black block

[Chuck Munson]

joanna bujes wrote:
> 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.

Noooooooo. The police organized a fake black bloc in Genoa, but like 
Seattle, the property damage was done by the black bloc and other "lumpen" 
locals.

I'm not sure if you've been following the situation in Italy, but 
revelations about what the cops did at Genoa have really illustrated how 
shitty it was for the moderates to blame shit on the black bloc.

Chuck0

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