London Riots
Battle Scars: The Musical Legacy of 2011's London Riots
“I think musicians, especially those who grew up in the areas affected, were mobilised by the riots to have a voice. I certainly was.”
What the English Summer Riots of 2011 Were Really About
After five years of theorizing about the root cause of the riots, here's another perspective that doesn't square with either the government's hard line on gangs or the left's view of the looting as an anti-capitalist protest.
Meeting Marcus Knox-Hooke, the Man Who "Started the London Riots"
What happens after you're blamed for destroying London?
The Struggle to Save Peckham, South London's Cultural Epicenter
What the threat to the popular Bussey Building nightclub tells us about the war on fun in London.
A New Documentary Explores the Complicated Aftermath of a British Police Killing
"The Hard Stop" is centered around two friends of Mark Duggan, whose 2011 death sparked protests and riots.
The Police Watchdog That Cleared Mark Duggan's Killer Should Be Scrapped
The IPCC report into Duggan's death is yet another failure to protect a family that has lost a loved one at the hands of the police.
We Watched Londoners Vent Their Fury at the Michael Brown Killing Last Night
The London Black Revolutionaries led a charge from the US embassy, through the West End.
24 VICE Photos That Sum Up Four Miserable Years of Coalition Rule
You can tell they were great because of all the fire and broken glass.
The Beautiful Dystopian Hell of a Post-Riot Britain
Jimmy Cauty, one half of the late 1980s stadium house duo the KLF has a new art project called The Aftermath Dislocation Principle Part One: A Small World Re-Enactment. It’s the hangover of a riot, built in 1:87 scale miniature, depicting a...
Make Tempa T Mayor and London Might Never Riot Again
With this man in City Hall our capital would be a paradise.
We Are Not Vigilantes: A Chat With the Founder of Zavilia, a Crowdsource Tool For ID'ing Rioters Through Photos
Social media isn't just great for starting "social unrest,” it's proving to be quite helpful for quashing it too. Not long after the bricks began to fly in London’s latest kerfuffle, locals angry over raging mobs scrambled to assist the police in their...