#title Why You Don't Riot
#author Benjamin Zephaniah
#SORTtopics riots, Black anarchism, London, poetry
#date 2011
#source https://www.europe-solidaire.org/spip.php?article44287
#lang en
#pubdate 2019-08-26T10:55:21



You don’t riot if you have a nice job and a home to come to at night.

You don’t riot if you’re well fed and unemployment doesn’t pressure your head.

You don’t riot if you live in the city but have a country cottage with a view so pretty.

You don’t riot. Riot happen too late. And that’s South Africa, Britain is great.