Sheffield August Riots Newswire Archive

The Wrong Kind of Riot

Sheffield anarchobass label serves up it two penneth on the UK summer of rage...

Daylight Robbery, Meet Nighttime Robbery

I keep hearing comparisons between the London riots and riots in other European cities—window smashing in Athens or car bonfires in Paris. And there are parallels, to be sure: a spark set by police violence, a generation that feels forgotten.

Youth sentenced to years in jail for posting Facebook notices during riots

The state clampdown against working class youth in Britain continues unabated. On Tuesday, crown court judges in England handed down long jail sentences to two young men for posting comments on Facebook.

The stench of a police state

The events of the last 12 days are a warning to the working class in Britain and internationally. The state repression and right-wing hysteria unleashed in response to youth rioting in London and other cities reveal the preparations of the ruling class for police-state forms of rule.

Waging a Savage War on Libyan People

More bombs drop on Tripoli and across Libya tonight. Theses bombs dropped by the British government whose own youth are setting that country on fire in protest at their abandonment.

In defence of anarchy

Following is an article from Chumbawumba's Boff Whalley, it's a corporate repost but one of the few that are worth having here...

Parliament demands violent repression of British youth riots

Yesterday’s emergency debate in the British parliament, recalled in emergency session following the eruption of youth riots earlier this week, was a contemptible spectacle.

16,000 police deployed in London to put down youth revolt

Prime Minister David Cameron chaired a meeting of the governmental emergency COBRA committee yesterday and called a special sitting in parliament for Thursday, in response to continuing rioting in London that has spread to other towns and cities in England.

Social Media and the UK Riots: “Twitter Mobs”, “Facebook Mobs”, “Blackberry Mobs” and the Structural Violence of Neoliberalism

“One formula [...] can be that of the mob: gullible, fickle, herdlike, low in taste and habit. [...] If [...] our purpsoe is manipulation – the persuasion of a large number of people to act, feel, think, known in certain ways – the convenient formula will be that of the masses”. — Raymond Williams

Chapeltown?

In the Hood | 08-08-2011 23:39 | August Riots | Birmingham | Sheffield

In Leeds.

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Sheffield August Riots Newswire Archive

The Wrong Kind of Riot

Daylight Robbery, Meet Nighttime Robbery

Youth sentenced to years in jail for posting Facebook notices during riots

The stench of a police state

Waging a Savage War on Libyan People

In defence of anarchy

Parliament demands violent repression of British youth riots

16,000 police deployed in London to put down youth revolt

Social Media and the UK Riots: “Twitter Mobs”, “Facebook Mobs”, “Blackberry Mobs” and the Structural Violence of Neoliberalism

Chapeltown?

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