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Do the Greeks get it?
One of the main rebuttals to Chris Hedges’s attack on the black bloc centers on his support of the riots in Greece against the austerity drive. For example, “Nihilo Zero” (love those made-up anarchist...
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What do the Autonomen want?
{MSZ – Gegen die Kosten der Freiheit (Munich) 2/1988} The worldview of the Autonomen is quite simple. It is only them and the “pigs” with their “system.” What do the Autonomen want? With “hatemasks”...
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The black bloc, jihadism, and Counterpunch
Anybody who reads Counterpunch on a regular basis as I do (I also donated $50 to a recent fund-drive and subscribe to the electronic version of the newsletter—so I do understand its value) must be...
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Chris Hedges and B. Traven debate the black bloc
With his feline features, rail-thin yoga instructor body, and white-boy dreadlocks down to his buttocks, B. Traven might have won the debate against the pear-shaped, tan Dacron summer suit wearing,...
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The Politics of a Punch: Richard Spencer and the Black Bloc
COUNTERPUNCH JANUARY 27, 2017 The Politics of a Punch: Richard Spencer and the Black Bloc Unless you do not own a computer or have been in a coma for the past week, you are probably aware of alt-right...
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Vanity of the bonfires
Encounters with David Graeber, George Ciccariello-Maher, and Shon Meckfessel on social media reminded me that the black bloc does have its fans in the academy. As might be expected, the three...
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Antifa and the perils of adventurism
Empty bravado Ever since the Seattle WTO protests of 1999, I have observed a dynamic at work that can best be described as “adventurism”. It accepts that peaceful protests might be of some use but the...
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The Ugly Side of Antifa
by Leighton Woodhouse | Aug 28, 2017 | Uncategorized | Yesterday, at the anti-Alt-Right rally in Berkeley, I watched groups of masked Antifa members in Black Bloc formation swarm individuals who were...
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