Anarchists or agents provocateurs?

[Max Sawicky]

. . .     A short comment- wouldn't underestimate the
presence of numbers of agent provocateurs, but, as anyone on the list would
now, every young radical esp. those in the anarcho/punk scenes, isn't likely
to be all that willing to follow the lead of their left elders when the
"peace police" call on the crowd to not trash Niketown or Starbucks.

                                  Michael Pugliese
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I agree that some spontaneous or planned, independent
window breaking was inevitable.  But whether planned
or police-instigated, the effect is the same, no?
A negative effect that leads all the headlines and
justifies the police behavior.

A question is whether the demo planners should have
set up some kind of self-policing.  And whether it
would work if committed to non-violence.

mbs