ComradeMilton Posted September 5, 2017 Share Posted September 5, 2017 I assume you know that's a tactic, not a group? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WISD0MTREE Posted September 7, 2017 Share Posted September 7, 2017 On 9/5/2017 at 3:58 AM, ComradeMilton said: sabotaging critical American infrastructure? Does cutting telecom lines that are used for 911 calls count as critical infrastructure? http://archive.is/ihft4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rozalia Posted September 7, 2017 Share Posted September 7, 2017 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ComradeMilton Posted September 7, 2017 Share Posted September 7, 2017 Quote The clothing is used to conceal marchers' identities, and hinder criminal prosecution, by making it difficult to distinguish between participants. It is also used to protect their faces and eyes from items, such as pepper-spray, which law enforcement often use. The tactic allows the group to appear as one large unified mass. Black bloc participants are often associated with anarchism and they use multiple forms of violence when they gather at a protest. The tactic was developed in the 1980s in the European autonomist movement's protests against squatter evictions, nuclear power and restrictions on abortion, as well as other influences. Black blocs gained broader media attention outside Europe during the 1999 Seattle WTO protests, when a black bloc damaged property of GAP, Starbucks, Old Navy, and other multinational retail locations in downtown Seattle. Tactic, not group. At least in the sense of an organized, formal group. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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