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An award winning British novelist believes the recent unrest in the UK has been a time-bomb ticking for a long time and an anger that has never gone away.
Alex Wheatle, who was imprisoned after the 1981 Brixton unrest told the Socialist Worker that the British communities are, again as in 1981, facing with a huge economic crisis, public spending cuts, mass youth unemployment - and racist policing that has gone out of control.
The novelist said that the policies adopted by the coalition government have created a situation worse than the last decade, in a country whose young people, black youths in particular, are living in total despair, according to the paper.
“The youths know that all the things that the middle classes take for granted-a nice home, a secure job, and a pension-are things they will never have”, said Alex Wheatle.
The activist refers to police´s behaviour vis-à-vis the people and their irresponsible feeling of being not responsive to the society as it “was the case in the 1980s”.
“Just like in our day, the kids know the police are never held to account for their crimes. None of the independent IPCC investigations into deaths in custody have ever resulted in an officer going to prison”, the novelist said.
Social experts believe the unrests are a justified response to the violence with which people are forced to live in their everyday life - violence that stems from oppression, poverty and alienation.
The British government and its media arms launched a smear campaign just after the recent unrest to discredit it as the violence created by a minority. And, that´s the case because it is terrified of mass resistance to issues such as rising poverty and ongoing police violence.
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Last Updated: 13 August 2011
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