"The U.S. Presidential Inauguration is one of the grandest ceremonies of the ruling class in the land. As anarchists, it's a prime opportunity to shatter these illusions of grandeur by crashing this decadent display of arrogance and wealth."

The group continues:

"There's nothing left to salvage in this empire that is the U.S. government. It's time to bring it down. ... This January 20th, let's bring anarchy to the streets of DC - make resistance visible, and ring in the next four years with a smash!"

The anarchists boast that they have the endorsement of a coalition of other protest groups, including the Urban Guerrilla Liberation Front, the NYC Counter-Inaugural Cluster and the CrimethInc. Ex-Workers' Collective, Action Faction.

In its own inauguration protest manifesto, the NYC Counter-Inaugural Cluster declares:

"If the police again attempt to forgo their own laws and arrest demonstrators, we will defend ourselves against this unlawful state repression. A space will be made for people to exercise their First Amendment rights whether the police allow it or not. We will not submit to illegal arrests, unlawful searches, or checkpoints."

Other protest organizers, however - like ANSWER's Bill Hackwell - say their demonstrations will stay within the bounds of the law.

"Our protests are characterized by being large, loud and militant - but peaceful," Hackwell told the New York Daily News.

The D.C. Park Police say they have the situation well in hand.

"We don't expect too many problems with [these groups]. They are familiar to us," Sgt. Scott Fear told the News.

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