Was the Black Bloc part of the Seattle planning in the months leading up to it? What was its relationship with the labor and environmental orgs planning it?
Being a stakeholder requires, you know, solidarity with the other organizations who had done this planning.
Being a stakeholder requires, you know, solidarity with the other organizations who had done this planning.
https://twitter.com/NYCAntifa/status/1465695263679340550
But for too many of these Black Bloc types, solidarity means "support me when I do whatever I am going to do" not "I am going to do the work to support you."
Anarchists love this kind of shit. But let's look at the 3 biggest anarchist moments in US history--the Haymarket bombing, the Berkman failed assassination attempt on Frick, and the WTO protests.
Each one was anarchists hijacking other labor movements without permission.
Each one was anarchists hijacking other labor movements without permission.
Each of these events gave the media an excuse to change the focus of coverage from the thousands of workers fighting for their own goals to talking about crazy radicals. Of course that's exactly what the media and corporations want.
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