Raw Story
By Stephen C. Webster

After publishing a scathing essay criticizing the tactics of some �Occupy� protesters, Pulitzer-winning journalist Chris Hedges appeared on Russia Today�s The Alyona Show to discuss what he sees as a �cancer� on the movement: the so-called �Black Bloc.�

The �Black Bloc� isn�t so much a sub-group as it is a tactic used by vandals to provide safety in numbers. The thinking is, if one is part of a large group that�s wearing all black, individuals who commit acts of mayhem are harder to pick out from the crowd. While black-clad anarchists have not been a staple feature of the �Occupy� protests, they have emerged in some of the more publicized confrontations, especially in Oakland, where they smashed private property, broke into buildings and sparked mass arrests.

�The prime mover behind wiping out the Occupy encampments was, of course, a Democratic administration,� Hedges said. �And that�s because they deeply fear this movement. It has called their bluff. It has exposed them as corporate puppets in this two party corporate duopoly. I think they realize despite the efforts by MoveOn.org, Van Jones and others that they are not going to co-opt this movement. And so, on the one hand they will try to physically erase it � we just had the D.C. encampment shut down � and internally they will try to divide it.�

That divison has already begun, Hedges said. 

In his opinion, �Black Bloc� is merely �serving the interests of the 1 percent,� and they must be stopped at any cost.

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