After Pittsburgh G20, an anarchist asks, are we addicted to rioting?

From InfoShop, a major anarchist site

Big media and the police have vested interests in inflating what happens at protests, either to get better ratings or to justify increased funding. Anarchists can do the same. But does this accomplish any actual political goals?

To match these two forces, the protest groups, especially my own [...]

On the G20 protests

From the comments on Lenin’s Tomb on their post about the G20 protests.

The level of repression displayed here is disturbing; including the use of experimental sonic weaponry and chemical weapons in an urban residential neighborhood.

But it really has to be said that this G20 Resistance video shows a small group of adventurists being [...]