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How Financial Crisis, Economic Inequality, Social Media, and More Brought Revolutions in 2011--and Changed Us Forever

Sarah Jaffe, AlterNet. February 23, 2012.

Journalist Paul Mason covered the uprisings of 2011 as they occurred. His new book "Why It's Kicking Off Everywhere," explains why they all happened at once.

Why Should Rioting Young People Listen to the Elites and Mind a Social Order that Disempowers Them?

Michelle Chen, In These Times. August 10, 2011.

There's no simple explanation for the uprising in London and several other UK cities this week. But the riots mirror the state of working-class Britain.

Rioters May Appear 'Mindless,' But There Are Usually Political Roots to Their Anger

Daniel Hind, Al Jazeera English. August 9, 2011.

Although riots are complex social phenomenona, the recent unrest in England has specific origins.

British Riots: Elites "Shocked" The Poor Are Rising Up Against Brutal Austerity Measures

Laurie Penny, AlterNet. August 9, 2011.

Angry young people with nothing to do and little to lose are turning on their own communities, and they cannot be stopped, and they know it.

Fred Phelps to Picket Gay Penguins

Tana Ganeva, AlterNet. March 24, 2009.

Fred Phelps is taking his show to London to protest a school that has the gall to teach kids to treat everyone with respect.

Afghanistan II: the Sequel We (and the Afghans) Don't Need

DJK, Brave New Films. January 13, 2009.

Haven't we seen this movie before?

The New York Times Says Terrorists are Coming ... in UFOs?

PZ Myers, Pharyngula. July 31, 2008.

Is it April 1st?

New Book Makes Dangerous Claim That Inequality Is Genetic

Jesse Reynolds, AlterNet. January 18, 2008.

Gregory Clark's book A Farewell to Alms suggests that race- and class-based inequality is inherent -- perhaps even deserved.