re: #818 Killgore Trout

The original organizers were anarchists and marxists. Anon and Adbusters. There are plenty of other marxist groups like World Workers Party, ANSWER, etc. Also some black block anarchists show up for the marches. Plenty of normal people, hippies, lefties, professional activists etc show up too. It’s a mix.

‘Organizing’ loosely defined since this is obviously a loosely defined movement. I don’t dispute the influences of these groups you’ve noted, I do question relevance.

The movement didn’t get that big simply because AdBusters, a Canadian magazine, sent out a flashy email promoting it, or because the hacker collective Anonymous flicked out a few tweets. Instead, it took a group of about 200 committed activists 47 days to outline the ground rules that have allowed the protest to flourish.

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