As we streamed through the various streets of Soho, fire crackers exploding, paint bombs impacting on windows, graffiti going up (tax the rich)ffs! There was no attempt to communicate with the workers in the street or shops.
Do red and black flags have any meaning? So what if the black bloc consider themselves to be anarchist? If you're on the street on a Saturday afternoon and 200 people charge past you wearing masks what are you going to think?
It was a bit of a high but two days later — I'm not impressed.
Form over content?
Well then you'll be pleased to hear that the problem is imaginary.