Local Anarchists Protest California Prisons by Setting Off Smoke Bombs and Littering in Seattle
Categories: Civics 101
Suppose you're an anarchist who'd like to protest the treatment of inmates at the Pelican Bay prison in California. You could: travel to California and hold a rally near Pelican Bay; travel to California and hold a rally outside the Department of Corrections headquarters in Sacramento; hold a fund raiser to support California attorneys and legislators working toward getting better conditions for inmates.
Or you could do this . . . in Seattle.
On Wednesday, July 20, we hung a banner that read "SOLIDARITY WITH CALI PRISONER HUNGER STRIKE (A) DESTROY ALL PRISONS" off the sixth floor of the parking garage on 3rd and Pine in Downtown Seattle. Below the banner, a smoke bomb was set off in the intersection, sending enormous plumes of orange smoke into the air. Those who hung the banner tossed thousands of fliers into the concrete canyon below the parking garage. The fliers rained down on the dozens of people waiting for the bus, grabbing lunch, shopping, or simply loitering. We later saw many people on the street reading and discussing the fliers.
Brilliant.
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