‘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_sL_xNvl9Uc6EKbEZgOYUn828-jPIE8sf04ZjDUWJiaoFKjAGRUsGkmCjsh8-2JaO0ln9REp6uZEVl8cOEKAI-RxxDwFX3zJFMaCFrDHgsuBVwteRaMT6VCzDTu2RubCLjOp43aWovkrWquiejIUUTZm7K0vacmy4Zd709Zk4JXprnpyhqRpFLtoasaMCuiBa6DBBKealglrQG_AbxklSRzgFewvXSWoJmfz8vxX60GqnZPCxEiqc9pz8uyQVHGl_IW9JdqUGwyKwCoptdFOxRrEj-fLebzdncOHVv0T1177vIvHNKs3t81VyVYt0XfGN6rdhn7DOPJCG2CEFPnOTGOUkjHQncGh6o9NxvsjaFxEIJ3=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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