December 13th, 2011

bradicalmang:

Reading the Riots: ‘It was a war, and we had the police scared’

Rioters speak for the first time about why they took part in the summer 2011 disturbances, the most serious bout of civil unrest in Britain in a generation. Paul Lewis presents the findings of a Guardian and London School of Economics study that reveals how the riots were sparked by poverty, injustice and a visceral hatred of the police

This is a must watch.

Indeed. 

“I wasn’t there for the robbing; I was there for revenge.”

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  12. izze said: yes yes yes such a good watch
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    A perfect antidote to the bourgeois lies spouted about the riots in their immediate aftermath - the people who actually...
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    Indeed. “I wasn’t there for the robbing; I was there for revenge.”
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    Rioters speak for the first time about why they took part in the summer 2011 disturbances, the most serious bout of...
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