The Long Beach police attacked May Day protesters and arrested an unknown number--possibly over one hundred this afternoon. Anarchists and other revolutionaries gathered at the said meeting place at 3 PM. The situation was fairly calm except for the larger-than-life police presence surrounding the 100 activists. Around 3:30 the Black Bloc bagan marching down 1st Street plowing through a police line-the police retreated. The Bloc had a confrontation with a line of police a block or so down from there and that ended with a dispersal order. As the BB continued down the opposite direction, the police went after them. When the Bloc turned the corner The Man in charge yelled for the cops to cut them off--and they were armed with bean bag guns and attack dogs.

The cops shot many people and some were injured--some bleeding down the street. Anarchists were thrown to the ground and some trapped near a hotel. Only a few of us escaped.

The International Revolutionary Anarchist Taoist Equalitarians escaped without injury but we fear for our anarchist comrades that are jailed as the pigs will surely treat them poorly. Solidarity for our comrades and until the revolution,

IRATE

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