Darcus Howe & Richard Seymour on UK Massive Social Unrest and Riots (Democracy Now!) 1 of 2

DemocracyNow.org - Unrest continues to spread across England after protests erupted Saturday in London when police shot to death Mark Duggan, a 29-year-old black man. Mobs firebombed police stations and sets shops on fire in London, Manchester, Salford, Liverpool, Nottingham and Birmingham. After waiting for several days, Prime Minister David Cameron has cut short his vacation and recalled Parliament from summer recess. Scotland Yard has ordered its officers to deploy every available force to stop the unrest, including water cannons and possibly the use of plastic bullets. London has been flooded with 16,000 officers, the largest police presence in the city's history. Democracy Now! interviews journalist Darcus Howe, a longtime critic of police brutality in black and West Indian communities across the U.K., and author and blogger Richard Seymour of the popular British site "Lenin's Tomb."

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"There is a mass insurrection — and I am not talking about rioting — I am talking about an insurrection that comes from the depths of society, from the consciousness collectively of the young blacks and whites, but overwhelmingly black, as a result of the consistent stopping and searching young blacks without cause," says Howe of the uprising. Seymour notes non-violent protests against the police searches have been largely ignored by the British media. "A political establishment, a media, and a state system that gives people ... the impression that they will not be listened to, unless they force themselves on to your attention, is going to lead to riots," says Seymour.

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[RedGaribaldi]

Once again DN! steps in where the BBC and Sky News continuously fail. Thank you.

If only there was a DemocracyNow! 24 hour news channel!

[ufo5147]

I agree that the riots likely represent a sort if "insurrection" on the part of the poor, abused, and voiceless. though I do think it's a shame that their anger is so misdirected.. I understand what it is to be poor and steal, and that these people can't get jobs and nothing is being done for them, and in fact (as in the US) the government is moving in the direction of austerity and cutting imp. social programs while the plutocracy gets richer.. so yea, aim your anger at the plutocracy

[KILLWRONGDOERS]

papa i cant count dont know how many

really really everyone with a right mind knows why theres stop and search

EVERYONE KNOWS MR HOWE STOP TELLING US RUBBISH ON TV

[TheBrownUn]

whats a coco shunter?

[tag1989]

hahahahahha darkus chatting shit lolololol

[OriginalJoseyWales]

so murdoch is responsible for the riots - :(

[salahuddin786]

It is the Police that CAUSED the SPARK which ignited the Riots and Insurrection.

They will get this MESSAGE. Kill ONE Black you get THIS MASS RIOTS.

I BET THEY HAVE LEARNT A VERY VERY HARD LESSON.

POWERTO THE PEOPLE.

[salahuddin786]

Asians would LOVE to go back to India

Blacks would love to go back to Africa

BUT the white man has looted and plundered their lands and now it is the time for the Arabs - so they try to loot their OIL....but as the white man is on the verge of collapse in the Lands of Oil ...they are now fukd.

Their TIME IS UP.

FINISHED.

4 Years and we will witness a collapse of the West and the Rise of Asia

[chillipeanuts]

police arent harsh enough on jigs.