Anarchists angry over protest chaos

Calgary Herald ^

[Mr. Burns]

Basically confirms what I've always thought. The self proclaimed anarchists are just bored city kids trying to find some excitement.

[Jen]

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[Dakotabound]

Okay, now, wait....the anarchists are upset because of disorganization?

BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH!

[Rightwing Canuck]

American anarchists say they're forced to move their protest against the G-8 summit in Kananaskis to Ottawa because activists in Calgary are too disorganized.

And the definition of irony is...

[dts32041]

I will not comment on the Irony of the article.

[goodnesswins]

The real reason they won't be there is...."The summit site at Kananaskis Village will be surrounded by a 6.5-kilometre security zone and patrolled by as many as 1,500 RCMP members and up to 5,000 Canadian Forces soldiers. The anarchists who criticized the Calgary organization said they feel sympathy for Alberta activists who are struggling to organize amid what's being billed as the largest security operation in Canadian history. Attempts by Calgary activists to create a Solidarity Village for up to 15,000 protesters have so far been thwarted at every turn. In the past several months, activists have been denied land near the summit site on the Stoney First Nation, shut out of provincial campgrounds near Kananaskis and denied access to city parks in Calgary."

They know they are beaten before they've even begun...LOL. Ottowa must be an easier target....

[Arkinsaw]

American anarchists say they're forced to move their protest against the G-8 summit in Kananaskis to Ottawa because activists in Calgary are too disorganized.

How does an anarchist 'group' organize? How do they pick a date for a meeting? A place for a meeting? Does somebody keep a list of members?

[McGavin999]

It's not just that. Calgary is a western town peopled with a lot of good, solid, tough, freedom loving citizens. They wouldn't tolerate those snotty little kids and the little twerps know it. The first thing those anarchists tried to break up would be their last.

[mafree]

Ottawa's a long way from Calgary-- if they're going to protest that far away why bother at all?

[ChadGore]

anarchists UNITE!

^ ^ ^ huh ? ^^ ^

[goodnesswins]

Yes...Calgary was one of my favorite places to visit when we were living in Prince Albert, SK....loved the riverfront. And, I do know the Albertan's are much more conservative than the rest of Canada, that's for sure.

[tubebender]

Has the American press ever called them anarchist ? I have a feeling Canada may not be a pushover for these goons...

[Cultural Jihad]

Bomb-erang
Literary Digest (6/21/19)
Originally from the Baltimore American (Evans).
political cartoon

[sauropod]

Pity, isn't it?

[Jeff Chandler]

Anarchists angry over protest chaos

I have nothing to add.

[7beuties]

realease the hounds!

[lsee]

Thanks for stealing my line! I'll settle for a weak tee-hee-hee-hee-hee! :)

[concerned about politics]

Anarchists at the Kansas gathering are also dismayed about the massive security measures being taken to protect the world leaders at the G-8.

The summit site at Kananaskis Village will be surrounded by a 6.5-kilometre security zone and patrolled by as many as 1,500 RCMP members and up to 5,000 Canadian Forces soldiers.

Oh, too scary for the brave little "anarchists."

[Jeff Chandler]

My family traveled to Calgary on vacation when I was 15. The highway from Vancouver to Calgary through the mountains had just been completed. My mom contacted some some people she had met in Italy who had immigrated to Canada, and less than an hour after we arrived in Calgary we were invited to an Italian wedding. Oh, the food! The bride's mother wouldn't let me stop eating (mangia, mangia), and frankly, I didn't want to stop. They let me drink wine; the groom and his friends gave me cigarettes. I was in teenage heaven.

The next day we drove up to the Banff National Forest. I had been all up and down the Muir Trail in the Sierras, but Banff was a unique experience. Absolutely breathtaking. We rode the tram up to the spa: hottub, sauna, massage.

I'll never forget that trip to Calgary. What a place!

[concerned about politics]

"I personally wanted to go to Calgary," Burton said. "However, my group's decision is we'd rather go to Ottawa . . . where we know there's been proper organization,

Q. It's not the security threat that scares you?
A. Um..yeh..right. It's the organization, yeh, the organization."
Q. It has nothing to do with big guys with big guns?
A. "Uh...no...not at all. Um....no....it's the message that's most important, man. We'll just do it where it's....um....organized, man."
Q. Don't you folks have jobs to keep you close to home?
A. Um.....uh......not yet.....uh....but I think I might get an interview at... at the coffee house.....maybe...
Q. How old are you, son?
A. Hey, I'll be 18 this summer,.... so I'm just as adult as the rest of my anarchist friends, man.