
The Brixton riots 40 years on
"I think America must see that riots do not develop out of thin air. A riot is the language of the unheard." Martin Luther King, Jr. This, of course, is true for America and anywhere else a minority is affected and marginalised by structural racism and social inequalities. With its hard-line anti-immigration rhetoric and authoritarian agenda, Thatcher Britain weaponised systemic racialised over-policing against Black communities, abusing stop and search powers with anyone sus