{"id":4606,"date":"2012-07-08T21:44:28","date_gmt":"2012-07-08T21:44:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.brh.org.uk\/site\/?post_type=events&#038;p=4606"},"modified":"2012-07-08T21:44:28","modified_gmt":"2012-07-08T21:44:28","slug":"short-hot-summer","status":"publish","type":"events","link":"https:\/\/www.brh.org.uk\/site\/events\/short-hot-summer\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;The Short Hot Summer&#8217;: The August Riots in the UK, 2011"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Hold Out 2313 San Pablo Ave, Oakland CA, USA<\/p>\n<p>The August \u2018riots\u2019 in Britain last summer were portrayed by the media and politicians as the actions of \u2018greedy feral youth\u2019 or \u2018gangs\u2019 within a \u2018criminal underclass\u2019. Most of these politically loaded explanations were presented before what had happened was even known. Using hard research and the voices of participants, this event will provide an analysis of the \u2018riots\u2019 of August, considering what (actually) happened, who was involved and how they did it. This approach is complimented by a critique of the content and use of government statistics and the representation of the disturbances in the media and mainstream politics.<\/p>\n<p>The seminar discussion will be complimented by a showing of the short film \u2018Rebellion in Tottenham 2011\u2019.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The August \u2018riots\u2019 in Britain last summer were portrayed by the media and politicians as the actions of \u2018greedy feral youth\u2019 or \u2018gangs\u2019 within a \u2018criminal underclass\u2019. 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