The Big Smoke: Why Did It Take This Long?
Submitted on August 12, 2011
SchNEWS - Friday 12th August 2011 | Issue 783
It seems to us that everyone is asking the wrong question – why did they riot? When in fact the more obvious question would be – why did it take ‘til now? A toxic combination of neo-liberalism and the gangsterism that goes with the criminalization of drugs has created ghettos in London and throughout the U.K. Everyone knows it – and the ‘feral underclass’ has become the acceptable focus of snobbery, hate and fear.
