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PHOTOGRAPHY about Direct Actionposted on Octobre 22, 2011 by davidpball

#OccupyVancouver 'run on banks' takes over branches, accounts closed

by David P Ball

#OccupyVancouver 'run on banks' takes over branches, accounts closed
#OccupyVancouver 'run on banks' takes over branches, accounts closed
#OccupyVancouver 'run on banks' takes over branches, accounts closed
#OccupyVancouver 'run on banks' takes over branches, accounts closed
#OccupyVancouver 'run on banks' takes over branches, accounts closed
#OccupyVancouver 'run on banks' takes over branches, accounts closed
#OccupyVancouver 'run on banks' takes over branches, accounts closed
#OccupyVancouver 'run on banks' takes over branches, accounts closed
#OccupyVancouver 'run on banks' takes over branches, accounts closed
#OccupyVancouver 'run on banks' takes over branches, accounts closed
#OccupyVancouver 'run on banks' takes over branches, accounts closed
#OccupyVancouver 'run on banks' takes over branches, accounts closed
#OccupyVancouver 'run on banks' takes over branches, accounts closed
#OccupyVancouver 'run on banks' takes over branches, accounts closed
#OccupyVancouver 'run on banks' takes over branches, accounts closed
#OccupyVancouver 'run on banks' takes over branches, accounts closed
#OccupyVancouver 'run on banks' takes over branches, accounts closed
#OccupyVancouver 'run on banks' takes over branches, accounts closed

Several hundred demonstrators from #OccupyVancouver staged a 'run on the banks' today, with nearly a dozen closing their accounts at major Canadian financial institutions -- ending the action with a take-over of a Toronto Dominion bank branch, dance party and sit-in.

The action -- which drew roughly 350 people -- was meant to draw attention to financial corruption and record bank profits during the financial crisis, as well as bank support for tar sands and other environmental destructive projects.

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