The August Riots: one year on

Rioters and police in Hackney (Pic: Guy Smallman)

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» One year on, the rage still burns

Police harassment, racism and poverty were the key factors that fuelled last year’s riots

» ‘The police are the biggest gang’

Young people in east London spoke to Siân Ruddick about the police, racism and their future

» Police raids and night courts

Tom Walker looks at the judicial crackdown on the riots and its aftermath

» Standing up against harassment

Stop Criminalising Hackney Youth was set up in the weeks after the riots—and is still going a year on

» Justice for Mark Duggan

A year on and we still do not know the truth of the circumstances surrounding Mark Duggan’s death

Read Socialist Worker’s 2011 coverage of the August riots:

» 13 August 2011: Rage erupts against injustice

» 20 August 2011: Jail the Tories, not young people