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>From: Nicholas Roberts <nicholas at themediasociety.org>
>To: lbo-talk at lbo-talk.org
>Sent: Saturday, November 5, 2011 1:10 PM
>Subject: [lbo-talk] Occupy Oakland's imminent implosion and the wider effects
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>I expect anyone carefully watching Occupy Oakland will know that the
>general strike and demo day (which was hugely successful i.e. 40 000
>people) was followed in the night by an unplanned building occupation,
>vandalism, looting, riot porn (burning dumpsters, fireworks, "occupation
>defence" and an former Army Ranger (on his way home and not associated with
>the evening games) being beaten badly by police
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>the Occupy Oakland camp, seems to be dominated - Twitter, camp mobile
>phone, and website - by a Black Bloc styled inner circle vanguard who are
>focussed on property damage as non-violence using the doctrine of diversity
>of tactics
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>you can see on Indymedia how unpopular this unplanned action and criminal
>activity masked as radical politics is
>http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2011/11/04/18697383.php
>http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2011/11/03/18697018.php
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>you and will hear from the meetings at the camp, although I am guessing the
>general assembly process will have its numbers stacked by "anarchists",
>especially once the cold weather and the increasingly self destructive
>behavior keeps everyday people away
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>the local businesses, especially independent ones, suffered vandalism and
>looting, and 70 of the 100 people arrested where from out of town, there
>are lots of accusations of white-privileged "anarchist" tourists tripping
>into town for some riot porn
>
>my guess is, the Black Bloc cell is infiltrated and compromised and is on a
>path to self-destruction and eviction, in the process it may well trigger
>widespread rioting, looting and a very heavy handed police response, maybe
>possibly the loss of the a "progressive mayor" and a further
>marginalization of teachers, unions, students, immigrants, workers,
>precariat, homeless, evicted and unemployed
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>Republicans in the central valley are already vowing a law and order
>crack-down from the internal enemy
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>and the Establishment Left are still lauding a great victory, trivializing
>property damage as justified considering the obvious brutality of the
>system and generally providing arm chair fuel to the fire
>
>2 weeks for eviction in Oakland is my guess
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