It seems, unsuprisingly, that the 'hijacked by anarchists' line is once more being propagated in most media establishments regarding yesterday's protest.
The effect - judging by my conversations with lefty-liberal sorts and poking about on Twitter - is to successfully split the movement into the useless A > B marching tools, and the terrifying spectre fo the bomb-throwing anarchist, locked in mutual condemnation forever.
Again, should anarchists try to express themselves? Obviously we all know the media belongs to the ruling-class etc but if AFED or someone sent a letter we could - forgive the phrasing - enter the argument.
Look, I really don't care if people want to smash up shops or fight cops, but its making it difficult to talk to people about anti-capitalism on the buses home. So next time people want to have their insurrectionist fun, can they please dress up as EDL or something?
Unless of course I'm mistaken, and trashing top shop marks the beginning of the revolution, in which case go right ahead.