{"id":26400,"date":"2011-08-11T02:11:54","date_gmt":"2011-08-10T16:11:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/slackbastard.anarchobase.com\/?p=26400"},"modified":"2011-09-04T23:06:37","modified_gmt":"2011-09-04T13:06:37","slug":"london-riots-neoliberal-chickens-coming-home-to-roost","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/slackbastard.anarchobase.com\/?p=26400","title":{"rendered":"London riots : neoliberal chickens coming home to roost?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Another Update<\/strong> (September 4) : The always-outrageous IWCA <a href=\"http:\/\/www.iwca.info\/?p=10184\">stick the boot into the lumps<\/a>.<br \/>\n<strong>Update<\/strong> : More blah: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lrb.co.uk\/blog\/2011\/08\/09\/tariq-ali\/why-here-why-now\/\">Why here, why now?<\/a>, Tariq Ali, LRB blog, August 9, 2011 | <a href=\"http:\/\/socialismandorbarbarism.blogspot.com\/2011\/08\/open-letter-to-those-who-condemn.html\">An open letter to those who condemn looting (Part one)<\/a> &#038; <a href=\"http:\/\/socialismandorbarbarism.blogspot.com\/2011\/08\/open-letter-to-those-who-condemn_10.html\">An open letter to those who condemn looting (Part two)<\/a>, Socialism and\/or barbarism, August 9 &#038; 10, 2011 | <a href=\"http:\/\/potlatch.typepad.com\/weblog\/2011\/08\/london-riots-the-idiocy-of-left-and-right.html\">London riots: the limits of Left and Right<\/a>, Potlatch, August 10, 2011.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The violence started over the shooting of Mark Duggan, 29, in Tottenham last Thursday but soon escalated into looting and attacks by anarchists and organised criminal gangs.&#8221; ~ <em>Evening Standard<\/em>, August 9, 2011<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;When Thatcher said there was no such thing as society it wasn&#8217;t an empirical observation it was a statement of intent.&#8221; ~ revol68<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"349\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/RLfiE08JM_o?rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><em>See also<\/em> : <a href=\"http:\/\/londonriots.ep.io\/\">London Riots Map<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/uk-14458424\">London rioters: &#8216;Showing the rich we do what we want&#8217;<\/a>, BBC, August 9, 2011 | <a href=\"http:\/\/homepage.eircom.net\/~williamwall\/williamwall\/Ice_Moon_Blog\/Entries\/2011\/8\/9_Tottenham_and_Beyond__The_neoliberal_riots.html\">Tottenham and Beyond: neoliberal riots and the possibility of politics<\/a>, William Wall, Ice Moon, August 9, 2011 | <a href=\"http:\/\/solfed.org.uk\/?q=north-london-solfeds-response-to-the-london-riots\">North London Solfed&#8217;s response to the London riots<\/a>, August 9, 2011 | <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bopsecrets.org\/SI\/10.Watts.htm\">The 1965 Watts Riot (Situationist International)<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/zinelibrary.info\/riot-insurrection\"><em>From Riot to Insurrection<\/em>: Analysis for Anarchist Perspective Against Post Industrial Capitalism<\/a>, Alfredo M. Bonanno | <a href=\"http:\/\/slackbastard.anarchobase.com\/?p=22925\">Menacingly rolling towards Ben Brown in my wheelchair\u2026<\/a>, December 14, 2010.<\/p>\n<p><em>And<\/em> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.alternativeright.com\/main\/blogs\/euro-centric\/the-rioting-act\/\">The Rioting Act<\/a>, Derek Turner, Alternative Right, August 10, 2011.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.guardian.co.uk\/world\/2011\/aug\/05\/chile-student-protests-violence\">Chile student protests explode into violence<\/a>, Jonathan Franklin, guardian.co.uk, August 5, 2011 (&#8220;Riot police clash with protesters calling for education reform as anger with Sebasti\u00e0n Pi\u00f1era&#8217;s government boils over&#8221;).<\/p>\n<p>\u201eDas ist der Aufstand der Arbeiterklasse. Wir verteilen den Wohlstand um\u201c, sagte der 28-j\u00e4hrige Bryan Phillips, der sich selbst als Anarchist bezeichnet.<\/p>\n<h2>Bonus Bendle!<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theaustralian.com.au\/news\/opinion\/militant-groups-fuel-the-fires\/story-e6frg6zo-1226112637489\">Militant groups fuel the fires<\/a>, Merv Bendle, <em>The Australian<\/em>, August 11, 2011. Choice line: &#8220;[Negri&#8217;s] objective is to achieve &#8220;true democracy&#8221; as exemplified by the UN and international non-governmental agencies such as Greenpeace&#8230;&#8221; LOL.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Another Update (September 4) : The always-outrageous IWCA stick the boot into the lumps. 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