13 August 2011 — williambowles.info
A collection of stories mostly from independent journalists and media sources on the uprisings.
After London Police Killing, Media Focus on Problem of Police Restraint By Peter Hart
The Life of the People By Edward Lewis, Jonathan Rutherford
Ten reasons to riot By William Bowles
Britain’s Riots: Thuggery, Looting, Lawlessness… By the Ruling Class By Finian Cunningham
Stopping the UK’s looters By Alex Free
Video – UK: The Voice Of Reason
Who is the sick one here? By William Bowles
Feral Capitalism Hits the Streets, by David Harvey
London Burning, What’s Next, By Michael Albert
Linking the riots to the media scandal
Tottenham: Neoliberal Riots and the Possibility of Politics
There is a Context to London’s Riots which Cannot be Ignored, by Nina Power:
London Calling: A Haunting Glimpse into our Future?, By Jérôme E. Roos
Things Fall Apart, By William Bowles
#riotcleanup or #riotwhitewash?
Darcus Howe and Richard Seymour on Democracy Now
Statement by Arts Against the Cut
London Riot Pt 2, Arts Against the Cuts:
An open letter to those who condemn looting (Part one):
An open letter to those who condemn looting (Part two):
Violence at the Edge: Tottenham, Athens, Paris:
A time of riot: England and the world, Paul Rogers
Riots: The left must respond, by James O’Nions :
UK: Bullets won’t solve anything
UK: An Anatomy of a police shooting By Tony Mckenna
Black Britain Revolts: What If It Had Been New York? By Glen Ford
Left groups respond to the UK riots
Things fall apart By William Bowles
July Days Again in Britain — This Time in August By S. Artesian
Monday night in Peckham By Kate Belgrave
Hackney Burned and Smashed Sean Gittins
Back to the future By William Bowles
Major police clampdown as riots spread across London and other UK cities By Julie Hyland
Tariq Ali on British riots: Why here and now?
“Recreational looting” in perspective:
The Riots: A grim mirror image of neoliberal Britain, by Tom Fox:
Criminality and Rewards – Max von Sudo:
‘Panic on the Streets of London’, blogpost by Laurie Penny:
From Self-Mutilation to Self-Organisation
North London Solidarity Federation’s Response to the London Riots
The London Riots: On Consumerism Coming Home to Roost, by Zygmunt Bauman
‘AA+ for the Rioters?’ blogpost by The Free Association:
These Riots are the Fruits of Austerity
The riots: Marcus Dowe vs Mr Jones
The other side of ‘we’re all in it together’
A FITWatchers view of the riots:
These riots reflect a society run on greed and looting, Seamus Milne
These riots reveal some unpalatable home truths
‘A Message to a Country on Fire’, statements by London Anti-Cuts Space:
‘Five Quick Points on The Riots’, by Kenan Malik:
Interview with Tottenham local the morning of Sunday 7th August:
Badiou article about the ‘Banlieue riots’ in France (2005). Worth a read now:
This from Paul Mason in Feb – Twenty reasons why it’s kicking off everywhere
The New Dark Age 