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The SF Chronicle article (SF Chronicle, Feb. 5 2017 Anarchists who helped kill Occupy worry anti-Trump activists By Kevin Fagan and Michael Bodley) is essentially a right wing hit piece masquerading as an objective journalistic feature. Black Bloc did not kill Occupy. The police state did. While there are certainly issues with the Black Bloc, the tendency to dismiss them as spoiled bourgeois brats who have no political support is the liberal left's version of the right wing's redbaiting of more mainstream protests. Those who do so obviously have little or no actual knowledge of who makes up most of the Black bloc around the nation. The bulk of them are not provocateurs or informants. Indeed, many of them have years of protest activity under their belts that began when they were teens or young adults. Are their politics extreme? Yes, but mostly because they believe that other political approaches are too accommodating. They have a point. Raising awareness is one thing. Overthrowing capitalism is another. it's time we organize for the latter. The Black Bloc believes their tactics are the right ones.If you don't like their actions, get out and organize (like you keep telling them to do) mass protests with a radical program that can actually do something besides make us feel good. Don't do the bossman's work and spread the idea that some of us protesters are good and some are bad. If you disagree with the Black Bloc, spend your energy organizing something more effective. ron j _________________________________________________________ Full posting guidelines at: http://www.marxmail.org/sub.htm Set your options at: http://lists.csbs.utah.edu/options/marxism/archive%40mail-archive.com
