London's burning again by Jay Knott (08/07/11)       ⇌ (Police brutality)       

The British police have 'lost it' again. This is good news. I remember the riots of the eighties - they were mostly liberatory experiences which fought back against police violence and Margaret Thatcher's economic policies, helping to establish class solidarity across racial and other divides.

"The world has changed dramatically between 1985 and now. Then, the police force's racism was unashamed and routine. Now, a single racist remark can end an officer's career." says the Guardian, citing the Telegraph.

They are missing the point. Riots are not primarily a campaign for more politically correct policing. They are an explosion of anger among the poor against poverty and the police violence necessary to keep the poor in poverty.

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Hatred of police main reason for riots (12/08/11) by Jay Knott:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2011/dec/08/muslim-rioters-police-discrimination-motivated



'The Guardian' has summarized the reasons for the UK riots (12/04/11) by Jay Knott:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2011/dec/05/anger-police-fuelled-riots-study



The liberal response to riots - from Detroit 67 to London 11 (09/05/11) by Jay Knott:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2011/sep/05/reading-riots-study-guardian-lse?intcmp=122

 



Race and riots (08/10/11) by Jay Knott: The media make too much of the connection between race and riots. The left concentrates on race when it suits its agenda, the right likewise. In the Los Angeles riots of 1992, much of the media dishonestly focused on incidents...