Staff / TruthdigAug 30, 2011
After England's summer of unrest, Billy Bragg, folk- and punk-rock icon of the British protesting classes, recalls the musicians who politicized him after London's 1976 Notting Hill riots and summons a new generation of artists to raise their voices against social and political convention. (more) Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigAug 17, 2011
Britain's riots were not political, we are assured, and looting is simply un-British, but "Shock Doctrine" author Naomi Klein takes a different view: From Iraq to Argentina, when corrupt elites pass the bill to the struggling masses, civil unrest is to be expected. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
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