Riots
Was the French Revolution inevitable?
It was clear for decades in France that unrest was steadily building before public anger finally exploded in the spring of 1789, says Ruth Scurr
The fine art of French rioting
Watching the kids and police play hide and seek
Why Europe riots
What’s behind the rise of gang violence across Europe?
French racism is not the problem
Last week we learned that a woman in a park in Skegness was dragged into the bushes and raped by…
The French riots threaten the state’s very existence
How dangerous are riots to the very existence of the French state? Most commentators avoid the question and concentrate on causes.…
The real reasons for South Africa’s riots
Sixty-eight years ago, when I was four, my Scottish father and English mother took me from London to South Africa,…
What's behind the South African riots?
South Africa is ablaze once more. In the provinces of KwaZulu-Natal (formerly Natal) and Gauteng (which includes Johannesburg and Pretoria),…
Remove Donald Trump now
Enough is enough. There really is no other way to contextualize perhaps the darkest day for America since airplanes hit…
Deplorables don’t riot
For months, the media has warned us that a narrow Joe Biden victory in the presidential election could lead to…
Antifa for Biden
Hey folks, it’s me, your friendly neighborhood antifa ringleader. You may recognize me from such news clips as ‘Small group…
Pundits gaslight the American people on violent riots
Though Joe Biden has now accepted that violence is occurring in many major American cities and has started blaming Donald…
2016 all over again
I’m not an election prognosticator. I have no magic insight telling me what will happen on November 3, 2020. Frankly,…
Protesters are clearing a path for Trump
‘This city is not going to stop burning itself down until they [the protesters] know that this officer has been…
Riots for thee, but not for me
A funny thing happened on the way to the riots. Left-wing revolutionaries discovered ‘NIMBY!’ — Not In My Backyard. The…
Tear gas Ted: the mayor manning Portland’s barricades
The federal courthouse in downtown Portland has become ground-zero for the nightly orgy of assaults, looting, arson, and public nudity…
The lunacy of the ‘largely peaceful protest’
The great conundrum facing the anti-American left at the moment is how to react to the violent protest ripping up…
If a video is viral, who cares if it’s fake?
After two months, the ‘mostly peaceful’ label for the riots gripping American cities is wearing a touch thin. That’s not…
Silence isn’t violence
In the evenings, when I want to relax, I watch a Russian named Max build a log cabin. Max is,…
Hell in Portland
Portland has had one of the most turbulent histories of any town in America. At the time of the Great…
I curse the f-word
If you’ve witnessed (or rather, heard) the marches, riots and anarchy in support of DIY separatist nation-building tearing through your…
The neoliberal counter-revolution
America is not in the middle of a revolution — it is a reactionary putsch. About four years ago, the…
Is this the end of history?
Midway through Hemingway’s The Sun Also Rises, there occurs this exchange between two characters: ‘“How did you go bankrupt?” Bill…
The rule of law is collapsing
It is the law that makes us ‘the best of animals.’ So saying, Aristotle had a very specific conception of…
The Biden factor is difficult to calculate
The final stage of the election campaign and its result will depend on four factors: management of the balance between…
Don’t compare America’s riots to Hong Kong
As soon as the unrest began in Minneapolis, the inevitable comparisons with Hong Kong began. We saw throngs of masked…
