London Riots [08.08.11]
"What started in Tottenham spread like wild fire to Enfield, Brixton, Walthamstow, Dalston and beyond. Tonight I was walking the rainy streets of Islington, while all around me police sirens screamed passed, youth filled the streets in clusters of gangs on foot, push bikes and mopeds from Highbury & Islington, Essex Road, Angel to Liverpool Road.
It seems the streets of London were alive with the crackle of enthusiasm and excitement. Bins overturned, shop windows smashed, information shared in a word of mouth manner. While the mainstream media enforced a black out, and Twitter trends evoked an evangelical condemnation, on the streets amongst the youth they knew exactly why they were there. No doubt these rioters will be labeled as thieves, thugs and hooligans.
But these are our children and this is our future. When the system is based on competition, alienation and money this is what is created. An angry, frustrated youth with no hope for the future. No EMA, No Universities, No Youth Clubs, No Employment. So it's only right that they rise up, smashing the windows of the high street stores, grabbing the goods that they spend all day striving after. Riots are the voice of the unheard.
And instead of dwelling in the run down, crack infested ghetto's across the metropolis, they decided to make themselves heard. The Police have no control and are scared. The kids have finally realised that they out number them and that they can't be everywhere at once.
It appears that the rainy weather was the Police's saving grace. The youth will be scapegoated by the media and cracked down upon even more by the State -- even though this was the initial spark that triggered the wave of unrest -- but can you blame them for doing what they have done? Over hearing two teens heading to the Police Station just yards away:
"We have nothing to lose, this is our only chance, come on man!" This is a sentiment that seems to be ringing true with all of us, not just amongst the disaffected youth, but all of us struggling in this corrupt and unfair system. Let the London Riots begin!"
Article above taken from: https://islingtonalarm.wordpress.com/...
See also: https://towerhamletsalarm.wordpress.c...
Timeline: https://thewestlondoner.wordpress.com
Nothing 'mindless' about rioters http://www.freedompress.org.uk/news/2...
A Fitwatcher's view of the riots http://www.fitwatch.org.uk/2011/08/10...
London rioters point to poverty and prejudice http://uk.reuters.com/article/2011/08...
The story, so far, in summary https://towerhamletsalarm.wordpress.c...
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