" "[sic] TIM GOLDIE

Can people please post links to serious, interesting analyses of the August 2011 English riots/uprisings/unrest? Length not a problem.

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You and Laurie Rojas like this.
- L'Ennemi du Peuple surely you know of this already http://libcom.org/library/intakes-communities-commodities-class-august-2011-riots-aufheben
  
  Intakes: Communities, commodities and class in the August 2011 riots - Aufheben | libcom.org
  libcom.org
  
  The following article was written in the immediate wake of the August 'riots' of...See More
  
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- Juliet Jacques Probably a bit late now, but Paul Lewis is talking about the riots at Westminster Skeptics at the Old Monk Exchange tonight, starts at 7.30pm. I'm guessing you won't make it now, but keep an eye out for the podcast (via the Pod Delusion) - I saw him speak about the riots last autumn and it was pretty thought-provoking.
  
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- Nina Power Yes I have that - don't remember it being so helpful but I'll take another look. I have to write a review of Clive Bloom's Riot City and talk about the riots on Resonance tomorrow and maybe write an update to the piece I wrote at the time.
  
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- Nina Power Paul Lewis was due to speak at Marxism on the topic but couldn't make it which was really disappointing as I'd be very keen to hear him speak more politically about them.
  
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- Juliet Jacques He was particularly interesting on the different character of the riots in different places, making it hard to speak of "the riots" as a homogenous event. In fact, the recording is here: http://poddelusion.co.uk/blog/2011/08/31/westminster-skeptics-paul-lewis-on-the-riots/
  
  Westminster Skeptics – Paul Lewis on the riots » The Pod Delusion - A Podcast about Interesting Thin
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- Andrew Osborne Here's a link for the Runnymede Roundtables on Race and the Riots, availiable as a concise pdf: http://www.runnymedetrust.org/projects-and-publications/projects/riot-roundtables-2.html
  
  I found it very useful.
  
  Runnymede Trust - Riot Roundtables
  www.runnymedetrust.org
  
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- Peter Bratsis I am a biased judge but this is a very thoughtful analysis of the uprisings in Salford: http://uclan.academia.edu/WilliamJackson/Papers/1519453/The_Pendleton_Riot_A_Political_Sociology
  
  The Pendleton Riot: A Political Sociology
  uclan.academia.edu
  
  In this paper we explore the outbreak of rioting, quite distinct from events in ...See More
  
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- Jonny Jones Some dude wrote about it here... http://www.isj.org.uk/?id=758
  
  International Socialism: August 2011: a riot of our own
  www.isj.org.uk
  
  On 7 August 2011 the Observer ran a column by Nick Cohen with the headline “No r...See More
  
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- Marie Clare I'm just about to read this: http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2012/aug/05/riots-inequality-poverty-self-esteem
  
  The poison of inequality was behind last summer's riots
  www.guardian.co.uk
  Richard Wilkinson and Kate Pickett: A year on from the riots, the government is still failing to identify their underlying causes
  
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- Milo Curtis Watson ‎Owen Jones of course
  http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/london-riots--one-year-on-owen-jones-commences-a-series-of-special-reports-7965142.html
  http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/london-riots--one-year-on-why-hackney-is-still-a-tinderbox-7966291.html
  http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/the-riots--one-year-on-birminghams-fight-to-escape-a-summer-of-violence-7973451.html
  http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/the-riots--one-year-on-were-not-feral-youths-were-just-fighting-to-be-heard-7976712.html
  
  London riots - one year on: Owen Jones commences a series of special reports
  www.independent.co.uk
  
  Mark Duggan's father died earlier this month, his demands for justice unsatisfie...See More
  
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- Nina Power I referenced Wilkinson and Pickett in my original riot article - glad they agree with themselves! http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2011/aug/08/context-london-riots
  
  There is a context to London's riots that can't be ignored
  www.guardian.co.uk
  Nina Power: Those condemning the events in north London and elsewhere would do well to take a step back and consider the bigger picture
  
  3 hours ago · · 2
- Huseyin Kishi http://www.social-europe.eu/2011/08/the-london-riots-on-consumerism-coming-home-to-roost/
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  http://www.social-europe.eu/2011/08/interview-zygmunt-bauman-on-the-uk-riots/
  
  The London Riots – On Consumerism coming Home to Roost: by Zygmunt Bauman — Social Europe Journal
  www.social-europe.eu
  
  Revolutions are not staple products of social inequality; but minefields are. Mi...See More
  
  3 hours ago ·
- JJ Charlesworth They agree with themselves when talking total behaviorist bullshit?
  
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- Nina Power Not a fan of the Spirit Level then JJ? Tis true that the recent piece veers much more in that direction than the book does.
  
  3 hours ago ·
- Reuben Bard-Rosenberg Your prediction that the riots would kick off a prolonged losing streak for the coalition proved correct (and it really didn't seem like that to me at the time!). Regarding your remark that "Images of burning buildings, cars aflame and stripped-out shops may provide spectacular fodder for a restless media, ever hungry for new stories and fresh groups to demonise", I would just that it didn't require much media manipulation for the rioters to become a focus of popular disgust. Images of working class people jumping out their burning homes did not need to be repeated on slow-mo in order for many to react with understandable fury. The tottenham residents I spoke to on the first night of the riots had been privy to a particularly unmediated experience of the riots, but of course told me that the looting of small businesses was "out of order". I remember being slightly irritated by the sense amongst much of the left that those who were "condemning" were incapable of engaging with the wider causes. In fact the polls showed a big crossover between those who a) condemned the riots b) blamed austerity. Scabbing, too, arises out of a particular social context and is often driven by poverty...
  
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- Reuben Bard-Rosenberg sorry for the TLDR
  
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- Nina Power Nah tis interesting, ta. Had to look up TLDR though!
  
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- Reuben Bard-Rosenberg Best use of TLDR in the history of the internet... http://www.funnyjunk.com/funny_pictures/2072406/Best+use+of+TLDR+ever/
  
  Best use of TLDR ever
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  Best use of TLDR ever.
  
  3 hours ago ·
- McKenzie Wark http://www.versobooks.com/blogs/666
  
  Versobooks.com | McKenzie Wark: 'The Logic of Riots'
  www.versobooks.com
  
  Riots have their own logic. Both those who celebrate and decry them tend to thi...See More
  
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- Rose Anne http://www.metamute.org/editorial/articles/riot-polit-econ
  
  Riot Polit-Econ | Mute
  www.metamute.org
  
  In this riposte to the moral backlash against the UK’s August riots, The Khalid ...See More
  
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- Beastly Bravebeard http://dreamofsafety.blogspot.co.uk/2011/08/paul-gilroy-speaks-on-riots-august-2011.html
  
  the dream of safety: Paul Gilroy speaks on the riots, August 2011, Tottenham, North London
  dreamofsafety.blogspot.com