<html><div style='background-color:'><DIV></DIV><EM>>>>But the black bloc'ing tactic isn't 1) particular to anarchism, </EM> <DIV></DIV><EM>>>>seeing as that it wasn't even invented by anarchists but by the </EM> <DIV></DIV><EM>>>>left-commie autonomen and antifa groups in europe </EM> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>You're correct in pointing out that the autonomen are heavily influenced by libertarian marxism... there are some lifestylist "anarchist" elements that deny this and take their ideological orientation slightly from them [and their autonomist anarchist predecessors] without realizing it.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>As for ANTIFA, 99% of antifa's are anarchists, so ANTIFA is in essence an anarchist organisation, although i europe its slightly more of a mass organisation with anarchist leadership.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>There's a lot wrong with black bloc tactics, and how they are carried out and where. A lot of the time, lifestyle "anarchists" will show up to small demos with a small number masked up, for apparently no good reason. They serve as a laughing stock for the crowd, and also the anarchists in attendance at the demo [sometimes an embarassment, actually].</DIV></div><br clear=all><hr>Add photos to your e-mail with MSN 8. <a href="http://g.msn.com/8HMREN/2021">Get 2 months FREE*.</a> </html>