Criminalized working class ---I like that. So, the U.S. mega prisons
housing the /*cheap */labour force used by the billionaire business
barons becomes a model for the /advanced nations /of the world.
And the fog continues into the new dark age.
Darryl
On 8/9/2011 7:49 AM, michael gurstein wrote:
I'm wondering if the assault by the media (Murdoch and the media
cabal) on the left could be the reason that the violence in the UK has
been nihilist rather than having a political focus... If the (tens?
of) thousands involved are simply concerned with looting and
destruction is that preferable to having some specific (and thus
negotiable and cooptable) demands...
I guess the question is whether the UK police/legal/penal system can
handle this in the short run and what the impact of a criminalized
working class is on the UK in the long run.
M
-----Original Message-----
*From:* [email protected]
[mailto:[email protected]] *On Behalf Of *D and N
*Sent:* Tuesday, August 09, 2011 7:39 AM
*To:* RE-DESIGNING WORK, INCOME DISTRIBUTION,EDUCATION
*Subject:* Re: [Futurework] London's burning!
Even a fox will chew off its paw to escape a trap. Can we expect
anything else from a 'base animal'.
Darryl
On 8/9/2011 6:51 AM, Arthur Cordell wrote:
I would think that the rioters also need to have the culture to
organize politically to achieve their goals.
Burning their own homes and neighbourhood is reminiscent of what
happened in Detroit and elsewhere in the US. When the riots were
over the remaining people lived in burned out areas. Period.
arthur
*From:*[email protected]
[mailto:[email protected]] *On Behalf Of
*Keith Hudson
*Sent:* Tuesday, August 09, 2011 4:43 AM
*To:* RE-DESIGNING WORK, INCOME DISTRIBUTION, , EDUCATION
*Subject:* [Futurework] London's burning!
As riots and fires continue to spring up in many areas of London,
we have already had a spate of politicians and opinion-worthies
telling us that it's evil and criminal and so forth. So far, only
one person of any stature at all has had the courage to come out
with the real reason. He is Lord Harris, who founded the
nation-wide Carpetright shops as a young man. He says: "Rioters
need jobs".
Quite right. But unfortunately these thousands of young people
will never have jobs. They didn't even have them in the pre-2008
years. The present episode of fires will no doubt burn themselves
out (the pun was unavoidable I'm afraid!), but the London rioters
have already shown the Greek rioters just what can be done if
they try harder. After all, we are a much more advanced country
than Greece.
Keith
Keith Hudson, Saltford, England
http://allisstatus.wordpress.com/2011/08/
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