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“Let the Black Flag Fly, Let the Conquerers Crawl. Let them Lecture on Justice, With Their Backs to the Wall.” Writing at @pmpressorg
Jan 21, 2021 9 tweets 2 min read
1/9 More #inauguration day thoughts, written on J20 2017 and now part of upcoming book project with @PMPressOrg. Line of demonstrators, many dressed in black bloc, faces off 2/9 “La suerte solo rie a los audaces.” “Fortune only smiles upon the bold.” So goes a famous Latin American rock song. I’m definitely no poet, so symbolism and metaphors aren’t necessarily my strength.
Jan 21, 2021 25 tweets 6 min read
Thinking about #inauguration day 2001, when 600 anarchists barreled through a secret service checkpoint; almost invaded the parade route; and raised the black flag at the Navy memorial as Bush's motorcade drove by. Anarchist bloc holds banner... The 600 person strong "Revolutionary Anti-Authoritarian Bloc" got off to a less than promising start, with most participants being kettled after a brief confrontation outside the Washington Post, Anarchists hold a banner re...