Britain unrest 'the language of unheard'
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The British unrests that have been sweeping the capital and many other cities across England are an explosion of “bitterness and rage” created by the coalition government's austerity measures, SWP said.
In a statement published on its website, Socialist Workers Party (SWP)stressed that the recent unrests are “what happens in a society of deep and growing inequality, where there are great pools of unemployment and poverty, where there is systematic police harassment and racism, and where many young people feel they have no future.”
SWP said that the massive unrests were not about what Prime Minister David Cameron called as “criminality” or “mindless violence,” but the political slogans like “Whose streets, our streets,” an asking for “Justice” and accusations of the police have been the key elements of all the protests.
The market disorder is more disturbing than the supposed violence on the streets across England, as “the backdrop is the deepening of the capitalist crisis.” SWP considered the bankers and businessmen, who carry on seizing bonuses even as salaries are hit, have demonstrated themselves more efficiently than any looter.
The British anti-capitalist paper also accused the Police, particualry Tottenham police that has shown another episode of its history of racism and brutality by killing Mark Duggan who received officers' fatal shooting last Thursday and triggered the first night of unrest in north London on Saturday.
British police has been well-known for harassing young black and Asian people, with black people being 26 times more probable to be stopped and searched by police than white people.
During recent unrest 1500 people have been arrested, and David Cameron and other politicians vowed to give police even more powers. SWP expressed its strong opposition at the so-called extra powers. And condemned Prime Minister's remarks when he said: “Whatever resources the police need, they will get. Whatever tactics the police feel they need to employ, they have legal backing to do it.”
The phone hacking scandal of Rupert Murdoch's media empire demonstrated the corruption of the Metropolitan Police, “Their brutality and racism are clear to millions,” SWP said.
SWP stressed that unrest is a way people choose to express their outrage, as Martin Luther King said protests are “the language of the unheard,” and that the recent demonstrations would not have happened without the harsh spending cuts imposed by the coalition government.
Last year the government of David Cameron tripled the university fees to £ 9,000 a year, and took Education Maintenance Allowance (EMA) from 630,000 students, hoisting “No entry to education” sign at universities.
“Britain is already less equal that at any time since the 1930s. While many of those who left school last month face a future without hope, the combined fortunes of the 1,000 richest people in Britain rose £60 billion in 2011 to nearly £400 billion,” the statement also read.
The UK unrests also revealed the complete failure of Labour leader Ed Miliband to present an alternative to the Tories. All the parties united and announced that the police must tackle the protesters, and now they seemingly have no other solution except water cannon, prison sentences and the army on the streets.