London Riots 2011

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British rioters locked away, once tough now cry all day.

Oh, would be anarchists and revolutionaries, aka the children who caused the London riots and the other riots which gripped England for a while, are now locked away in jail and are finding life there to be quite difficult. Of course, prisons around the world have their own justice system, and English juvenile detention facilities […]

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London Riots impossible in Russia…famous last words.

According to this article in Pravda, the riots that occurred in London cannot occur in Moscow or elsewhere in Russia because Russia does not believe in multiculturalism, which is at the root of the problem in England? Firstly, the article uses the term ‘pogrom’ to describe the riots in England and further, draws a racial […]

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Were the rioters in England mainly from its more impoverished regions?

The Guardian dared to ask this question, and the answer is intriguing in the least. If anything, the riots in London and elsewhere represent a confluence of socio-economic factors as well as technological ones, as documented elsewhere. The intersection of social networking and social mobilization will provide many interesting tensions for governments in the years […]

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London Riots: Compromise in response between the Right-Left governing coalition

What some have called a tough law-and-order approach by Prime Minister David Cameron in response to the recent riots in London and other English cities, Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg has proposed a middle-ground in which the causes of the riots are addressed as well as providing an outlet for those communities affected by the […]

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