black block

Ian Murray seamus2001 at attbi.com
Tue Sep 3 11:09:31 PDT 2002


----- Original Message ----- From: "joanna bujes" <joanna.bujes at ebay.sun.com> To: <lbo-talk at lists.panix.com> Sent: Tuesday, September 03, 2002 10:24 AM Subject: Re:black block


> At 12:16 PM 09/03/2002 -0400, you wrote:
> >Bear in mind that the black bloc is chiefly a tactic of group solidarity
> >and mutual aid. I've marched with several black blocs and have seen little
> >proprty damage. Frankly, I don't see why people get so worked up about the
> >property damage that the BB does, since it is small potatoes compared to
> >what goes on during worker strikes.
>
> Bear in mind also that most of the destruction that happened in Seattle was
> the work of lumpen locals. As for the destruction in Genoa, it has been
> revealed in painstaking detail that this was the work of agent provocateurs
> and the police.
>
> Joanna

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In Seattle the cops broke a bunch of windows too. When they fired the tear gas cannisters at protesters, the loud booms would knock out some store windows.

Ian



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