Fear of a Black Bloc Planet: Occupy Vancouver's First Days Occupied by the State
Submitted on October 28, 2011
By Zig Zag - October 25, 2011
Coming as it did four months to the day after the June 15 Canucks Riot...city officials and business were extremely concerned about the Occupy Vancouver mobilization...Along with opening lines of communication to the initial organizers of Occupy Vancouver, police also began a propaganda campaign against anarchists and 'trouble-makers' who, they warned, would attempt to “hijack” the rally. The greatest fear of local authorities was that a Black Bloc would materialize and carry out attacks.
