Environmental Activists Will Target Seattle Bank Branches Monday

SEATTLE, WA - Protesters participating in a global day of action against tar sands operations will attempt to disrupt activity at 103 banks in Seattle on Monday, according to the group Divest the Globe. The indigenous-led protests will target Chase, Wells Fargo, Bank of America, TD Bank, and US Bank branches

The protests will begin at 11 a.m. Monday. The action is similar to one carried out in May in Seattle where activists disrupted activity at 13 Chase branches across the city in protest of the bank's funding of tar sands development. The protests varied from bank to bank, but all were peaceful. Seattle police arrested 26 people during that protest.

Monday's protests will include veterans of the Standing Rock protests and Mazaska Talks, a Seattle-based divestment organization led by indigenous activists.

“Until these banks start investing in the future of Mother Earth, we will bring attention to the injustice they contribute to and we will continue to use divestment as a tool to help end these atrocities,” Mazaska Talksco-founder Rachel Heaton said in a release.

Photo: Tribal and environmental groups opposed to the proposed Enbridge Line 3 project rally Thursday, Sept. 28, 2017 at the State Capitol in St. Paul, Minn. to express concerns about the project's risks to Minnesota's clean water, wildlife and tar sands oil's contribution to global climate change.

Image via Jim Mone/Associated Press