up to what Goldman
Sachs has done. Their CEO made $28 million.” Asked if the dreadful
weather had prevented more people from joining the protest, Levine said
calmly, “Yes, the rain put a damper on the turnout, but more will come.”
Her pink tentacles waving, she walked cheerfully off.
Video: CODEPINK meeting inside of Goldman Sachs
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bqfB2h7CvVI
January 21, 2012
Occupy Wall Street West #J20, Bechtel Teach In
http://www.globalexchange.org/blogs/peopletopeople/2012/01/21/occupy-wall-street-west-j20-bechtel-teach-in/
By Carleen Pickard, Global Exchange Blog
January 18, 2012
Occupy Wall Street West: New Movement Rises In San Francisco http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/01/18/occupy-wall-street-west_n_1214407.html
By Robin Wilkey, Huffington Post
TV Coverage
CBS 5 http://mms.tveyes.com/Transcript.asp?StationID=959&DateTime=1%2F20%2F2012+6%3A04%3A10+PM&LineNumber=&MediaStationID=959&playclip=True&RefPage=
KTVU Ch 2 live coverage http://mms.tveyes.com/Transcript.asp?StationID=974&DateTime=1%2F20%2F2012+5%3A04%3A28+PM&LineNumber=&MediaStationID=974&playclip=True&RefPage=
NBC
http://mms.tveyes.com/Transcript.asp?StationID=969&DateTime=1%2F20%2F2012+6%3A53%3A47+AM&LineNumber=&MediaStationID=969&playclip=True&RefPage=
CBS 5 http://mms.tveyes.com/Transcript.asp?StationID=959&DateTime=1%2F20%2F2012+6%3A32%3A03+AM&LineNumber=&MediaStationID=959&playclip=True&RefPage=
NBC http://mms.tveyes.com/Transcript.asp?StationID=969&DateTime=1%2F20%2F2012+6%3A03%3A56+AM&LineNumber=&MediaStationID=969&playclip=True&RefPage=
An array of the Occupy Wall St. West coverage on TV http://mms.tveyes.com/QuickView.asp?New=TRUE&TermID=280232&Date=1%2F20%2F2012 | 
