: One note here; don't fall into the lie being peddled by the mass media that the Seattle and London protests were peaceful events hijacked by anarchist nutcases. Without the anarchists, there would be no action; or no co-ordinated one, at any rate; we did the legwork organising and co-ordinating the J18 and N30...SDF: I'm sure it's possible not only that the anarchists did a lot of organizing, but also that not all of them approve of the creation of fascist propaganda advertising "protester violence". Smashing McD's would be a neighborhood improvement if McD's would stay smashed, but we all know what really happens...
: (...and I really can't shed too many tears about the broken windows at McDonald's, either in Seattle or in London last June.)
: While it may be that a "fringe anarchist" group went round breaking things, many anarchist groups formed non-violent protests as well. As for the looting, it looks rather more as if it was local poor people taking advantage of the state of emergency to help themselves to luxury commodities without paying.
SDF: Thanks to Clinton's Welfare Bill...
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