the Armchair of El Diablo

Throughout London parts of the mobile network have crashed. SMS being used to coordinate which places to attack and loot. Twitter announcing new places every 20 minutes that have erupted in riots, spreading some unbelievable photos.

Stunning, horrible stuff. There’s no protest here - just “opportunistic violence”, according to a BBC reporter.

We proclaimed an ‘Arab Spring’ when riots erupted, coordinated by SMS and Twitter, to challenge governments. This is a London Winter. 

Some initial analysis from The Guardian here.

9 August 2011

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