March on the Pentagon | Not My Tribe

WASHINGTON DC- Speakers were still entertaining an impatient crowd, and coffin carriers were mobilizing for the March to the Pentagon, when from the west came the Black Bloc. Bicycle cops in royal blue lycra scrambled to shepherd the group’s healthy gallop as they appeared from over the hill to kick the parade to a sudden start. They virtually led the parade over the bridge, until organizers prevailed upon the interlopers to allow the veterans groups to resume the lead, as planned. But it would not be the last initiative from the Anarchists.

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1. THE MARCH

Black Bloc gallops into lead position, abruptly starting parade.

International Socialist Organization pass Lincoln Memorial

Peace groups from Vermont to Georgia

Youth and Student A.N.S.W.E.R.

West from the Washington Monument

Hezbollah crosses Arlington Memorial Bridge

Campus Antiwar Network

Across the Potomac

To the Pentagon

Code Pink paraded the parade

To military industrial complex in Crystal City

2. INTERRUPTION

At a narrowing of the route at the Boeing building, several students blocked the march with a plastic barrier.

Raising questions about the gentrified nature and self-policing demeanor of the event organizers and participants.

The Black Bloc honored the picket line, thus the Campus Antiwar Network and following groups were brought to a halt.

When the Black Bloc decided to move on to next actions, the march resumed.

2b. INTERRUPTION

At the first hint of misbehavior, stocky 40-something “videographers” in undercover protest garb were pointing their cameras into the noses of the black-clad participants.