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ANARCHIST TACTICS 'FUTURE' OF OCCUPY MOVEMENT  Occupy has now officially embraced violent 
anarchism, declaring such tactics the future of the anti-capitalist movement. ---- Last 
month, WND was first to report that Occupy had partnered with anarchy groups to engage in 
joint “direct action” at May Day. ---- Now, Adbusters magazine (who issued the oruginal 
call for the Occupy movement) has declared anarchy action “a tactical innovation that 
suggests the future of Occupy.” ---- Adbusters has been behind Occupy since the movement’s 
onset. The radical publication is reported to have come up with the Occupy Wall Street 
idea after so-called Arab Spring protests toppled governments in Egypt, Libya and Tunisia. 
---- The Adbusters website serves as one of two central hubs for Occupy’s online planning. 
Adbusters is funded by the George Soros-financed Tides Center.

In an article titled “Battle for the Soul of Occupy,” the activist magazine notes the “May 
Day General Strike was a surprising and bold success for the visceral side of the 
movement,” referring specifically to anarchy groups using what is known as “black bloc” 
tactics.

Black bloc is a tactic in which protesters wear black clothing, scarves, ski masks, 
motorcycle helmets with padding or other face-concealing items. Black bloc anarchists use 
the concealment to commit violent or illegal acts.

Adbusters criticized Occupy’s collaboration with unions and labor groups as too mild to 
make progress, while crediting anarchists with taking the Occupy movement to the next stage.

“While most of Occupy put its energy into building coalitions with ‘legacy progressive 
groups,’” labor unions and immigrant-rights organizations, these efforts did not yield the 
anticipated results. In New York, for example, despite amassing a coalition of over a 
hundred organizations and rallying a crowd of more than 30,000, occupiers were thwarted in 
their attempts to shut down banks or re-occupy Wall Street. And some Zuccottis have 
complained that union representatives actively blocked an attempt to lead the crowd toward 
direct action at the end of the night.

“Meanwhile in Seattle, Oakland, San Francisco, New Orleans and elsewhere, anarchists using 
Black Bloc tactics stole the show.”

Abusters stated that “for many, the Black Bloc represents a tactical innovation that 
suggests the future of Occupy.”

Continued the Soros-funded publication: “And Black Bloc tactics are just one aspect of the 
overall rejuvenation of anarchism that is happening right now including the increase of 
infoshops (there are two near Occupy Oakland: The Holdout and The Longhaul); the creation 
of bottom-up solidarity networks to replace top-down unions; providing free food on the 
model of Food Not Bombs; offering a compelling DIY aesthetic.”

Abusters declares that “anarchist occupiers are energized and their visceral tactics are 
attracting members.”

“Now, the power of the Black Bloc is growing within Occupy and pushing the movement in 
unexpected directions,” the magazine added.

The new directions apparently include at least two thwarted terrorist plots associated 
with Occupy anarchists.

WND was first to report some of the suspects in a thwarted plot to bomb a bridge just 
outside Cleveland participated in Occupy events and that one suspect was described by news 
media in March as an Occupy member.

WND also reported a resident of the Chicago apartment raided by police last week in an 
alleged terror bust related to the city’s NATO summit is the spokeswoman for Occupy Chicago.

Zoe Sigman claimed in an interview that she was “110 percent sure” the police trumped up 
claims of confiscating Molotov cocktail equipment in her home as part of a planned attack 
on President Obama’s Chicago headquarters and Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s home.
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