Seasoned with the techniques of urban guerrilla warfare, these professionals of the riot have multiplied the blows to the point of becoming the obsession of the forces of order.
But, behind the scenes of looting on the sidelines of the demonstrations hides an ecosystem that has its very specific codes, history, ideology and methods.
Le Figaro
deciphers this constellation which still dreams of the “big night”.
A black-block is first and foremost a method
Too often, observers tend to speak of “black blocks” as if they were people when it is appropriate to speak of the “black block” technique.
As the researcher Francis Dupuis-Deri reminds us in a reference study (*): "
The expression black bloc designates a form of collective action, a very typical tactic which consists, during a demonstration, in maneuvering in a group in the midst of which everyone preserves their anonymity
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The researcher specifies: “
the wearing of a mask and black clothes – in particular the sweater with a belly pocket and hood…
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