it's actually even funnier than malcolm let on.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zz22OvY6FTY <> <> 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/ <> <> <> <> -- <> http://cleandraws.com <> Wear Clean Draws <> ('coz there's 5 million ways to kill a CEO) <>
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