Reading the riots: one year on

Miranda Iossifidis and Philippa Thomas 30 August 2012

A year after the English riots, Miranda Iossifidis and Philippa Thomas review the means by which scholarship and the media have reacted, disputed and converged in their responses. To what extent have these efforts been productive, and what voices are still to be heard? 

The kids are revolting. But why?

Imogen Tyler 19 July 2012

Reflections on the Summer 2011 English Riots one year on: the 'Underclass', welfare retrenchment and workfare regimes.

 

 

Eight months after the English riots: young lives blighted by punitive sentencing

Sophie Willett 4 April 2012

The punitive judicial response to the riots has left a lasting legacy of damage and stigma

UKUncut: Fortnum and Mason trial B, the farce rolls on - all guilty

Adam Ramsay 13 March 2012

A report of the second trial of UK Uncut activists who occuped the high class grocers Fortnum and Masons in March last year, by a defendant in the first. It too seems certain likely to confirm that in a political case the UK's legal system starts from the verdict and tries to ensure nothing disturbs it, such as, for example, evidence.

Feral savages: post-riot labelling of British Blacks

Carl Hylton and Bertha Ochieng 18 November 2011

'Underclass', 'feral', 'feckless': these terms have gained new currency after England's August riots. Although not explicitly racist, together they form a coded language that casts working class and Black communities as the 'enemies within'.

Black British realities and the return of the ‘underclass’

Nigel Carter 4 November 2011

The re-emergence of a certain vocabulary that stigmatizes the working class, benefit seekers, and the black community, is becoming increasingly mainstream in Britain. So why now, and who stands to benefit?

Video: Tottenham residents give their take on the riots

OurKingdom 19 September 2011
A new independent documentary tells the story of last month's riots in Tottenham from the point of view of local residents. Definitely worth a watch,

'Fuck the police!' Working-class youth and the routine abuse of power

Justin Baidoo-Hackman 16 September 2011

For many, the 'boys in blue' are a brutal force who use their powers to punish and wreak revenge. England's riots began with an explosion of anger towards the police - so why is this issue not being addressed?

Can we rely on the Lib Dems to defend the role of human rights in Britain?

Geoffrey Bindman 14 September 2011
David Cameron pledged in the wake of England's riots to address the country's 'rights not responsibilities' culture. Will the Liberal Democrats stand firm against the Prime Minister's hostility to human rights legislation?

We'll 'fix Broken Britain' through more emphasis on human rights, not less

Irene Khan 14 September 2011
After England's riots, the Prime Minister has pledged to replace the Human Rights Act with "our own British bill of rights". But the HRA is already quintessentially British, and the rights it enshrines are needed more than ever if we are to heal 'Broken Britain'

As the trial of 9 UK Uncut activists begins, Britain's right to protest is also in the docks

Niki Seth-Smith 14 September 2011
Today the trial of nine UK Uncut activists begins. They had superglued themselves to Topshop last year in protest against tax avoidance by the super-rich. Their trial comes at a pivotal time, as England undergoes a post-riots crackdown on the right to protest

Anatomy of a Networked Riot: rapid violence, rapid response

Catherine Dempsey 13 September 2011
Social networking has come under fire since England's week of riots and looting. But the same tools that facilitated a rapid escalation of violence also allowed citizens to organize a speedy response.

"The Game is Up": Unrest, Policing and the War on the Underclass

Aaron Peters 9 September 2011

Ten years after 9/11, the 'War on Terror' in Britain is being replaced by a 'War on the Underclass' as exceptional legal powers and the militarization of the police come to constitute the new normal.

Resisting the Riot Fearmongers: lessons from 1958 and beyond

Steven Hirschler 4 September 2011
As right wing commentators channel Enoch Powell, Steven Hirschler counts the human cost of misdiagnosing civil unrest

The Police, Notting Hill Carnival and the Permanent 'State of Exception'

Aaron Peters 2 September 2011
Notting Hill Carnival - despite predictions of disorder after London's riots - was hailed as 'peaceful' and a 'success'. The price was basic civil liberties, as the normal rule of law was suspended across the capital, and stop-and-search powers abused

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