Anarchy and Its Cure

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Written by Robert Knight

Anarchy takes many forms.

There is street violence, like that at the University of California at Berkeley last Wednesday, a microcosm of the anti-Trump rioting all over the country.

A mob protesting a planned speech by Breitbart writer and self-styled iconoclast Milo Yiannopoulos turned ugly as 1,500 gathered.  Some were coaxed there by Occupy Oakland, whose website called for people to “Shut Down Milo at UC Berkeley.”

Some protesters wore black, used paramilitary tactics, threw bricks and fireworks at police, committed vandalism, and started a fire.  … Continue Reading

02.13.17
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Written by the Chicago City Wire

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Written by Fred Lucas

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