Yo's-
I stayed away from certain protests because it was known that Black Bloc
(who are not black and are not from around the block) would be stirring
up shit.
Their tactic boils down to: infiltrate someone else's protest, then
provoke the cops into over-reacting and hurting innocent protesters, and
then try to use the police over-reaction as an excuse to stir up The
Revolution. I call that "revolution over _someone else's_ dead body,"
and yeah it's basically cowardly.
I guarantee, with 100% certainty, that there is at least one deliberate
infiltrator/provocateur in Black Bloc, whose real goal is to destroy the
effectiveness of various movements & protests in the Bay Area. The rest
of 'em, who do it for the jollies, are basically provocateur scabs,
working for free and thereby undercutting the wages that might otherwise
be paid to professional provocateurs.
-G.
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On 13-02-28-Thu 7:41 PM, Andrew wrote:
Understod. I wasn't responding to you posting this, just the message
itself which was probablly the result of a propaganda campeign by the
OPD sent out to bussiness owners.
I feel like someone has to respond to that stuff because of how
twisted the facts and tone are.
Thanks,
Andrew
On Feb 28, 2013 6:42 PM, "Jenny Ryan" <tunabananas(a)gmail.com
<mailto:tunabananas@gmail.com>> wrote:
Yeah, sorry, didn't mean to incite any fear! Just passing on the
message for transparency so y'all are aware of the temperature of
our landlords. That said, please do remember to close doors behind
you when entering and exiting the building, *always and
especially* if you go out the front (Broadway-side) door or down
the stairs to the side door (the door to the stairs). Otherwise
alarms go off and George calls and yells at me/sudoers :)
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On Thu, Feb 28, 2013 at 6:06 PM, Andrew <andrew(a)roshambomedia.com
<mailto:andrew@roshambomedia.com>> wrote:
so many things to say about this. but I really don't want this
to turn into a black-bloc flame war. But, let me just say if
this sounds strangely like a fear tactic and until reading
this you never thought to feel personally threatened by the
mythical black-bloc group.. there's a reason, cause it's
mostly BS. The Oscar Grant riot was a bunch of people without
mask looting stuff... this hasn't happened once during the
occupy movement.
I just hope this doesn't scare anyone away from being downtown
after the 9pm shut down. We don't have a curfew!
--Andrew
On Thu, Feb 28, 2013 at 5:54 PM, Leonid Kozhukh
<len(a)ligertail.com <mailto:len@ligertail.com>> wrote:
well, the 11pm shut down doesnt seem to make sense
considering this says the party is 7-10pm...
On Thu, Feb 28, 2013 at 5:47 PM, Andrew
<andrew(a)roshambomedia.com
<mailto:andrew@roshambomedia.com>> wrote:
Or
http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2013/02/01/18731134.php
On Feb 28, 2013 5:19 PM, "Jenny Ryan"
<tunabananas(a)gmail.com <mailto:tunabananas@gmail.com>>
wrote:
Notice from the landlord regarding tomorrow's
First Friday event and new guidelines posted by
the City of Oakland.
TL;DR:
-Laurie and George (the landlords) are asking that
meetings disperse by 11pm, and that all doors be
locked.
-OPD will be setting up a mobile command post on
Telegraph & W Grand
-No First Friday events allowed south of W Grand
-Event ends at 9pm with a moment of silence
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: *Laurie Cooperman Rosen* <Lscoop(a)comcast.net
<mailto:Lscoop@comcast.net>>
Date: Thu, Feb 28, 2013 at 2:17 PM
Subject: URGENT TO ALL TENANTS!!! First Friday
Tomorrow Night....URGENT....PLEASE READ CAREFULLY
To: Laurie Cooperman Rosen <Lscoop(a)comcast.net
<mailto:Lscoop@comcast.net>>
http://www.eastbayexpress.com/oakland/how-the-black-bloc-occupied-oakland/Co
ntent?oid=3036670
<http://www.eastbayexpress.com/oakland/how-the-black-bloc-occupied-oakland/Content?oid=3036670>
The flier above (pdf) are guidelines for tomorrow
night's First Friday Event
in lieu of expected potential violence from the
group listed in the web site
above. Apparently at sites (unknown to me) this
black bloc group has been
advocating that people come out en mass and cause
trouble after First Friday
is over. We are asking that groups meeting in
the building disburse by
11pm and that all doors, esp. doors to Broadway,
22nd Street and the Alley
behind out of 2135, as well as the gate into the
front entrance of 2135, be
securely locked by this time. George will be
there at that time to convince
all to leave the building and he will secure it.
Groups or individuals not adhering to this warning
and coming back to the
building after that time may find themselves
responsible not only for
damages to their persons but damage done to the
building or others.
This is a serious issue; even the Security
Ambassadors are being asked to go
home by midnight for their own personal safety,
and there is no expectation
that the police will have enough personnel on the
streets should this get
out of hand.
Many of you were not there a few years ago during
the (Oscar Grant)
riots....it was not pretty, and there WAS damage
to our property. Trouble
is NOT expected early in the evening. Enjoy
yourselves, but try to monitor
alcohol consumption (your own and those around
you) for the safety of all
tomorrow evening...and get home early....and SAFELY!
Laurie & George
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