[lbo-talk] Seattle redux

Chuck0 chuck at mutualaid.org
Thu Oct 2 22:08:07 PDT 2003


Bill Bartlett wrote:


> This is the strategy of the anarchist Black Bloc. They seek to recruit from the pool of existing dissidents who attend these rallies, their tactic is to provoke the authorities into repressive action which will further radicalise many of the people at the demonstration.

What a bunch of fucking nonsense! You obviously don't know one thing about black blocs. The goal of a black bloc is not to recruit from the ranks of other protesters, nor is to provoke the cops into attacking other demonstrators.

Did you get this urban legend from the local peace nazis or from Fox News?

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