One of punk’s great anthems was one of the Clash’s first great songs:
White riot
I wanna riot
White riot
A riot of my own.
This was a sincere wish on the late Joe Strummer‘s part, and to some extent, his wish came true.
The punk movement was a riot in music. His audiences were uncontrollable and he liked that, mostly. He saw a few riots and wanted more, to get people stirred up, showing their desires, demanding change.
Could the ferment in present-day environmental interest be showing up in spontaneous demonstrations?
I have seen a few examples in the news of what sounds–at least from afar–like environmental riots.
This kind of demonstration of environmental rage rarely if ever seems to happen in the this country, so perhaps we–including reporters–aren’t primed to expect it and report on it in this country.
But consider (please see the rest of the post on Grist):
Kit Stolz 