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U4ikLefty

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36. Thank for not tarring the "anarchists" with this trouble-making.

Sat May 12, 2012, 12:40 PM

May 2012

I have had the pleasure to meet & converse with many anarchists since Occupy started. Their outlook & behavior has (for the most part) been exemplary. Even the term "black bloc" is thrown around carelessly. I have changed my mind about how I view these terms.

I hope in the future we (as a progressive community) will get a little informed about our brothers/sisters in the movement for social justice, and not demonize them as a group.

Many of the folks in Food not Bombs are anarchists and they bring free, great-tasting, healthy food out to Occupy's GAs on a regular basis. Just as an example.

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Eyewitness account from an SF Occupier to last nights vandalism (and he's not happy). [View all] Luminous Animal May 2012 OP

When you have constant police surveillance and then it just stops, isn't that at all weird? ck4829 May 2012 #1

I don;t know why anyone should be surprised at this zeemike May 2012 #2

If you let it happen, it's going to happen.You indicated it was obvious that the "leaders" were fake saras May 2012 #3

Plenty of people tried to stop them but the vandals threatened them with baseball bats Luminous Animal May 2012 #4

Smells.... AnneD May 2012 #5

kick HiPointDem May 2012 #6

We need video and lots of it... Bennyboy May 2012 #7

Like I said, livestreamers were threatened with physical violence by the vandals. Luminous Animal May 2012 #8

ok so why didn't real occupy scatter? like in NYC? StarsInHerHair May 2012 #20

They did. Some hung back and cleaned up the trash from tipped over cans... Luminous Animal May 2012 #23

Not surprised but this is just un-freakin'-believable behavior Roland99 May 2012 #9

Agent Provocateurs. nt Javaman May 2012 #10

Sure. It's always AP's. greytdemocrat May 2012 #13

Who do you think they were? backscatter712 May 2012 #27

Why do you come here to hate on Occupy? U4ikLefty May 2012 #28

Awww... Javaman May 2012 #30

Somewhere there should be a cop who's brave enough to blow the whistle. 20score May 2012 #11

Spread the word--BIG, LOUD, and OFTEN (endlessly, really). tblue37 May 2012 #12

One vandalized business tweets in support of OWS... Luminous Animal May 2012 #14

k&r. .. n/t annabanana May 2012 #15

Sounds identical to what happened in Seattle Generic Other May 2012 #16

That is why it is so important to videotape all of the GAs. Every minute of them. JDPriestly May 2012 #17

A lot of people are unhappy. joshcryer May 2012 #18

How do you know those commenters live in the Mission? Luminous Animal May 2012 #21

They sound like they do. joshcryer May 2012 #24

That is a powerful report from someone who really knows all about this and has been working so hard. freshwest May 2012 #19

You're welcome, freshwest. There is a lot of rebuilding to be done. Luminous Animal May 2012 #22

Yeah they always do this. We need a strategy that works even in the face of this. limpyhobbler May 2012 #25

They do this because it works, G_j May 2012 #26

sorry, don't buy it..... crazyjoe May 2012 #29

Maybe not so much limpyhobbler May 2012 #31

Your not convincing me by a long shot. We can't just say crazyjoe May 2012 #34

Some people are planted to make trouble. It's been proven in the past at various protests. limpyhobbler May 2012 #35

Thank for not tarring the "anarchists" with this trouble-making. U4ikLefty May 2012 #36

+1 joshcryer May 2012 #37

Thom Hartmann video just posted agrees with the OP account: freshwest May 2012 #32

"one restaurant owner said officers even appeared to be "escorting" the group" Luminous Animal May 2012 #33