Assault of the New Storm Troopers: rioting tactics

Wikipedia: "Black bloc"

A black bloc refers to a tactic, developed in the 1980s by anti-nuclear activist autonomists, whereby participants attended protests and marches wearing black clothing, ski masks and motorcycle helmets with padding, steel-toed boots and often carrying their own shields and truncheons.[1] The clothing is used to avoid being identified by authorities, and to theoretically appear as one large mass, promote solidarity, and create a clear revolutionary presence. (...) >>>

May 19, 2009
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Mail Online: "Fifty years for 'urban terrorists': Animals rights fanatics jailed for campaign of intimidation"

A judge branded seven animal rights extremists 'urban terrorists' yesterday as he jailed them for a total of 50 years for a ruthless campaign of intimidation. Mr Justice Butterfield said the Stop Huntingdon Animal Cruelty activists made life a 'living hell' for thousands of men, women and children by subjecting them to a 'relentless, sustained and merciless persecution'. He also called for the law to be changed to allow tougher sentences for blackmailers, after warning the ringleaders of the network were likely to return to extremism once they were freed. (...) >>>

Jan 22, 2009
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JIDF: "Starbucks in London's East End FIREBOMBED"

Harry's Place has a story up which isn't getting much coverage. Apparently terrorism is happening now for online "glory" while it is barely being covered elsewhere. Here are some excerpts:

"Early this morning, thugs smashed their way into the coffee shop as the manager hid inside the office. As he watched on the security monitor in the office, they daubed racist graffiti and finally lobbed a molotov-cocktail through the plate-glass window. Luckily he managed to make it to the fire-escape and raise the alarm. Fire-fighters managed to stop the flames spreading to the adjacent buildings." "...At Indymedia, it is being flagged up as a triumph of "peace activism" ("Smashing the Israeli war machine - Starbucks, Whitechapel firebombed " is the headline)." "...Depressingly, the news that a shop in London was firebombed and daubed with antisemitic graffiti seems only to have been reported in the local press - and of course, crowed about at Indymedia." (...) >>>

Jan 15, 2009

Of cource, these are no longer isolated cases, but for the December 2008 goings-on in Greece we must refer you to that particular page.
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