Word: anarchist
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...headed from a union-backed rally at Memorial Stadium, near the Space Needle, toward the shops and hotels of downtown. Many thousands of other protesters were already converging there, some engaged in peaceful sit-ins that blocked traffic. Things got serious when scattered groups of self-described Black Block anarchists, wearing all-black outfits with handkerchiefs or hoods covering their faces, started to smash windows and trash businesses, giving special attention to companies such as the Gap and Nike that have been accused of using low-wage or child labor to produce some of their merchandise. Peaceful protesters, horror-struck...
...Kaczynski too enjoys a certain amount of attention these days. He receives mail from sympathizers and admirers. He has accepted an offer to donate his personal papers to a major university's library of anarchist materials. He wrote a parable for a literary magazine at another university. Speaking with him, one is struck not by the burning anger that characterized his Unabomber campaign but by a satisfaction that the world, at long last, is treating him like a valuable human being...
Toward the end of our interview, I ask Kaczynski what he would do if, against all odds, he should someday get out of prison. He mentions an anarchist in Oregon with whom he has corresponded. "He has given some talks at colleges about technology and about the Unabomb case," Kaczynski says, "and he's had a very positive response. And if he can get an audience, I could get one much more easily, now that I've been publicized...
...recent flush of movies geared toward men that seem to have fewer guns and more thought has been terrifically surprising. Fight Club, in particular, has gripped preview audiences with its maze of guy angst. (Since when have guys had angst? Girls patented angst.) The story of a charismatic anarchist (Brad Pitt) who starts up a group of men who beat the crap out of each other for fun, drawing in yuppie men chucking their grey flannel suits for a life of chaos. Other yuppie violence movies have stirred the male psyche recently - American Psycho and American Beauty just to name...
...third of the Harvard students to do anything it would cause significant ripples. The closest examples would be Ec 10's effect on test scheduling or the Krokodiloes' concert on your Saturday night plans: each probably sucks away a sixth of the campus and even your most sheltered communist-anarchist music-hating philosophy concentrator will feel the effects...