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Showing Original Post only (View all)Anarchists who helped kill Occupy worry anti-Trump activists [View all]
http://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/Anarchists-who-helped-kill-Occupy-worry-10908947.php?cmpid=gatehpAs Kathy Lipscomb watched TV newscasts of black bloc anarchists smashing windows at a UC Berkeley protest, the former organizer of Occupy demonstrations was obsessed by two thoughts.
The first, she said, was: Oh no, not again. The second: We cant let them help ruin things this time.
Those sentiments echoed across the Bay Area as leaders of the current wave of protests against President Trump took heed of Wednesdays campus violence, Trumps subsequent threat to cut funding to UC Berkeley, and what all that portends for their movement.
Their biggest fear is a repeat of what happened to Occupy earlier this decade, when black bloc violence chased away nonviolent, mainstream protesters and helped lead to Occupys collapse about five years ago.
I think the rioting helped Milo Yiannopolous. His sales have soared on Amazon and he's becoming increasingly well-known. The fact that he has benefited so much from the actions of the balaclava-wearing rioters makes me wonder who was behind it.
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I worked with Dems during 2012 Convention in Charlotte and anarchists infiltrated our local Occupy
blm
Feb 2017
#2
Marches should request no black masks - and surround groups of them w peace signs and people willing
bettyellen
Feb 2017
#3
If you see someone in a black mask, you need to stop them by taking their mask
HoneyBadger
Feb 2017
#8
I'd not promote assault, nor agree with you doing same. I'd let them know they are being watched and
bettyellen
Feb 2017
#13
Plus a bajillion. We absolutely have to learn how to protect ourselves & our message ....
Hekate
Feb 2017
#15
Reich said the violent young men in black that he saw were "paramilitary, not students."
Hekate
Feb 2017
#18
Well, as I said before, "paramilitary" is not a fashion statement; it's a mode of training....
Hekate
Feb 2017
#36
Didn't say it was FBI, did I? Take your pick: Erik Prince, Steve Bannon, any number of American....
Hekate
Feb 2017
#47
Surround, Film, and Follow. Perhaps some veterans would like to help cover them.
elehhhhna
Feb 2017
#27
I think there are agitators to get young angry people to join them and whip them into a frenzy...
bettyellen
Feb 2017
#38
Just expose them on every hand. And get out in front of them. Make statements of peaceful protest
nikibatts
Feb 2017
#35