August 2011
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“I remember David Cameron saying “hug a hoodie” but I haven’t seen him doing it,...”
– Russell Brand - Big Brother Is Not Watching You
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“The young people who took to the streets were making a statement. Denounce this...”
– “A riot is the language of the unheard” | Politics, Poetry and Equality (via congruity)
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Watching my home town, my heart burn to the ground. Watching the streets where I did my growing up, my learning, my loving, watching them filled with greed and fear and utter lawlessness. Hearing ignorant political commentary from (largely) white people in suits. My heart breaks.
There are complicated socio-economical issues at play. There are gratuitous examples of mob mentality and...
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