Say what you want, but it's still happening!

"So, while the so-called "anarchist" movement might pose some very minute threat to the system, it seems to be more of a useful tool for the feds than anything else."

I just don't see it that way. Even Reclaim the Streets is listed as a "domestic threat".

"the '99 riots were started by agent provocateurs, HIRED by the government to stir up trouble."

Ok, yes...I believe that too. But you're taking the riots and making it out like the entire 5-day mobilization was one big gigantic riot, and that's just not the case. The riot consisted of about a dozen window smashers who did just that and "got away". The police never arrested them...obviously because those window-smashers were doing their job. So in that case, you're right. However what happened next was that these agent-window breakers gave the riot-cops the go-ahead to start abusing the peaceful protesters engaging in non-violent civil disobedience, who made up the vast majority of the approx. 50,000 demonstrators present at the time.

You don't mean to tell me that the goverment organized and designed the vast networking and coalition-building between varying political groups and movements, do you? The government is behind the Raging Grannies?? How bout the Radical Cheerleaders?? C'mon man, learn about the movement because lumping it into one homogenous category is something that the right does all the time and you sound a little like them. This is the most diverse coalition of people I've ever seen in my life. Read the book "We Are Everywhere". www.weareeverywhere.org

The truth is that the anti-capitalist movement consists of well-meaning idealists who have to deal with constant infiltration by the government that is trying to discredit, and conquer the movement. So in short, you're right, to a very limited extent.

 

That's really sad.