According to PickAxe Production's video, entitled "Breaking the Spell," a
documentary on the November 1999
WTO anti-
globalization demonstrations, but told from the
perspective of the Black Bloc and the Eugene, OR
anarchists.
Their reasoning for the property destruction: How do you stop a
corporation? You can't put a
multinational corporation in jail. The key is to hurt these businesses as much as possible. As a result, during
the Battle of Seattle, key corporations such as
Nike and
Starbucks were targeted by the Black Blocs as prime candidates for a thorough trashing.
One of the most ironic lines from the film: a woman selling newspapers on the corner was asked what her opinion of the demonstrations was, and she said she liked the peaceful demonstrations, but
vandalism is vandalism. When prompted then what she thought of the
Boston Tea Party, she enthusiastically replied, "I love it!"