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History
Black blocs have been a frequent site at North American anarchist protests going back for over a decade. The black bloc idea was inspired by the German Autonomist movement of the 1980s. The autonomen "formed large blocs at demonstrations to provide for their own safety against police attacks and to allow more latitude in the streets" (Paul Glavin, Arsenal #1, 2000) The black bloc idea was first implemented in North America at the 1988 Pentagon actions against the wars in Central America. Several years later, a black bloc was organized for the anti-Gulf War demonstration in Washington, DC. That bloc knocked out windows at the Treasury Department and spraypainted the World Bank.
2000 - Los Angeles - D2KLA
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Black Block at DNC Protests in Los Angeles (2000) |
2000 - Philadelphia - Republican Convention
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2000 - Various Cities - May Day (May 1)
May Day 2000 was an effort to take the decentralized networking approach,
which was used successfully for the J18 and N30 actions, and use it to
revitalize this traditional holiday for labor. |
May Day 2000 Black Block March in Chicago |
2000 - Washington, DC - A16 Anti-IMF/World Bank (April 16 & 17)
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A16 Black Bloc Washington DC |
1999 - Seattle - N30/Anti-WTO (November 30)
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1999 - Philadelphia - Millions for Mumia (April 24)
"Just got back from today's demo for Mumia Abu-Jamal. Turnout was
between 10,000 and 15,000. Don't believe any higher numbers you read.
I've seen bigger Mumia demos in Philadelphia. The anarchist presence was
HUGE. I'd say that around 15-25% of the audience (1500-2000) were anarchists
or sympathizers. There were anarchists from all around the Eastern U.S.:
New York, Detroit, Madison, D.C., Baltimore, West Virginia, Toronto, and
so on."
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1999 - Scene from Black Bloc at Millions for Mumia (Philadelphia)
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1998 - Washington, DC - Jericho '98 (March 28)
"One of the significant aspects of the march was the large anarchist
contingent, which numbered at least 500. I talked with the anarchists
who attended and found people from Boston, Detroit, New York, Philadelphia,
Gainesville, Florida, Atlanta, Asheville, NC, Charlotte, NC, Richmond,
VA, Baltimore, D.C., San Francisco and many more places. The anarchists
didn't quite march in a black block, but they were quite visible."
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1992 - San Francisco - Columbus Day
BB marches to protest 500 years of
First Nations genocide.
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1992 - Washington, DC
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last updated: December 24, 2004
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