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CNBC: British Riots - And Unrest Worldwide - Caused By "Economic Uncertainty"
Riots Worldwide From Economic Uncertainty
While most mainstream news outlets are blaming the British riots on random thuggery, they are really an outgrowth of bad economic conditions and governments' poor response to the financial crisis.
As I've noted for years, raging inequality and policies which help the big boys at the expense of the "little people" are causing unrest - not just in Egypt - but worldwide.
Britain
As CNBC reports today:
Great Britain and other parts of the world are experiencing unrest at a time of global economic uncertainty and stock market volatility.
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Police in London say the violence began during a vigil for a man, Mark Duggan, who’d been killed by police. However, those on the streets say what's happening goes beyond one man's death.
In late June, half the public schools in Britain where closed by a massive protest over public pensions cuts, including three major teachers' unions, customs and immigration officers, and air traffic controllers. Some 750,000 people took part in the protest.
London's press has reported that discontent has been simmering among Britain's urban poor for years, in neighborhoods like Tottenham, where the riots started.
But as one man told NBC News about an economic protest two months ago, "There was not a word in the press about our protests. Last night (Saturday) a bit of rioting and looting and now look around you."
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Cameron's conservative government is under fire for spending cuts to social programs in order to help reduce the country's debt. Among those hit the hardest are large numbers of minority youths who have been at the forefront of the unrest.
And watch this BBC interview:
Israel
Haaretz notes:
Approximatley 300,000 people gathered Saturday night in Tel Aviv, 20,000 participated in Jerusalem, 3,000 in Kiryat Shmona, 5,000 in Modi’in,1,000 in Hod Hasharon and 1,000 in Eilat.
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In Tel Aviv, people marched from Habima Square, near the tent city on Rothschild Boulevard, to the Kirya defense compund on Kaplan Street.
Protesters in Tel Aviv, Saturday, August 6, 2011. Photo by: Tal Cohen
Protesters chanted "The people demand social justice" and "An entire generation demands a future."
A number of signs that were hung on Kaplan Street read "Resign, Egypt is here."
Haaretz also reports:
Knesset Speaker Reuven Rivlin said Sunday that he believes that the current Knesset may not complete its tenure due to the ongoing social protests in Israel.
Rivlin said that he believes elections will be earlier than the expected date in November of 2013.
CNBC fills in details on the reasons for the protests:
Some 250,000 people took to the streets of Tel Aviv, Israel, on Saturday over the rising cost of living. Demonstrations actually began last month when a few people set up tents in an expensive part of Tel Aviv to protest rising property prices.
The protests have moved to other cities in Israel, where some 50,000 people rallied.
The demonstrations have turned into a major challenge for the government of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Polls released last week show his approval ratings have dropped while support for the protesters is high.
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Here are some of the demands from protestors, according to Reuters:
* Increase personal tax brackets for top earners
* Enshrine the right to housing in the law; introduce rent controls; boost mortgage relief
* Stop further privatization of things such as health facilities
* Provide free education for all from the age of three months
* Raise the minimum wage to 50 percent of the average wage
Spain, Greece and Portugal
CNBC then discusses protests in Spain, Greece and Portugal, noting:
All three ... have experienced protests and rioting in reaction to government austerity programs and bad economic conditions.
Philippines, China and Syria
CNBC then turns to 3 other nations:
The Philippines
Thousand of workers took to the streets throughout the country in May of this year to march for higher pay. They demanded better wages in light of rising inflation, including higher oil prices.
They called on the government of President Benigno Aquino III to do more to help protect jobs.
In reaction, the government held job fairs as hundreds of workers have been laid off as the economy slumps. Workers say that effort has fallen far short of what they want.
China
Nearly 1,000 cab drivers in eastern China blocked traffic and protested on Aug. 1 over rising fuel costs. It was the latest sign of discontent about the country's surging inflation.
Inflation is hitting China hard, with food prices recently increasing 12 percent. Many Chinese officials are reported concerned that inflation, along with rising property prices, could lead to even more unrest.
This past June, thousands of workers battled for three days with police in the capital city of the southern Chinese province of Guangdong. They were protesting declining living standards.
The recent protests can be traced back to February of this year, in what was an attempt to copy the Arab Spring uprising. That's when calls through Chinese social networks were sent out for an uprising in several local cities.
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Syria
In another legacy from the Arab Spring, protests and riots in Syria against the rule of President Bashar al-Assad have been going on for five months.
Reports say at least 1,600 people have been killed by government forces.
The demonstrations are a combination of calls for economic as well as political changes. Assad's government has promised a package of reforms including higher wages, letting political parties exist, easing restrictions on the media, and a new anti-corruption drive. But so far, none of the measures has been set in place.
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"Rothschild Boulevard" says it all. Karma's gonna git you!
Darcus Howe is not an ex MP. He is a well known social commentator who regularly appears as a talking head on late night cultural discussion programmes on BBC2.
This is not a "black problem". The criminality mostly manifested itself in black youth in North-East London but it was mostly white sink-estate feral children in Manchester.
Nor has the looting in England anything to do with economics. It's the result of a large underclass that regards criminality and violence as acceptable and that regards the police - who have not used physical violence against youth disorder for decades - as a joke.
They believe - correctly until now - that they can loot and injure and that they will face no consequences.
What is very interesting is a noticeable hardening in "liberal" opinion : middle-class commentators who previously talked about the "issues of social exclusion" now sound like crusty old colonels and are demanding that the police get their truncheons out and bash the little thugs over the head.
The biggest risk to social stability is clearly the murder last night of three Muslims who were on the streets to protect their neighbourhood from looting and who were run down by a speeding car. If it turns out that the driver was a black looter then God help us all.
It IS a black problem. We have a black problem here too. Look at these new "mob robberies" where 50 blacks invade a store and take what they please. I'm waiting for the first store owner to open up on ALL of them with a 12ga. PLEASE put me on the jury! Time to teach these fuckers that we're tired of their shit and we're not going to take it any more.
Are you kidding: momo's like you are made for the wrong end of a 12ga !
Time to teach you fuckers that we're tired of your shit and we're not going to take it any more.
The Queen,The Royal Wedding, News Corp , Murdoch ,Fox News, Cameron, Toni Blair, Iraq War, Afghan War,
Jack Straw, Police corruption, Government Corruption, the british Empire was built on exploitation and slavery
and murder and invasion, and nothing much has changed.
Burn the shit down ! I am glad someone has the guts and the balls to say:
Time to teach you corrupt fuckers that we're tired of your shit and we're not going to take it any more !
GW
EVERY article on The Daily Mails website yesterday about the rioting had public comments closed.. the main newspaper in Britain wouldn't let the people speak! ..also notice the SKY bitches attitude in the Vid you posted above... it's 'Us' (the saleried safe jobs) against 'Them' (the poorer urban classes)
the black guy in the Vid i believe is an ex-Labour MP. he is saying what he feels: a member of his community had his head blown off by the State Police. The Sky bitch is saying what she represents, a scared middle-class saleried suburbanite worried about riots
This is what recession/depression does... it polarises people into very defined groups who will display ever more anger or fear against other groups who they feel threaten their existence. Govt and the elitist parasites will try to exploit this, 'Divide & Conquer' so that we may not focus on them, and turn against them (the real enemy, the people who have robbed and conned sociaty of its own best interests and wealth)
We must not let this happen... the fastest and easiest way is to defund the parasites protection racket, the State, which uses our money (tax) to fund their thugs (State Police etc). We should also look to defund all the parasites main commercial operations, like Rothchilds media empire (Associated Press, Reuters, CNBC etc) and major national retailers, banks, insurance, oil, utilities etc
"Go Loco" (go local)... spend your money and develope relationships in your local community with small businesses not the faceless fronts of national monopoly shopping/commercial chains. Spend our wealth in our communities, the parasites will soon run out of our money
Stop Paying Your Taxes ... Stop Sponsoring and Funding the Parasites
He's an "ex-LAbour MP" huh?
http://www.newstatesman.com/200402230006
You are a brainwashed fucking idiot.
ZG, it's not reasonable to tell people to stop paying their taxes. You may be ok with going to prison, but a lot of people have families that depend on them. Yes, everyone can cut back on expenses and pull their money out of the big banks and take other measures that work against the economic colonialism that ordinary people are victims of. But telling people to expose their families to danger just because you are a libertarian and you think everyone should agree with you and do as you presumably do...is not reasonable.
It's easier than you think. Just takes a little thinking ahead & lots of action for the entrepreneurial type.
Move 15% of your household assets into Metals asap or on the next dip. Now, those metal holdings are money that can operate outside of the Government/CentralBank/Taxation Paradigm. You have joined the brotherhood of barter. There are other very intelligent people distributed around the world who understand real money & have skills to offer. A lot of posters here know what I'm talking about. Together, we are an Exchange.
Start a side business, using cash or metals basis only. Become an entrepreneur. Find proftable ways to help friends & neighbors. Create clients & steady relationships, then maintain them. Do not take or keep receipts about your undertakings, but keep that cash working for you. Be as profitable as possible as invisibly as possible. Needless to say, DO NOT put this cash in a bank. Buy more metals or circulate cash within your own community in the form of investments in good people.
Productive, forward-thinking people can (with time & discipline) produce & maintain a stack of resources taller than the stack subjected to taxation, fraud & abuse. It takes time, but think about how you could be an entrepreneurial outlaw.
<Disclaimer> Unless that would be breaking the law in your particular jurisdiction. In which case make sure to have prompt legal counsel, offshore storage, & plausible deniability at all times.
thank you Escapeclaws for the reasonable defense! Forgive my presuming, you or any other poster here needs advice from me.
Cheers,
Beef
What we have is the direct result of Govt ...we have vast swathes of public sector workers dependent on the State (as they designed). Now Govt has spent the countries into oblivion are we 'surprised' these dependents riot when they lose their State drip-feed and the politicians promised land crumbles?
Are we 'surprised' when Govt has made education bloated, inefficient and massively expensive and can no longer fund it that students and teachers riot?
Or health care? Or pensions? Or the murderous scum of politics run out of money fueling endless illegal wars? Or piss away $£billions on foreign aid when they're asking their own staff to take cuts???
The huge disjoint between executive Govt and its minions was carved by the politicians themselves. They made the promises, they promised the promised land, they made their own bed, so lie in it when it crumbles and falls apart at the seems... you reap what you sow Govt
The key for me is not this toys out the pram amongst the public sector but when will the private sector wake up. It is abused citizens and small businesses, the core wealth creating sector of the country, that has been most robbed, bullied and conned by the criminal fraudsters of politics and their sponsors
When the private sector gets angry, as they will as the economy sinks deeper into a huge Depression, then it's 'Game On'
Stop Paying Your Taxes everybody and you stop funding/sponsoring this criminal ponzi scheme called Govt... don't fight the Govt you are funding to throw State Police (thugs) at you... stop paying the scums wages and bring Govt to its knees and a very quick grave
Zero Tax = Zero Govt
Zero Brains = Zero Logic
Carthago delenda est.
If you don't think all of this was "done by design," then you haven't been paying attention.
Are you prepared?
If you mean years of terrible Blair's domestic policies especially in social and education field then yes. If you mean rising prices due to global QE aka monetary inflation, then you are correct too. If you mean by "done by design" by the invisible hand of MI6 or even CIA, then you are probably correct too. That's how governments work.
PS Her Majesty The Queen must be laughing all the way to the bank.
Stop paying your taxes (ie. defund her £millions in State subsidies) and you'll soon wipe the smile off her face
More Socialism/Govt spending will SOLVE everything!
These protesters, what planet are they from, again?
For sure.
"You bad evil government, how dare you take away all the goodies you've been providing to me previously? Now I'm going to riot for my share of socialist swag. You'd better give in to my demands, otherwise me and my hoodie gang will steal the prawns right out of your sandwiches."
For sure, I'd bet these Britons weren't out protesting the burgeoning and ever-increasing UK surveillance state, the UK's participation in that American-led tragicomical farce known as the Global War on Terror, central banking, fractional reserve lending, or the bank bailouts of Northern Rock.
But take away their benefits and they hit the streets. Just like the Greeks.
they are zombies ...they are the public sector zombies the State created.. they have every right to protest at their livelihoods being taken away by those who promised them a public career and State everything LaLa Land (funded by robbing/taxing the private sector)
but this lot are not important,they cannot be saved, they'll just have to wake up out of their Statist stupor and find real work
it's the robbed, conned and abused private sector that's the key to this whole shambolic mess Govt/parasites has created in society
Who created the financial crisis...the government....or the banks?
Find real work where? Is your vaunted private sector hiring?
These looting little thugs have more balls than you'll ever know, sycophantic retard.
Hahahaha defending the "private sector"? The banks, like RBS, cost the country billions upon billions with their bad behaviour risk taking and you look down upon ordinary downtrodden people as if they are the scavengers.
You must be havin a laff.
Zero is not talking about the wall street cartel and the corpacracy idiot. If you don't have a healthy private economy you can look to the state all you want but your society is fucked. So don't waste your time here, get back over to the huffingtonpost and argue about how ObaMao should stick it to the "Rich".