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Published in: openDemocracyUKLook at England's urban spaces: the riots were inevitableWe only had to look at our English urban spaces to predict that riots would someday sweep across our nation. Our...
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Published in: Shine A LightLet's respond to England's riots with decency, not by demonising our childrenA tiny minority of children in England took part in last week's rioting across some of the nation's major cities....
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Published in: openDemocracyUKDisorder in world cities: comparing Britain and FranceFrench and British cities are alone in Europe in experiencing recurrent urban outbreaks of disorder and mayhem. What...
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Published in: openDemocracyUK'We were raised by a generation of hypocrites'A 17-year-old rapper from south London explains the deep-seated anger he believes led to rioting across England last week.
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Published in: openDemocracyUKYoung Deacon - Failed by the System
A post-riot song by a young south London rapper.
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Published in: openDemocracyUKLondon stopped and searched
The black youth, together with the ‘feral scum’ of other colours, has always been stopped and searched, detained....
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Published in: openDemocracyUKVideo: there is no 'us' over here
A spontaneous street debate about the London riots.
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Published in: Shine A LightMass imprisonment of looters is not a solution to our problem
English courts have been open round the clock sentencing rioters and looters with jail terms. But in doing this they...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKRiot fever: how could this happen in our country?
Mass disturbances across England last week has left Britain in shock. We thought we understood our society; nothing...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKDavid Cameron must remember the lessons of Bloody Sunday
In the aftermath of the riots that swept across England last week, the UK government must not rush to adopt...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKThe burning anger within the riots
Britain has been quick to condemn those involved in rioting across England. But wearing rose-tinted glasses, we are...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKThe moral decay of British society is as bad at the top as the bottom
The response of Britain's political elite to the riots that engulfed England last week was phony and hypocritical....
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Published in: openDemocracyUK'The London riots reminded me of Gaza'
My family thought London was the safest place we had ever lived. But rioting near our home made us feel like we were...
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Published in: Shine A LightLondon riots: eyewitness view from Walworth RoadWhen a young man from south London came face to face with looters on his way home from work, it was a shock. Here,...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKUK authorities should not be given a communication 'killswitch'
In the aftermath of riots that have spread across England in recent days, prime minister David Cameron proposed...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKInfographic: social deprivation in riot hotspots
Correlation is not causation, so we’ll leave you to draw your own conclusions.
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Published in: openDemocracyUKStripping rioters of their benefits will only deepen society's divisions
A proposal to evict convicted London looters from their homes and halt their benefit payments will not solve any...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKEnglish riots: rejecting a moral debate - the rationality of violence
Discussions about violence tend to be driven by a moral discourse. We must probe deeper and look to history if we...
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Published in: HomeA time of riot: England and the world
An explosion of unrest and looting by young people that began in London and spread to other cities is a particular...
