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The Truth About Today’s Anarchists
New York Times ^ | Sept. 30, 2020 | Farah Stockman

Posted on 10/03/2020 6:14:15 AM PDT by artichokegrower

On the last Sunday in May, Jeremy Lee Quinn, a furloughed photographer in Santa Monica, Calif., was snapping photos of suburban moms kneeling at a Black Lives Matter protest when a friend alerted him to a more dramatic subject: looting at a shoe store about a mile away.

He arrived to find young people pouring out of the store, shoeboxes under their arms. But there was something odd about the scene. A group of men, dressed entirely in black, milled around nearby, like supervisors. One wore a creepy rubber Halloween mask.

(Excerpt) Read more at nytimes.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society
KEYWORDS: antifa; civilunrest; riots; terrorism
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Mr. Quinn began studying footage of looting from around the country and saw the same black outfits and, in some cases, the same masks. He decided to go to a protest dressed like that himself, to figure out what was really going on. He expected to find white supremacists who wanted to help re-elect President Trump by stoking fear of Black people. What he discovered instead were true believers in “insurrectionary anarchism.”


It is interesting that the New York Times would print this opinion piece.

1 posted on 10/03/2020 6:14:15 AM PDT by artichokegrower
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Link from the article. Know your enemy. Available on Facebook

https://crimethinc.com/2020/06/10/the-siege-of-the-third-precinct-in-minneapolis-an-account-and-analysis


2 posted on 10/03/2020 6:15:55 AM PDT by artichokegrower (I)
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3 posted on 10/03/2020 6:28:15 AM PDT by sauropod (I will not comply.)
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...documents the “systematic, online mobilization of violence that was planned, coordinated (in real time) and celebrated by explicitly violent anarcho-socialist networks that rode on the coattails of peaceful protest...

Anyone with a few neurons still firing sensed that all of this was planned. Finally, someone documents it. Time for the Feds to do something about it.

4 posted on 10/03/2020 6:39:03 AM PDT by econjack
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To: artichokegrower

Deep state thugs conducting the orchestra


5 posted on 10/03/2020 6:40:12 AM PDT by ronnie raygun ( Massive mistakes are made by arrogant fools; massive evils are committed by evil people.")
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pre-planned, organized “rioting” = TERRORISM, pure & simple

charge them accordingly and put them away for decades ... that’ll stop this nonsense


6 posted on 10/03/2020 6:47:02 AM PDT by canuck_conservative
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"Black people get shot for doing ordinary law-abiding things."

Actually, it's the resisting arrest for doing "ordinary law abiding things" like shoplifting, passing counterfeit money, etc., that gets black people killed.

7 posted on 10/03/2020 6:53:39 AM PDT by chief lee runamok (Anti Socialist Derelict at Large)
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8 posted on 10/03/2020 6:55:57 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: canuck_conservative

From the link:

Fires
The decision to burn looted businesses can be seen as tactically intelligent. It contributed to depleting police resources, since the firefighters forced to continually extinguish structure fires all over town required heavy police escorts.

This is a war strategy. Get ready. They will burn your home with your family in it to distract the police.


9 posted on 10/03/2020 7:02:55 AM PDT by artichokegrower (I)
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Some good thoughts, but some utter bullshite that the NYT contributes to the chaos.


10 posted on 10/03/2020 7:07:39 AM PDT by libertylover (Election 2020: Make America Great Again or Burn it to the Ground. Choose one.)
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To: artichokegrower

https://www.thesignaljammer.com/products/Handheld-MAXX-5G.html
next self defense weapon


11 posted on 10/03/2020 7:08:01 AM PDT by kvanbrunt2 (spooks won on day 76)
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'Antifa is just an idea' - Wray.

He expected to find white supremacists who wanted to help re-elect President Trump by stoking fear of Black people. What he discovered instead were true believers in “insurrectionary anarchism.”

But in Washington, Portland and Seattle they have attracted a “cultlike energy,” Mr. Quinn told me.

Anyone with a objective mind sees what's going on.

Mr. Quinn, instead of looking at things objectively simply defaulted to the media-driven narrative White Supremacists were behind the violence.

Thankfully Mr. Quinn has a shred of honesty to report what he actually discovered.

The question is why is Wray so adamant to deny this is an organized, anti-capitalist insurgency?

12 posted on 10/03/2020 7:09:25 AM PDT by yesthatjallen
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More battle strategy from the “idea”

Ballistics Squads
Ballistics squads threw water bottles, rocks, and a few Molotov cocktails at police, and shot fireworks. Those using ballistics didn’t always work in groups, but doing so protected them from being targeted by non-violent protestors who wanted to dictate the tactics of the crowd. The ballistics squads served three aims:

They drew police violence away from the peaceful elements of the crowd during moments of escalation.

They patiently depleted the police crowd control munitions.

They threatened the physical safety of the police, making it more costly for them to advance.

Get ready for when Trump wins the next election.


13 posted on 10/03/2020 7:15:13 AM PDT by artichokegrower (I)
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"In other words, it’s not really about George Floyd or Black lives, but insurrection for insurrection’s sake."

This is the last line in the article.

It's good to see the Times awakening to the difference between "peaceful protests" and rioting.

But the article never addresses the question of who is funding these subversive efforts. It's as if these provocative organizing sites just magically appear, and the article is focused on how supporters react to them.

14 posted on 10/03/2020 7:31:28 AM PDT by MV=PY (The Magic Question: Who's paying for it?)
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To: econjack

I remember a Video clip of
One Anarchist smashing out
windows of AutoZone and
Walking away while being
challenged by Black
Peaceful Protesters,,,
When This Crap started..


15 posted on 10/03/2020 7:33:35 AM PDT by Big Red Badger (TRUMP, the Other guy lives in a Basement!)
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Read the following article and compare it to this NYT article.

Note how both articles describes how these anarchists are organized and communicate with each other 'on the battlefield'.

I don't understand how Wray and the the FBI can deny Antifa and anarchists aren't an organized group.

What the hell is going on?

From A Reader: A Look At AntiFa’s Field Organization

16 posted on 10/03/2020 7:44:47 AM PDT by yesthatjallen
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To: yesthatjallen

Bkmk


17 posted on 10/03/2020 7:50:41 AM PDT by kelly4c
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To: Big Red Badger
Read this article.

From A Reader: A Look At AntiFa’s Field Organization

This article and the NYT article both describe the same organized activity.

Why do Wray and the FBI refuse to acknowledge or investigate this activity?

This is are darker and deeper than is being reported.

18 posted on 10/03/2020 7:52:46 AM PDT by yesthatjallen
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To: MV=PY
Read this article and compare it to the NYT article.

They describe similar organized activity involving "battle field" communication and tactics.

From A Reader: A Look At AntiFa’s Field Organization

19 posted on 10/03/2020 7:58:56 AM PDT by yesthatjallen
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Get ready for when Trump wins the next election.

Will Wray still be in charge of the FBI?

Even if Wray is out, who will replace him and will the rank and file FBI agents continue to provide cover for this insurrection?

Here's another article describing the same tactics the FBI refuses to investigate or acknowledge. The cover-up and corruption are palpable:

The Conservative Trans Woman Who Went Undercover With Antifa in Portland: Confessions of a black bloc mole

20 posted on 10/03/2020 8:16:44 AM PDT by yesthatjallen
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