<> On Thu, Oct 27, 2011 at 9:31 AM, Doug Henwood <dhenwood at panix.com> <> wrote: <> <>>> In 1789, sure. But what about today? <>> <>> Oh, right. The consumer society, such a trap, just like being in <>> prison. <> ERIC: That's not the analogy at all. It's not even an analogy, at all. Jeez.
It was a weapons depot, small one, but one nonetheless. perhaps depot is the wrong word. Anyway, they'd already taken weapons and supplies from elsewhere, but because this was symbolic, it mattered. They'd already 'stormed' food supplies, pissed off that the price of food and wine had gone up. What is the name of that famous book or article that argues that uprisings (at least in the west) have usually started with outrage at the price of basic foodstuffs. riots are started in order to plunder food supplies which leads to airing of more grievances which has sometimes led to insurrection.
Tilly? Yes. Tilly.
Meanwhile, question. I didn't pay attention at the time, but were the London riots about taking shit for their own use, or were they just destroying stuff.
If the latter, that would be pretty fucking fascinating.