Imagine! When the police kill somebody, you're not allowed to comment on what happened until the police get their lies cleaned of contradictions and issue their version of what happened.

Its been picked up by the huff post. :) Dropping URLs and watching them spread is pretty *grins*. Now at 160k views via alternate youtube URL.

 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=biJgILxGK0o&feature=player_embedded


*ponders if it will make it to the guardian tomorrow despite the semi- media blackout*

....the vid now has 317k

Darcus Howe on the BBC - a lesson in distortion and character assassination

 http://standardtoil.blogspot.com/2011/08/darcus-howe-on-bbc-lesson-in-distortion.html

Darcus Howe, as part of the Mangrove Nine, was aquitted decades ago of trumped up, racially motivated charges of "rioting". That is why the BBC presenter is sooo wrong to brand him an old rioter, as this view was taken from the police racism of the 60's and 70's, and ultimatly disproved in a court of law.
 http://www.guardian.co.uk/law/2010/nov/29/mangrove-nine-40th-anniversary

Newsnight 09/08/2011) last night was very very fun to watch. There were a couple of panellists whose friends are the kids involved. They articulate that their friends feel that the corruption of government, bankers and the general greed and violence that they have been spoon fed by consumerist society explains what is happening (not justifying it). It really is thrilling stuff, the kids, conscious or not, are holding a mirror up to the power centres and just reflecting back. I suggest grabbing the newsnight footage as well as I doubt it will remain for long.


p.s. I got huff post to make a few corrections (rightly so), It might seem pedantic but using the word historical rather the hysterical completely shifts the discourse to a more macro critique of our power centres and the type of hyper-competitive consumerist society we have.