Britain: A poet speaks truth
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- Category: International
- Created on Tuesday, 09 August 2011 20:52
- Written by Darcus Howe
Darcus Howe, West Indian writer, on what gave rise to the British uprising.
Comments (5)
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The interviewer Fiona Armstrong is obviously seeing her job as a raw propagandist against the youth in the streets and ANY implication that they have justice on their side. All the talk of objective reporting in a free press? Just study closely the operations and obvious assumptions behind the performance here.
And that point is <a href="/http://www.theatlanticwire.com/global/2011/08/ugly-bbc-interview-touches-deeper-issues-london-riots/41053/" rel="nofollow">not lost on viewers</a>.0 Like -
Guest (Brian)
PermalinkI think just nephew
Darcus though i'm sure he would hate the idea is a bit of a national treasure in the UK. His New Statesman articles deserved to be collected as in the main they were excellent
The current UK situation does need a lot of analysis and this article is a useful start
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2011/aug/08/tottenham-riots-not-unexpected
As a Brit is reads sensibly to me but I would be keen to hear others views0 Like -
Guest (Brian)
PermalinkHopefully this will post this time
Nephew i think rather than great.
Darcus is a bit of a national treasure and a first rate writer - didn't know he wrote poetry will have to check it out
The events of the last few weeks will need a lot of analysis. Can i recommend 2 interesting articles. i be keen to hear the views of others
http://www.socialistunity.com/?p=8411#comment-396772
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and this article which was written by somebody on the ground
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2011/aug/08/tottenham-riots-not-unexpected0 Like



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