Black bloc

Tactic used by groups of protesters A black bloc group participating in a march near the World Bank, in Washington, DC, in 2009. Some black bloc protesters wear hoods, allowing their faces to be viewed, while others use such items as scarves, dark sunglasses or masks to conceal their faces as much as possible. Part of a series onAnarchism Definition Glossary Outline Schools of thought Pluralist Anarchism without adjectives Social outlook Individualist Egoist Philosophical Social Economic theories Collectivist Communist Market Mutualist Social causes Black Feminist Green Primitivist Total liberation Queer Religious Buddhist Christian Jewish Muslim Taoist Organizational strategies Insurrectionary Platformist Syndicalist Synthesis Theory Anarchy Anarchist criminology Anationalism Anti-authoritarianism Anti-capitalism Anti-imperialism Anti-militarism Classless society Class struggle Critique of work Communitarianism Decentralization Deep ecology Direct action Federalism Free association Free love Freethought Horizontalidad Individualism Internationalism Relationship anarchy Revolution Self-ownership Social ecology Practice Organization Anarchist Black Cross Affinity group Bourse du tra