tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10131050.post7136650731330875486..comments2024-03-01T08:19:54.547+00:00Comments on BobFromBrockley: Slowly catching up 1: Flames lambent in Britainbobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15439386754907203808noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10131050.post-56678410348945133662011-08-23T11:33:40.290+01:002011-08-23T11:33:40.290+01:00Zizek's article on this is pretty interesting....<a href="http://www.lrb.co.uk/2011/08/19/slavoj-zizek/shoplifters-of-the-world-unite" rel="nofollow">Zizek</a>'s article on this is pretty interesting.<br /><br /><i>The fact that the rioters have no programme is therefore itself a fact to be interpreted: it tells us a great deal about our ideological-political predicament and about the kind of society we inhabit, a society which celebrates choice but in which the only available alternative to enforced democratic consensus is a blind acting out. Opposition to the system can no longer articulate itself in the form of a realistic alternative, or even as a utopian project, but can only take the shape of a meaningless outburst. What is the point of our celebrated freedom of choice when the only choice is between playing by the rules and (self-)destructive violence?</i>Waterloo Sunsethttp://everybodyhatesatourist.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10131050.post-23565224179755881582011-08-20T15:51:20.130+01:002011-08-20T15:51:20.130+01:00This is a very useful summary of what's happen...This is a very useful summary of what's happening - particularly from the ground level. It reached across the country Bob, and everyone was in quite a state of shock. I felt it immediately since I originally come from Haringey. <br /><br />Talking of the repression: they have brought very serious charges against a couple of youngsters in Colchester for trying to organise a water-pistol fight on Facebook.Andrew Coatesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10131050.post-49882356614058779572011-08-19T17:28:01.335+01:002011-08-19T17:28:01.335+01:00Indeed it would!Indeed it would!bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15439386754907203808noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10131050.post-17234901943219264452011-08-19T17:00:12.321+01:002011-08-19T17:00:12.321+01:00A great piece of co-ordination Bob. Truly useful w...A great piece of co-ordination Bob. Truly useful work.<br />Would a Sarf Blog Conference be any use in the circumstances?Little Richardjohnhttp://www.littlerichardjohn.blogpost.comnoreply@blogger.com