Reports from the London protests yesterday:
Richard Seymour at Lenin's Tomb: "spontaneous, massive, and militant."
Nina Power at Infinite Thought: "yesterday's kettle at whitehall" (for non-UK readers: "kettle" = preventive detention by police in which they cordon off a street and prevent entry / entrance)
Federico Campagna at Th-rough.eu: "kettles, troops, and students"
Read them all; you'll be glad you did. Great photos with Nina's post too.
Meanwhile, here in the States, Jodi Dean at I cite notes record US corporate profits.
UPDATE: Laurie Penny at New Stateman makes the political affect point: "Inside the Whitehall kettle":
This is the most important part of a kettle, when it's gone on for too long and you're cold and frightened and just want to go home. Trap people in the open with no water or toilets or space to sit down and it takes a shockingly short time to reduce ordinary kids to a state of primitive physical need. This is savage enough when it's done on a warm summer day to people who thought to bring blankets, food and first aid. It's unspeakably cruel when it's done on the coldest night of the year, in sub-zero temperatures, to minors, some of whom don't even have a jumper.
Some of them have fainted, and need medical attention, or the loo. They won't let us out. That's the point of a kettle. They want to make you uncomfortable, and then desperate, putting your route back to warmth and safety in the gift of the agents of the state.
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