Riot Grrl is an underground feminist Punk rock movement that blew up in the 90s. It was started by feminist activist groups located in Washington D.C.; Olympia‚ Washington; Portland‚ Oregon; and the greater Pacific Northwest.These groups existed to create a safe haven for women to come together and have conversations about sexism that they experienced in the punk scene. These groups eventually inspired bands such as Bikini Kill‚ Bratmobile‚ Heavens to Betsy and many others‚ to bring the issue of
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the London riots were caused by government cuts or other factors. The London riots started in August 2011 in Tottenham‚ after the shooting of a black man called Mark Duggan. What was meant to be a peaceful protest outside the police station for justice has since evolved into disorder and riotous violence‚ caused mostly by foolish teenagers and young adults. The riots spread rapidly from London to Leeds‚ Bristol‚ Liverpool and Birmingham. There are many different reasons why the riots were started
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While police brutality is only recently taking the media by storm‚ it has been a large scale issue in the United States for over one hundred years leading to various riots‚ petitions‚ and presidential panels. In 1938 at the time of a great riot regarding police brutality the National Negro Congress stated “Our lives‚ our homes‚ our liberties each day are made less secure because of unrestrained and unpunished police brutality” in their petition against police brutality (Contemporary Police Brutality
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ATTICA PRISON RIOT MARY AMON CJS/221 CULTURAL DIVERSITY IN CRIMINAL JUSTICE UNIVERSITY OF PHOENIX INTRODUCTION OF THE ATTICA PRISON RIOT • In the later part of 1971‚ a riot was caused at the Attica Correctional facility in Attica‚ New York. This riot occurred at the very time that the Prisoners’ Right Movement was passed. This riot was to demand the right of prisoners on political issues and also a good living conditions. It was also deemed as one of the most famous and significant riots that ever
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In 2011‚ London faced four days of rioting and looting involving the community and police force. For many‚ the riots started because of the shooting of Mark Duggan in Tottenham on the 4th of August 2011 but escalated to surrounding boroughs and major cities in the UK. The media reported false accounting from the police‚ fuelling more anger into the riots. This essay critically assesses the disturbances in media and political discourse from the interpretations that reveals the new cultural deficit
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Zoot Suit Riots Zoot suits‚ associated with the Mexican race‚ consisted of a long jacket that reached almost to the knees‚ pants with a "tight stuff cuff"‚ a "wide‚ flat hat‚ and Dutch-toe shoes" (Berger 193). These zoot suits were worn by the Mexican youth who were accused of murder on August 2‚ 1942. People claimed that Jose Diaz was murdered by a gang that had broken up a party at Sleepy Lagoon ranch located close to Los Angeles. However‚ even though the lower court did convict them of murder
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2004 IPCS Research Papers Communal Riots in India A Chronology (1947-2003) B Rajeshwari -0- Institute of Peace and Conflict Studies Communal Riots in India A Chronology (1947-2003) B Rajeshwari Communal riots have become a distinct feature of communalism in India. Whenever conflicting groups from two different religions‚ which are self –conscious communities‚ clash‚ it results in a communal riot. An event is identified as a communal riot if (a) there is violence‚ and (b) two or
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Hallman History After 1877 “Atlanta Riots of 1906” Atlanta Georgia was thought to be a prime example of how blacks and whites could live together in harmony: however the 1906 race riot was a mass civil disturbance. By the 1900’s Atlanta was the place of regional economy. The population increased from 89‚000 in 1900 to 150‚000 by 1910‚ the black population went from 9‚000 in 1880 to 35‚000 by 1900. Such added rising tension between white and blacks. This riot was feasible because it increase
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On June 28‚ 2019‚ New York City will celebrate a milestone for one of the many momentous times in its history. The riots at The Stonewall Inn nearly fifty years ago set the stage for the LGBT revolution. They were the catalyst needed‚ the fan to the fire‚ the “Boston Tea Party” of the LGBT+ movement‚ as Washington Blade put it. Since that day‚ the meaning of gay pride‚ the mission of LGBT organizations‚ and even the state of being anything other than cis-gendered and straight has changed tremendously—ask
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write a deatail account of the burma road riot in nassau bahamas. The 1942 riot in nasau was a short-lived spontaneous out burst bya group or disgusted labourers and occured against a background of narrow social -economic and politial policies-gail saunders. This riot start because of a labor dispute in the bahamas. On june 1942 thousands of bahamian workers came to bay street in march of solidonity that would come to be known as the burma road riot. The riot was a result of oppression of bahamian
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