Reuters, “Angry and agile – anarchists give police hard time at Hamburg G20”
As the July 7-8 summit started on Friday, Black Bloc anarchists and other anti-capitalist protesters sat in groups on main intersections, blocking streets and bridges leading to the summit venue as well as a road used by trucks at Hamburg Port. On Thursday night, they hurled beer bottles, blocked roads using trash bins and set […]
Raw Story, “G20 host Hamburg braces for ‘Welcome to Hell’ protest”
Most protests are expected to be peaceful but several will be spearheaded by radical leftwing and anarchist militants known as “black bloc” activists who have often clashed with police, hurling rocks, bottles or fireworks. Continue Reading
ABC Kentucky, ” At least 76 police officers injured in G-20 protests in Germany”
Some 8,000 people were in the crowd, and not all of them were violent, police said, adding that about 1,000 people were part of a black bloc anarchist group. Police have not yet released figures on how many people were arrested and injured during the demonstrations. Continue Reading
The Daily Beast, “As Trump Arrives in Merkel-Land, It’s ‘Welcome to Hell’”
It’s been decades since the ‘Black Blocs’ and other anarchists could command world attention, but the G-20 in Hamburg—and outrage at the U.S. president—have brought them back. The “Welcome to Hell” march had been organized through the Rote Flora, an old theater that was revamped as a squat for anarchists and the innovative left in […]