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Wazup Jakarta!
Map by Uwe Dedering (CC) Adam Martin reporting for Vice: I’ve worked on a few daily papers over the last five years, but I’ve never before written or edited the phrase “the dead officer is understood...
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London’s Burning
Click through to this breaking story from the Daily Mail for some scenes reminiscent of the ’70s and ’80s that inspired the Clash to write their classic London’s Burning: Police came under attack from...
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The Twitter Stripper Photo From UK Riots
This photo has been making waves since it was uploaded to Twitter, supposedly depicting a man stripping off his clothes under the threat of violence from the man at right during the recent civil...
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Ancient Greeks Help Explain The Rioting Of Modern Britons
Dr. Mark A. Wolfgram writes a fascinating letter to the Financial Times: Sir, The August 17 commentaries by Richard Florida (“The inchoate rage beneath our global cities”) and John Kay (“Why the...
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Douglas Rushkoff On Flash Mobs
Doug Rushkoff. Photo by Paul May (CC) Media theorist Douglas Rushkoff explains why limiting access to social networks is not the answer to preventing riots, for CNN: In the past, people seemed to...
View ArticleSkaters Tear Up Los Angeles (Video)
Rampaging skater kids … the Apocalypse is clearly upon us. Report from NBC Los Angeles: The mob of skateboarders and skate fans who ran amok through Hollywood on Saturday night, captured on a YouTube...
View ArticleRioting Video Game Allows You To Fight The Police
Atlantic Cities describes the 8-bit-style smartphone game RIOT, a thought-provoking attempt to capture the liminal state which occurs during uprisings when order breaks down. I’d rather have my kids...
View ArticleBurn It Down: Disinfo’s Guide to Becoming a Terrorist
As the United States totters ever closer towards total collapse and WW3 looms on the horizon, one question burns with increasing intensity in the minds of Anarchists everywhere: what can I do to help...
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