Peter is the Wolf
The media indifference extends to downplaying state repression. Ironically, force is a measure of success because it’s recognition that the movement is a threat:
- In Oakland, police rolled out a tank on May Day
- Chicago has increased penalties for protests and made it more difficult to secure permits in advance of the anti-NATO protests
- University of California officials are pushing for charges against 11 students and one poetry professor that carry 11 years of prison time and million-dollar fines for nonviolent sit-down protests against Bank of America
- Most ominously, the FBI, which was forged in the crucible of the post-World War I Red Scare, is up to its old tricks. Relying on the same techniques it uses to ensnare Muslims in “terrorism” plots, the FBI arrested five anarchists in Cleveland for allegedly plotting to blow up a bridge
- Most recently, one activist in Salt Lake City claimed three FBI agents showed up at his home, unannounced, asking for names of people planning on attending the anti-NATO protests in Chicago
