Following my previous blog entry,
UK Riots: "A Punishment for Being Poor"? - life as a young mother on a London council estate,
should also add to that the riots in the UK occurred as Britain prepares for austerity measures with severe cuts to social services including public libraries, health, education and community services; and that in the poor areas in London that I refer to, cutbacks and closures of public facilities such as youth clubs and programs for young people have already begun.
UK Riots: "A Punishment for Being Poor"? - life as a young mother on a London council estate,
should also add to that the riots in the UK occurred as Britain prepares for austerity measures with severe cuts to social services including public libraries, health, education and community services; and that in the poor areas in London that I refer to, cutbacks and closures of public facilities such as youth clubs and programs for young people have already begun.
2 comments:
..this the riots has been coming for a long time since the late 60's perhaps even earlier..the increasing cuts on education, housing, health etc for the working poor the generationally unemployed in the cities and all over the british isles have been relentless..governments and economies become increasingly fragile there is no doubt these riots will occur more often..sadly with them will come more vicious reactions from the state and its minions-for instance increasing police powers of arrest detention and surviellance has achieved little..other than increased oppression...i believe the society is broken and breaking beyond repair and the recent pm's comments regarding fixing it farcical...
At the same time, since the late 60s, there has also been the rise of the consumer capitalist society that has created a 'culture' of fake desire for branded consumer objects that are commodified and marketed as status symbols to be striven for (through making and spending money) by definition beyond the reach of many, thereby fuelling desire that is both insatiable and self-defeating as it has no real outlet of satisfaction in this system...
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