Re: RE: the significance of global riots

[Jim Devine]

At 11:11 AM 7/23/01 -0400, you wrote:
>It could be argued that anarchists
>are seen as part of the spectrum of protest,
>and therefore elevate the profile of the
>entire affair when they break things.
>But it's possible to overdo it and make
>the rioting the center of the story,
>instead of the teaser.  Gang assaults
>on police in broad daylight, with media
>coverage, are more interesting than oh,
>100,000 people marching peacefully.

I don't know enough about the "riots" in Genoa, but I wonder how much of 
the "black block" anarchist behavior reflects the macho belief that being 
tough and/or violent somehow solves things or makes a political 
statement?  I also wonder about the role of agents provocateurs?

what is the "black block" program? how do they see their tactics as fitting 
in a strategy for attaining their goals?

Jim Devine [EMAIL PROTECTED] &  http://bellarmine.lmu.edu/~jdevine