‘Black Bloc’ anarchists emerging as a force amid unrest in Brazil
![Demonstrators clash with the police as they protest in demand of better working conditions and against police violence, on 'Teachers' Day' on Oct. 15, 2013, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. [AFP]](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/blogger_img_proxy/AEn0k_uoHD7ClTeZH5yyxzV4UlDqugXFX6GVuw8X6olUNJDnHJGWzeRSDMcCNHf-1pLxQUAqzZZEELjsZwjPuouCpI4XJe0cXZwt4YdQDvrbzrD_XpZbSY8S8t_HiRKvvitP9zepfqAw0GJPqH2slCnxxc0cKn7x_4QNt2-BP5LB-YJQIr1zuZ8Iy5VHzqtAPnIzOUX_T01coXCRgT4Ke7jSSbBcZDE2nZJ2IV2tK0CTB1ENjwqV3P_Ln8HVndaC2AO5dBV3N82v9PN7J-jCEiSJJIvgX3fq-gF9ZwlpKnDeXukf2EGqqefqYkQJZGv4avsaCds-TqmeAGqg-CYlW66ZHAteX7wItlIrpEiDCEjB9SQ9OoxF=s0-d)
Brazil's Black Block Activists: Criminals Or People Power?
The protests that swept through Brazil last summer raised the profile of the Black Bloc — masked anarchists who use violence to get their anti-capitalist message across. The secretive members explain that their tactics are intended to shake up a corrupt and complacent government. But many regular protesters feel that the Black Bloc has hijacked their movement and that they do more harm than good.
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