Frank Chu (born March 24, 1960) is an American eccentric and conspiracy theorist. Since at least 1999, and commutes daily to San Francisco and nearby locales in order to reach the largest audience of passers-by and television news crews for his street protests about this labor dispute. According to Chu, before he started protesting, he worked as an accountant, attended UC Berkeley, and earned an associate degree in business administration from California State University, Hayward.

The now-closed 12 Galaxies bar in San Francisco was named in honor of Chu's cause.

Sign sponsorships

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Sign texts

right|thumb|Chu at the 2004 [[Independence Day (United States)|Independence Day messenger barbecue|alt=Chu stands next to a sign that reads "Phillips / 12 Galaxies / Solarunikel unconstitutionality / Pacsat: Kastronoticul coverage / Guskoketical / Libertarians parochial / Pedophiles"]]

Chu uses colored all caps text for his signs. His signs change from day to day, and tend to go through syntactically similar phases, with the phrase "12 Galaxies" (these are only the guilty galaxies<!-- http://www.reddit.com/r/sanfrancisco/comments/1xb5cj/greetings_i_am_frank_chu_ama/cf9s4xn -->) being his trademark and a constant presence in the signs. In June 2007, Chu broke from this tradition and started replacing this with "85 Galaxies",

Awards

Frank Chu has received the following awards:

  • 2000 "Best Protester", San Francisco Bay Guardian.

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  • "Frank Chu marches with Occupy San Francisco protesters, 2011"
  • "Lunch Inside the 12 Galaxies"
  • "Interviews with Frank Chu" on Starve.Org
  • ACME ChuMaker parody app