Detest and survive: Self-deregulation and asset reallocation in the UK, August 2011
German libertarian communists Wildcat on the rioting which swept the UK in August 2011.
They are the culturally deprived of our time, and it would be unfair to mock them for their disabilities.
E.P. Thompson on the Association of Chief Police Officers, judges, Crown prosecutors etc.
A 2012 New Year Resolution: against the politics of abstraction and charity, for the real movement in our interests!
Submitted by Caiman del Barrio on Jan 7 2012 17:16
A critical - if somewhat rough - evaluation of the events of 2011 and the anti-cuts movement's relevance to them. The ideas here are ones which I've been mulling for a while, but I've found difficult to articulate, so please be fair in your responses!
As we career headfirst into 2012, and the now customary cycle of ‘actions’ and demonstrations continue to sustain the British activist movement, I would like to use the commencement of a new year as an opportunity for a moment of self-reflection.
Intakes: Communities, commodities and class in the August 2011 riots - Aufheben
An article from Aufheben's Intakes series providing detailed analysis of the August 2011 UK riots.
The following article was written in the immediate wake of the August ‘riots’ of 2011 in Britain and is an attempt to provide an empirical base to an analysis of the unrest. Commentators across the political spectrum have spewed out speculative explanations for the disturbances.
Rebellion in Tottenham, 2011
Video of raw footage and interviews with Tottenham locals about the reality of the community before, during and after the riots of 2011.
The tendency of state legitimacy to fall
Submitted by Joseph Kay on Nov 12 2011 17:27
This blog has been planned for ages, but has somewhat been superseded by the shift to ‘technocratic’ rule in Greece and Italy. Nonetheless, hopefully it’s a useful hypothesis on state legitimacy.
London burns - causes & consequences of the riots - an anarchist perspective
An analysis of the August riots by the Workers' Solidarity Movement, an Irish anarchist organisation.
The police killing of Mark Duggan resulted in four nights of rioting across England. The immediate trigger was the killing itself, and the disrespect shown by the police to Mark’s family and friends. But the riots rapidly broadened to expressions of a more general anger and alienation; an anger that was all too often unfocused and striking out at the nearest target of opportunity.
The animals and children took to the streets
Submitted by Ramona on Oct 25 2011 15:10
A review of the play by 1927, who knew the UK riots were going to happen before everyone else did
One: I am not a regular theatre goer, and in no position to be any kind of actual critic. Two: I am going to give away the plot, so if you are wanting to see the show at some point, don't read this! Three: I wrote this in August and forgot to post it.
Ed and Edward on the ‘moral economy’
Submitted by The Free Association on Oct 1 2011 00:00
Besides the ‘quiet crisis’, the other term Ed Miliband seems to be using quite a lot at the moment is ‘moral economy’.
The era of riots (update)
This is an introduction and update to the text "The transitional phase of crisis: The era of riots" by Greek communist group Blaumachen.
Introduction
(September 2011)
Fanon, spontaneity and the English insurrections
Nigel Gibson on the UK riots.
‘Every time a man has contributed to the victory of the spirit, every time a man says no to an attempt to subjugate his fellows, I have felt solidarity with his act … Yes to life. Yes to love. Yes to generosity … No to the contempt … No to degradation… No to exploitation … No to the butchery of what is most human … freedom.’
Fanon
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