‘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_tJOEU0AkrNlfJd4U_yLm0w01hrMFcfZnb1qiwD0xp9uu1MQ3_11YoHOtTSP9qCOkz48SZ0m0xUw9o4RFPGvN4fk7R5qezQeWNh9mCoP_7Uun4om_qvPmI3UvyKB3lFArvNqWvdQbcxE4ajPO9hll2XltGSEITfvo6JntQQo2TnHjG_cviINfz3dwTDpRGKJi1PjvrTybNxZt33tnGLBuw8Uw0C_N3IU_bNvGPlCNCTAR33bw4y9aBLQKcIE_SDU-df2CUeSwiComyZQ6z61_kZl05QfJaCOXCJARx0JoEatO5oW729HCXVntfGWJZA1DIP9t0GAdBnl6rM7uQEcWOzkEEuDXkaJbiHIrW80t0j84FS=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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