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As London Explodes in Riots, There is a Context That Can't be Ignored: Brutal Cuts and Enforced Austerity Measures
http://www.alternet.org/module/print...ndviews/647514
How did this get to be about Obama?
Oh, nevermind.
As London Explodes in Riots, There is a Context That Can't be Ignored: Brutal Cuts and Enforced Austerity Measures
http://www.alternet.org/module/print...ndviews/647514
I've been following this quite closely because I have to travel there tomorrow and while the initial accident seems to be a tragedy, it has been used as an excuse for something totally different.
They just did the bravest thing on Sky News 5 minutes ago. The reporter was talking to some people in the streets of Birmingham live, when a group of "protesters" came by. The reporter invited them in front of the camera (or to stay behind it for privacy sake) and basically explain themselves. What are they doing, why...
It was sad to see those 15 years old boys struggling to invent a reason for their presence until one of them finally admitted they were there to get drunk and "get paid". Sad and stupid.
Props to Sky News to not switch off the camera and letting the whole thing play out live (even ignoring a few F-bombs and other foul language from the "protesters").
The again it was on Sky, so it could have been staged
me sideways!
Live footage by a full TV crew of looters using riot barriers to break into a photo store across the street from the town hall in Manchester. Not a cop in sight.
The looters themselves are not bothered by the cameras and are calmly going about their business of breaking in.
I wonder if they will call in the military (it has been suggested by quite a few people).
I heard they're going to send 10K policemen
Yes, the news was all leaves and holidays were cancelled and that 16000 policemen would be in the streets tonight. But the looting has spread all over the country (well at least as far North as Manchester/Liverpool) and for such a large territory even 16000 is not enough.
London seems to be calm tonight because that's where the biggest Police concentration is.
One of the more dangerous developments is the self organization of vigilante groups intent on fighting back. We are rapidly losing the right to call ourselves civilized.
Londoners strike back with 'Operation Riot Clean-up'
Not all is descending to barbarism.
That minor note aside, I also wonder how long it will take before armed vigilantes take to the streets with people fed up with this .
Last edited by RandomGuy; 08-09-2011 at 06:02 PM.
It is probably a mix of a lot of things, this included.
Since no one has beat me to it...
I see this guy running around, and I am heading to the hills.
Europe has finally run out of other people's money and the deadbeats to whom they were redistributing it are throwing a temper tantrum.
You sure would like it to be that, Yoni. So does bouttons.
15 year old deadbeats wearing Nikes? I don't think so.
Here is the live coverage:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-14449675
Really? They're all over the United States. , deadbeats have been known to kill for tennis shoes.
Besides, they've been looting for a couple of days now. Perhaps he "picked" them up.
Also, when other people are paying your bills, you can afford to buy that flat screen and a pair of Nikes.
Seriously though, irreverant me aside:
It seems as if the guy who got shot did NOT shoot at the police.
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-14449675
London appears to be "quiet", but other cities appear to have outbreaks.
YIKES. I take that back....
"Four loud explosions have been heard at a deisel depot near tottingham".
Taking stock of the damage:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-14460111
- About 157 Tesco stores in London, Liverpool and Bristol were closed overnight or shortened their opening hours as a precautionary measure, while 26 stores "suffered varying degrees of damage"
Sainsbury's said 16 stores had experienced "serious incidents" and three convenience stores remained closed
Argos said some stores would be closing early after 18 of its branches had suffered various degrees of damage
JD Sports and Carphone Warehouse both said a number of stores were looted or damaged
The chief executive of Greggs, Ken McMeikan, told the BBC that the company's Peckham branch, which had been set alight, looked like it was "pretty much a write-off". A branch in Ealing was also looted
Debenhams said that it was working with the police and that its Clapham Junction store remained closed after it was looted on Monday night
Ealing Broadway Shopping Centre and several shops on the High Street all closed early on Tuesday
Sony said that UK deliveries of CDs and DVDs could be affected after a fire hit its warehouse in Enfield
All the major banks said that some branches were closed all day, while others closed early, on police advice
Meanwhile, London & Partners, the official promotional agency for the capital, were hopeful that London's tourism would not take too much of a knock.
"It is currently too early to anticipate the effect on tourism but we are monitoring the situation and we will work with the industry to respond to specific issues as they arise," a spokesman said
This looks like a deadbeat to you?
That makes no sense. If they already have them, why do they need to steal them again?
More deadbeat with nice haircuts...
deadbeats with twitter... that's pretty cool...
Probably a bunch of conservatives
The ruling party sure is. I have a hard time the austerity measures are really hitting Cameron hard though...
"You sure would like it to be that, Yoni. So does bouttons."
no, I don't care. But I ask what drives 1000s of young people to such anger. It's not unprovoked. And it's not because the police shot someone.
UK society, much like US society, is stictly organized to enrich and maintain the top, which top goes back many 100s of years, blatant discrimination based on class, the royalty, aristocracy, the bourgeoisie, while providing almost nothing for the people on the bottom, esp black and South Indian ones.
Motivated be "extreme" austerity measures
I'm not aware of a stereotypical deadbeat "look."
He was showing that they were white because he was sooo sure you meant something else.
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