Anyone who believes a good number of folks who show up in black masks for smashy-smashy aren't suffering various forms of infiltration...
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Replying to @zeynep
Anyway, there is a nice bridge in King's County! For sale!
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Replying to @zeynep
One way for the newest wave not to fall victim to old weaknesses ("black bloc" helped kneecap the anti-corporate globalization movement)+
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the war in Iraq had a much much larger "kneecapping" effect what was an expanding/exploding counterglobalization movement.
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Replying to @BiellaColeman
yes, inter-alia. That is why "helped". Definitely multiple factors but it was not a small factor.
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Replying to @zeynep
when the Iraq war happen the movement was becoming more mainstream, ballooning, black bloc very little effect then when derailed
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The anti-corporate globalization movement was doing fine for attention; black bloc only brought negative attention when they+
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Replying to @zeynep @BiellaColeman
..showed up, in various countries, repeatedly shown to be infiltrated; again and again and again. Very destructive effects.
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Replying to @zeynep
Every movement has been infiltrated. You don't need the black bloc for that. Again, it was surprisingly sturdy movement in 2003
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Replying to @BiellaColeman
sure, but less point in infiltrating a group that doesn't show up with black masks breaking stuff. What, you march with them?
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"black bloc" kneecaps mass-mobilizations; all of a sudden there are felony charges floating around.
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Replying to @zeynep @BiellaColeman
And then we learn, again and again, some of the most aggressive members were... infiltrators. Old story. Easy trap to set up.
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Of course, just am questioning whether they, in this case, significantly derailed it. And COINTELPRO history shows that 1/2
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