Compare and contrast protests
Looking at images of the (pretty weak turnout, eh?) protests in Pittsburgh at the G20 Summit today, I noted at how different the September 12 protest in Washington really was. Today’s brouhaha looked like a watered-down retread of every anarcho hippie scum protest that’s taken place since the 1999 Seattle WTO protests. Same $hit, a decade later. Ideologically, philosophically, and tactically, these people haven’t progressed in the last ten years. Not having cable, I have no clue how this ragtag bunch of misfits is playing out on the tube.
