[lbo-talk] internal threats

shag carpet bomb shag at cleandraws.com
Tue Nov 8 17:53:18 PST 2011


here's a much longer video that includes the lead up to the WF action with a very large contingent of black bloc'rs clearly looking for some action. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zz22OvY6FTY


>From an account online, the events that happened involved a
specifically *anti-capitalist* march. it was separate from other aspects of the general strike. this person writing, below, was surprised to find 1-2000 people there. they took their place at the head of the march, the rest of the people followed in behind them. You can see how the banners say "death to capitalism" etc etc., all very threatening and menacing. The contingent of black bloc'rs looks fairly large. Certainly not the handfull or a dozen that people seem to have a suggested. BTW, I was also listening to a taping of the GA just after the strike. In it, someone makes a proposal that specifically says violence and non-violence and there's a large contingent that cheered and whooped it u in response to the inclusion of violent tactics.

Anyway, they went after WF. You can tell, in this video, that there are plenty of people cheering in support of the action and then ther eis a contingent trying to stop them. One good thing about the video is that it addresses the complexity and the racialization involved, something they did address when the GA passed the resolution on "diversity of tactics."

here's the account from an anarchist.

http://hereweprotest.com/2011/11/03/oakland-general-strike-an-initial-review/

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