usa Seattle – May Day Anti-Capitalist March Attacks

May Day

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May Day happened. We are not currently trying to keep up with all the mainstream coverage but check back here soon for anarchist reportbacks and highlights from the mainstream.

• Why All the Smashy-Smashy? A Beginner’s Guide to Targeted Property Destruction
• Portland: May Day Molotov
• Preliminary List of Anti-Cap March Attacks


• Need a review? Ten Points on the Black Bloc
• Seattle Mayor issues emergency order following mayhem
• Video: Protestors break windows at Seattle Niketown
• Chaos, vandalism in downtown Seattle
• GALACTIVATE!
• More Mainstream Fear Mongering About May Day
• Announcing: Anti-Border Rally 530PM May 1st Westlake
• Mayor McGinn Warns of Violence at Next Week’s May Day Celebrations
• For the clueless journalists: What Is Pugetsoundanarchists.org?
• Mainstream media spread fear about May Day
• Regarding SPD Rumors
• Westlake Park is May Day’s “Green Area” 9am-10pm
• Seattle May Day Video
• Poster: Seattle Anti-capitalist March
• BofA target of vandalism in downtown Seattle
• Announcing… May Day Solidarity Network
• Why May Day? Why the General Strike? (Includes PDF)
• What to expect on May Day in Seattle
• May 1st Global General Strike

Preliminary List of May Day Anti-Capitalist March Attacks

All pulled from mainstream media reports:

• Wells Fargos: smashed (Seattle Times originally reported 5 smashed–all downtown branches. In reality, other branches closed after this one was smashed.)
• Taphouse Grill: smashed
• Federal Court House: smashed, smokebombed, small fire set
• Multiple Starbucks: smashed and painted
• American Apparel at 6 and Pike, windows smashed and slogan written: “Death to capitalism,” small fire set
• Bank of America at 500 Olive: smashed
• Homestreet Bank at 1300 block of 6th Ave: windows smashed
• NikeTown at 6th and Pike: windows smashed, smokebombed, paintbombed
• Multiple vehicles in 500 block of Seneca, and in 1500 block of 6th Ave: windows smashed, tires slashed, spray painted
• Barney’s New York- slogan painted: “proletarianism”
• Verizon shop: smashed
• Nordstrom corporate office: smashed
• HSBC bank: smashedHelp build and correct this list. Further info can be posted here as comments or submitted anonymously as content.