I think you mean Portland and Eugene Oregon anarchists - they're not native

@1:

Which is the only reason I can fathom for their particular target, which just happens to be an Oregon-based corporation; otherwise, why not pick on any of the scores of multi-national corporations located downtown, say, Starbucks, or Amazon, or freaking Office Depot for that matter?

I'm glad they're sorting themselves out to cut down on the chance of white professional protestors committing random acts of destruction that the mainstream media then attributes to black protestors, thereby reinforcing terrible stereotypes that allow people to dismiss the entire movement.

Really, Niketown? How 1999.

Funny, I thought the "epitome of Capitalism" was for-profit banks, or maybe the stock market.

@1 - Oh, they're native alright. Don't roast that old chestnut.

Shills planted by "big glass" to support a waning window glass replacement industry, no doubt.

In other words, I need to take the 2 home from work tonight instead of the 10, 11, or 49.

@6. Just so.

@6

I remember hearing of a carpet guy that was caught breaking into houses. How they caught him was: 1- he was hitting clients homes where he'd installed carpet, and 2-he would trash the carpet in the homes that he burglarized. He figured that way they'd call him to install the replacement carpet. Thus giving him even more business.

(A) Hmmm... I didn't expect this to end up on the Stranger. Thank you posting our event. This new media coverage might change things, a bit. (A)

Just kidding. We didn't create the event. Lol

Attention Oregon: please come get your asswipe anarchists after they rage against their mom. I'm not shelling out any spare change for dog food or the bus ride back to Eugene.

@12

I don't buy this idea that the smashists who co-opt our Seattle protests are from Portland. I mean just look at them, they're obviously from Coeur d'Alene.

Nobody from Portland would wear a factory-made balaclava, case closed.

No black people buy Nike products, right?

Capitalism is the root cause of much of the racism, sexism, homophobia, and ableism we see today.

HAHAHAHAHA...

Yes. None of those things existed before modern corporate capitalism.

Because if there's anyone who needs their day shat on, it's a Niketown employee.

So now these protesters are linking Niketown in Seattle to racist police brutality around the country? I'm not buying it at all. Give us a break. And I am not talking about the protesters who are actually sincerely for real about our racist cop nightmare in this country. But at this point I'm sick of the far left & anarchists in this country. You don't vote, you bash people for voting and then you throw fits over all this stuff that probably wouldn't be going down if voter turnout was very high in this country. Higher voter turnout happens to = more support for progressive candidates and policies which would even include more oversight and reform of our police departments. And you make shit up about how corporate stores downtown and holiday events are linked to racist, classist police brutality. Police departments need to weed out twisted cops but I almost never hear any of you talk about that. Nationwide reform of all police departments. What do you expect to happen with this protesting of Niketown? That people will stop shopping there, maybe Nike will go out of business and this police brutality will phase out? Please.

@14

Apparently, Anarchists in the Pacific Northwest have somehow come to the conclusion that Christmas shopping isn't part of black lives. Or maybe just not part of black lives that matter.

God damn, you guys go from Bakhunin to Emma Goldman to this pathetic tumblr-level bullshit. What happened?

Well, one thing Anarchists in Oregon are widely known for is their massive popularity in the black community!

I mean, just look how many black anarchists there are?

Why, with recruitment efforts like this in twenty or thirty years Anarchists may get enough black people in their ranks to almost represent one tenth the proportional average of American society at large.

Yeah, Will, they're ALL from Eugene. They just make regular 5-hour drives to smash up Seattle rather than cities nearby.

Seriously?

God, anarchists are freaking embarrassing man. Like @15 wrote, root cause? Please.

Anarchists in the PNW are, in the main, C- students from poor public schools who read about anarchy on an album cover and free community circular one night at Beth's over a 12 egg omelet. Such dim intellects. Such dim prospects.

An excellent critique of the actual impact and likely effect of the Downtown Seattle Protests from somebody who supports the cause of Ferguson protesters.

http://blogs.seattletimes.com/jontalton/…