RUSSERT:But [Condit] is vulnerable to blackmail in his current
situation.   What Black Bloc Believes The Right to Fight  As the
combined federal and local police forces of Washington get ready
for what's expected to be a tumultuous anti-globalist protest at
the World Bank and IMF meeting this fall, they'll be focusing on
a little-understood corps of anarchists called the Black Bloc.
Somewhere between the Weather Bureau and the Baader-Meinhof gang
stands the Black Bloc, recalling the Wobblies with a dash of ACT
UP. Last week, member Mary Black (a pseudonym) sent a letter to
the news service Alternet, telling a little about the group,
which she says has no platform and largely comprises young white
people who hold day jobs with nonprofits. "We believe that
destroying the property of oppressive and exploitative
corporations like the Gap is an acceptable and useful protest
tactic," she wrote. "We believe that we have the right to defend
ourselves when we are in physical danger from tear gas, batons,
armored pers