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How is it that Richard Spencer is not mentioned anywhere in the Black Bloc article? Spencer getting punched was surely a huge part of the whole antifa/black bloc uprising in America. Does anyone really debate this??? Even the antifa wiki article mentions it, and its not half as clear that the person who punched Spencer was antifa as it is that they were black bloc. Mbsyl (talk) 15:18, 20 August 2019 (UTC)
The word in English for a group of persons is "block". "Bloc" is generally reserved for a group of countries. See the two words at Lexico.com (the online Oxford dictionary) for example. Wegesrand (talk) 12:49, 10 August 2021 (UTC)
I came across this article while looking at sources for the Sean Bonney article; it has some meditations on the black bloc tactic in relation to poetry that could make for an interesting addition to this article:
– Arms & Hearts (talk) 18:50, 5 March 2023 (UTC)
I've removed the following as OR/Syn:
There is no evidence that the black bloc tactic is particularly vulnerable to infiltration, however, as investigatory—and even agent provocateur—activity has taken place regularly among completely nonviolent, non-"black bloc" campaigns. In 2003, the Oakland, California Police Department infiltrated a group of demonstrators protesting police brutality and the war in Iraq at the port; subpoenaed private comments by Captain Howard Jordan indicate that his plan was to steer the march away from the police station in order to avoid confrontation. In internal documents, Jordan mentioned this strategy was common in other police departments, including San Francisco and Seattle.[1]
All the best: Rich Farmbrough 21:58, 14 January 2024 (UTC).