File spoon-archives/aut-op-sy.archive/aut-op-sy_2001/aut-op-sy.0107, message 353


Date: Sat, 21 Jul 2001 09:25:43 -0700 (PDT)
From: commie zero zero <commie00-AT-yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: AUT: Black Bloc attacks Cobas, Rete Lilliput


> Greetings all-  havent properly introduced myself 
> to the list yet  after Genoa ends I promise!
> 
> Ive been surveying the Italian dailies coverage of 
> Genoa.  There are more than a few reports 
> coming out that the BB attacked other protest 
> groups yesterday.  Their actions were predictably 
> condemned by Cobas and Rete Lilliput, as well 
> as the Tute Bianche.  The Cobas leader has gone 
> on record as saying, with regards to the death of 
> Carlo Giuliani, something to the effect of "They 
> were looking for trouble."

i've been paying close attention to this as well, esp
as someone who has been a black bloc participant. 

from what i understand, it is widely believed that the
black bloc has been incredibly infiltrated, and that
many of these attacks may be cops in disguise. 

however, i also understand that there was a lot of
anger and distrust between the main protest groups and
black blocers due to the umbrella group trying to
force non-violence, and the black bloc types attacking
non-violents for being non-violents. if this is true,
then the resonsibility for the insanity is the fault
of both groups in that they both betrayed every notion
of solidarity and autonomy of action ("diversity of
tactics") that was developed in prague and used with
great success in quebec (and i belive sweeden). 

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