Black Bloc 2008: inspiring video

The tradition of black blocking grew out of the autonomen movements in Germany in the 1980s; Autonomen wore black during militant action in the process of squat defenses, and during solidarity-demonstrations.

One explanation for the Autonomen's clothing choice is that black was the color of the leather jackets that squatters wore for warmth and to deflect blows from police batons, whereas ski masks were practical ways to filter out tear gas and to protect one's identity. They were dubbed by the German media as der schwarze Block. The tradition was first seen in the United States of America during protests against the Gulf War in Iraq in February 1991 where it was initiated by Love and Rage, a North American revolutionary anarchist organization. Black as a color has historically been associated with anarchism, dating back to the black flags which accompanied bread riots at the time leading up to the Paris Commune.

Today groups that have engaged in similar forms of action include Radical Anti-Capitalist Blocs, Anti-Racist Action, and Anti-Fascist Action. Join the Black Bloc!

Brigada Flores Magon
Black Bloc Revenge
CD "Tout pour tous" 2007

Lyrics:
It is time for revolting ourselves
it is time for organizing ourselves
far from power and traditions

spit our rage too lenghthily repressed
it's been too many years
that we are forced to bite the dust
very slowly, with no mercy
with no noise, with no regret

Chorus:
We are the army of the voiceless
landless and stateless
by any means we will walk forward
until our liberation

we resist to a disease
new viruses of the capital
injected in our veins
by cynical bosses
the force people in lack of dreams and freedom
to prodice and consume
until overdose of servility

chained from guts to brain
submitted to eurodollar rules
we must, without master and flag
break our prison's doors

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