FROM OLDHAM TO BRADFORD: THE VIOLENCE OF THE VIOLATED

The Institute of Race Relations has today published a commentary on the riots in Oldham, Burnley and Bradford.

"The fires that burned across Lancashire and Yorkshire through the summer of 2001 signalled the rage of young Pakistanis and Bangladeshis of the second and third generations, deprived of futures, hemmed in on all sides by racism, failed by their own leaders and representatives and unwilling to stand by as, first fascists, and then police officers, invaded their streets."

Read the commentary in HTML format at: http://www.irr.org.uk/riots
Read the commentary in PDF format (better for printing) at: http://www.irr.org.uk/pdf/OldhamBradford.pdf (requires Acrobat reader)

The commentary will be published as part of a special IRR report on racism in Britain, 'The three faces of British racism', which will be available in October 2001.

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