England Riots

At Davos Summit, Income Inequality Is A Major Concern

The Huffington Post | Alexander Eichler | Posted 01.25.2012

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High in the Swiss Alps, the global wealth gap is being identified as a source of misery and unrest. Participants in the annual World Economic Forum...

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Unemployment Is The World's Fastest-Rising Concern: Study

The Huffington Post | Alexander Eichler | Posted 12.12.2011

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Worried about making ends meet? You're not alone. Unemployment is the fastest-rising concern around the globe, suggesting the softening global job ...

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London Theater Reenacts England's Riots

AP | JILL LAWLESS | Posted 01.24.2012

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LONDON — It sounds like a tough sell for an evening out: Come relive the London riots. But that is the offer currently packing audiences into L...

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London Calling: Riots, Reactionaries, and Reggae

Steve Heilig | Posted 10.24.2011

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Steve Heilig

Watching the recent news about rioting and looting in London and beyond has been a bit of a sad flashback, as I was visiting there almost 30 years ago when riots broke out in Brixton and beyond.

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Decline and Fall of British Values

Rabbi Shmuley Boteach | Posted 10.18.2011

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Rabbi Shmuley Boteach

Who is a responsible for the moral rot in Britain? The police are blaming the youth for being hooligans, as if young people are supposed to learn values on their own. The politicians are blaming a culture of selfishness, egged on by Wall Street.

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Police Charge 1000th Person Over Riots

AP | Posted 10.17.2011

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LONDON — London police force say more than 1,000 people have now been charged in the unrest that rocked the capital for four days, as human righ...

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Is London's Civil Unrest a Harbinger for U.S. Cities?

Jim Keady | Posted 10.16.2011

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Jim Keady

We have reached a tipping point in the cancerous march of global capitalism.

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Britain 'Punching Itself In The Face': Riots Destroying Art

Posted 10.11.2011

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As the England riots appear to be winding down, much of the news coverage is revolving around the political issues underpinning the unrest, but one of...

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David Cameron: Britain Will Not Allow Culture Of Fear To Take Over

AP/The Huffington Post | Posted 10.10.2011

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LONDON (AP) -- Britain will not allow a culture of fear to take over the streets, Prime Minister David Cameron insisted Wednesday, saying police have ...

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Dramatic Anti-Police Riot Casts Pall Over London

AP | RAPHAEL G. SATTER | Posted 10.07.2011

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LONDON — New unrest erupted on north London's streets late Sunday, a day after rioting and looting in a deprived area amid community anger over ...

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Creative Militancy, Militant Creativity and the New British Student Movement

Sarah Amsler | Posted 05.25.2011

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Sarah Amsler

Tonight, the UK news media was for the first time in my memory dominated by the serious voices of students, on the streets, in debates with government ministers, performing their new possibilities.

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