A-Infos (en) US, Burlington, Vermont, March 22 Anti-Capitalist Bloc And Breakaway March

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> by Cindy Milstien
Some 3,000 to 4,000 people gathered in Burlington, Vermont, 
on Saturday, March 22 for a statewide antiwar march and 
rally. The largest demonstration in this city for some 
decades, the permitted march also included 
VermontâEUR^(TM)s largest anti-capitalist bloc to date. 
After a rousing march from City Hall Park to a rallying point 
overlooking Lake Champlain, the anti-capitalist contingent 
invited others to join them -- by explaining âEURoecivil 
disobedience this wayâEUR? -- in an unpermitted march, 
which grew to between 500 and 1,000 people. Lead by 
banners reading âEURoeDrop Capitalism, Not Bombs; for a 
World of Direct Democracy and Mutual Aid,âEUR? 
âEURoeNeither Militarism Nor Capitalism,âEUR? and 
âEURoeUnite against This War; DonâEUR^(TM)t Despair, 
Resist,âEUR? the breakaway march stretched across both 
lanes of traffic as it wound its way through the streets of 
downtown Burlington. The breakaway was accompanied by 
an impromptu marching band and a variety of loud chants, 
including âEURoeNews for the people, not for the 
PentagonâEUR? in front of the âEURoelocalâEUR? Gannett 
newspaper office, and âEURoeThe bombs are dropping; no 
more shoppingâEUR? on the Church Street Marketplace by 
the mall. A highlight for longtime Vermont 
anti-authoritarians was the moment when the breakaway 
march, numbering in the hundreds, stood in front of the 
Federal Building and proclaimed, âEURoe1, 2, 3, 4, the 
whole world says no to war; 5, 6, 7, 8, organize to smash the 
state.âEUR? Best of all, though, was the space that the 
breakaway initiated for nonhierarchical organizing and a 
greater diversity of tactics in the near future as part of 
VermontâEUR^(TM)s 

[Ed. Pictures are at:

http://nefac.northernhacking.org/newswire/display/308/index.php

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