UK Riots: The Left Must Respond (Two Articles)
Submitted on August 11, 2011
August 11, 2011 - Znet
All over the world, the rise of neo-liberalism has been accompanied by the rise of the security state...The victory for the capitalist class that neo-liberalism represents produces howls of protest from the oppressed. Sometimes they have political direction, and sometimes they don’t. The response of the Conservatives...is to deny any real grievances and unleash further state-led violence. If we want to build an alternative based on economic justice and freedom, our first job is to ensure that ordinary people aren’t cheering them on.
