# Black Bloc A protest *tactic* — not an organization: masked, black-clad anonymity in formation, originating in 1980s West German autonomist movements, used for property destruction and police confrontation at summits and street actions. In the vault primarily for definitional hygiene: right-wing media's conversion of a tactic into a fictitious membership organization ("Antifa" as army) depends on erasing this distinction (see [[Antifa]]).