A few days after the potluck, we all meet up at Seattle's Greyhound terminal. We will ride some 2,700 miles through 12 states. Mainstream media has misrepresented the Black Bloc and its deeds and aims, and the Bloc doesn't trust reporters.
Some members are openly hostile to the regular press.
To my knowledge, no journalist has ever traveled with a cell of the Bloc this way, together and under assumed names. I'm allowed to tag along only because I participated in actions at the WTO conference and traveled with some members of this group to the Democratic Convention. Curtis and Albert have come to trust me, and they've given me the opportunity to witness what is essentially a high-security operation. The Bloc is going to Quebec to Fuck Shit Up. The Bloc is ready to tough it out, though.