veteran who recorded a court hearing human rights groups have raised the alarm over partial punishments that often don't match the crimes. of just the country's justice system that's come under scrutiny following the riots artie's i'm about to talk to british author owen jones about the problems in british society the unrest exposed. i'm joined by owen jones author a book called chair of the demonization of the working classes thanks for talking to r.t. the demonization of the working classes what do you mean by that and what does that have to do with the riots i think there's been this myth which the political establishment and journalists alike embrace basically everybody in britain is middle class and all that remains of the old working class is a sort of problematic fact placed in the class from what we saw with these right this complicate i think linked in the sense because it helps reinforce this are

there is a spiral of the class which is waiting you know which is not only lazy in fact with but also violent which is how the government of lightning commentators have been betraying their why is there this myth about the working classes how is it created and why the riots being blamed on them why i think what we saw in the 1980's in this country was an attack on a lot the pillars of working class britain industries that sustained a lot of communities institutions trade unions council housing values which in communities were very strong like solidarity in favor of good individuals and by the end of the eighty's there wasn't the same sense of being being able to be proud of being working class everyone supposed to seem to become middle class you know that that's what aspiration means in britain so because of all that was that the working class became betrayed in a very negative way particularly as we became all equal and in a more equal society people justify that inequality by saying well actually the

people at the bottom of that because they deserve to be there the lazy the violent bigoted stupid is a justification for inequality and that's not to say they want social problems in this country like violence and crime or whatever but the woman from. people narcs of work in some of the communities worst affected in fact by the top of the thirty four employed people facing chasing every drop so i think problems what we saw last week another a whole range of other social problems i think all employment and poverty provide fertile ground for them to grow so as not to justify it is just to try and explain why these things happen in order to stop it from happening again so using politicians have been quick to blame all of this on criminality and say that this is this is a broken society do you think that's just a way of covering up the ills of the society they've created an absolutely i mean

basically what they're trying to do is turn a social issue into a moral issue they're reinforcing the idea that if your particular benefits are part of mass unemployment that your behavior is at fault when actually you know in this country now there's a problem of lack of jobs we've got two and a half million people unemployed another million incapacity benefit are going to push into work there's less than half a million vacancies there's not enough jobs to go around it's very convenient for the government to say actually all these people on unemployment benefits are is their own fault their behaviors that fall and that's what's need to be so that's what needs to be sorted out not the issue addressed do you not agree with some extent knowing that these people who were clearly have no idea that violence is not the answer i mean no one's justify what happened and understanding it's the whole are starting what has to be this must never happen again people must never be terrorized in their communities as they were last week with what in five people young people out of a job only takes

a small proportion of those people who feel they have no future to risk to act in this way to bring chaos and violence to the streets of our cities and i mean there's other issues too i think i think consumerism and the consumer society has a lot of responsibility in britain your status has so much to do with what you possess. and what you wear. for a lot of all young people want to be part of a consumer society but there's a whole group of people particularly poor communities who feel they have no access to it and in a perverse way i think that's what you saw in places like hackney where you've got some of the poorest people living on some of the richest right in the sense of london and i think that kind of inequality mixed with consumerism helps create that situation that we saw in the shop you mentioned this inequality but the u.k. policy for some time has been some mix rich and poor living in the same areas bring in council houses to fill in areas and vice a versa do you not think that's work then i think the problem. is you end up with

lots of shops pricing out a lot the people who live there actually pushes up the cost of living for the people but yes i think mixing and social mixing is good you only have to look at paris where the rich are concentrated in the middle and the poor concentrate around the idea the so-called effect it's good to be mixing but the problem in london is when the most cities in the western world the top ten percent are over two hundred sixty times richer than the bottom ten percent so they see you have poor people living alongside some of the richest people in the world looking at lives they would in all likelihood never help what we need to do is to tackle inequality because at the moment people are getting a fair share of the british economy so how do you breach saying well we need more progressive taxation we need actors on the rich in order to take more people at the bottom out of taxation altogether we need

a living wage so people the bottom especially a place like london were most expensive cities on the planet the minimum wage in the country is just not enough to live on you can't support a family with it so these are huge social problems which aren't being addressed and we have these problems at a time when people at the top are richer than ever is this also. case then of the bad example being set from the top down and had the m.p.'s expenses scandal bankers bonuses still getting paid despite the crisis if we look at the m.p.'s in particular he stood up to denounce these looters just three years ago they were embroiled in a huge expenses scandal let's be honest they were state taking money from the taxpayer to get the same sort of wide screen t.v.'s that were being carted off shops last week to be one example general counsel of backbench labor m.p. he stood up to demand action be taken against the looters he claimed eight and a half thousand pounds for buying all of the televisions that whilst one twenty

three year old has just been sent to prison for six months stealing three hundred fifty worth of water to the right so yes we have bankers who plunged into an economic crisis where the politicians stole from the taxpayer we recently have the news international scandal where police will be bribed by journalists what happened last week was more disorderly that all of our example had been set by the top the way the government is dealing with this choosing it's a way for them to kind of legitimize right wing ideals of things like tougher policing cracking down on social media i think these rights have been manipulated by the government quite frankly people understandably angry and they're scared that what this government is doing is using that to justify attacks on people on benefits we've seen attacks on single parents this idea fatherless families over sponsible we've seen recently david starkey the historian trying to scapegoat black people in black culture and we're now talking about in florida terry crackdown in terms of law and order attacks and civil liberties by government which promised the

defense of liberties against the attacks from new labor and even as you say attacks on the idea that social media to close down which didn't even happen a lot of authoritarian regimes when they were all poisons going about against them you mentioned the starkey that you're involved in the debate. he. mentioned the whites of the come blacks in other courses there has been talk of multiculturalism being the failure of it being the cause of these riots do you give any kind of credence to that argument with about the racial issue coming into play in these riots let me be clear about david starkey what he said was a very racist this was an attempt to scapegoat people this of a whole range of people involved from different ethnic backgrounds the common factor. is poverty and unemployment and again it's not just a creation what happened was completely inexcusable if you have enough people who don't feel they have a future of whatever ethnic background only takes a small proportion and to respond in this outrageous way to bring the streets along

that but multiculturalism and ethnic groups have nothing to do with what happened we still haven't seen the full effects of the austerity cuts things like higher education police cuts still planned to be going through when it does do things things will get worse i think the danger is that these riots a dark force of much worse. there's a perfect storm the rich haven't yet there's rising youth unemployment the government took away the educational maintenance allowance which was paid to pour over six in your office then education university tuition fees have been troubled all of these together will breed continue to breed but more devastatingly increasing numbers of people who feel they have no future they feel they have nothing to look forward to and i think we could see a lot worse down the line when the cuts the government's response many of. the same

time seems to be mirroring public opinion the public want the government to crack down on the perpetrators they want to be punished severely nothingness a good idea look people angry people are scared because of what happened but this should be a test of democracy in a country like they're. very good. an inevitable backlash that should not let people allow justice to be subverted in this country they couldn't are now talking of taking away benefits and council houses from those who were involved in the riots now what that says is you will be punished twice for pig committing crimes if you are poor because obviously that will not affect anyone who doesn't live in a council and isn't on benefits now i think we need to be just to. be proportionate to the crime and the idea of attacking poor people more than the pool of pollution them twice is fundamentally unjust and also self-defeating because if you take away all forms of income and all forms of housing from people then what

reason is there not to be involved in criminality in effect that becomes the only means of survival so i think this is near hysteria gripping the magistrates in this country and we need to resist up on jones thank you. littman. least.

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breaking news this morning libyan rebels have reportedly seize control of most of the capital following a major nato back to vance the boarding to the government saw thirteen hundred people killed two of gadhafi sons have been arrested and there are reports of heavy fighting near the colonel's residence in tripoli but some sources on the ground have told our teens too early to say tripoli's fallen and there is still confusion as to who's controlling the city. meanwhile massive celebrations are in full swing in the center of the rebel stronghold of benghazi but efforts to draw parallels to the events in egypt warn of the disillusionment that will likely follow. and disproportionate just as british judges are hears of overreacting in cases ranging from recent riding to war veteran who recorded the court theory human rights groups have raised the alarm over polish punishments that often don't match the crimes also have minds here in r t and sports next with andrew farmer stay with us.

hello there welcome to the sport and this is what is coming up over the next few minutes calmly and g.b. have been ahmed to continue their rise in the russian premier league. clubs looking good ahead of the us open she rather be jankovic in cincinnati a second title of the season. with less than a fortnight to go before they carry chelsea's in the games we take a closer look at favorites and. stop the russian premier league angie and i up the fourth in the table after beating the now in moscow two one angie taking the lead to soften the prime starter defensive mix up midway through the first half. but the nama managed to grab an equaliser just before half time on to the ball in with his sixth goal of the season. but after the bright and g.'s alexander prudently called

caught the winner giving angie death third win from five gangs which moved them to give him a couple of points of the nama to stay. another game but moscow managed to get a draw away a spot and down chick they fell behind to do for group try to reach strike from him but. levelled in the fifty third minute for the moscow side to make sure the points were shared spot actually the fifth one now a second from bottom. elsewhere go dentist who should call gave lokomotiv moscow all three points against the railway men and i undefeated in six games since manager jose considered to judge by hold on to eight spot in the lead. there was a go first bands rushing volga nation of god five no tuna troy opening the scoring there finishing off a cross and just before the break he did it again to make it say no.

after half time has continued to press. made it three no it was another header. call made it for new this time with. the nightmare of a vulgar t.v. . davidow completed the ride by a spectacular victory for. let's take a quick look at the table after twenty one games to discover maine top of that just ahead of the needs then it is been closely followed by angie and sparta. while at the other end it is a familiar story calista vs boston there but they are pouring their way back into me three teams are only one point above them. and now. now in england it is managed to city who lead the way their top of the premier league with the winds from tell you after three to win away bolton yesterday silver barry and

jacko scoring for city elsewhere who escaped relegation last may be full of material to also make it through to. new boys nor age as opposed to still seeking their first wins this season richie delight made it one no with his first half strike when james levelled in the dying seconds ninety. tonight. let's switch to tennis. has won the cincinnati open coming from a set down to be a yank of age rushing through four game to one late in the first set to lose that six ball but held a nerve to take the second down a toilet break and then i was. in the decider six games to three sure up of a second title of the year after winning in rome and it's the perfect preparation for the u.s. open which starts in a week's time and only murray won the men's title in cincinnati after world number one never had to retire through injury. murray had won the first set six four three

games to love up in the second one they called it a day this defeat only his second of the season and that winning streak finally took its toll on djokovic she did look exhausted but he's hopeful he'll recover in time for the usa. it's kind of expected played so many matches this year. in winning. you know a lot of. reaching the final stages of each event that i've participated on and. you know the considering the schedule it is very busy terminus it's kind of normal to expect that at some stage you are exhausted but. as i said you know. confident that i can recover and be ready for you so. now golf has a new winner on the p.g.a. tour webb simpson claiming his first title with victory at the wyndham championship in north carolina is nearest rival was george mcneil who had a bogey free final round of sixty four but his steady game including this beautiful

shot wasn't enough to overhaul simpson. simpson started the day with two shot late and never faltered here he is in nice he was finding the greens with some pinpoint irons and his putting was pretty spot on to polling. on the eighteenth for a round of sixty seven enough for a three short break and when his check of just under a million dollars. and it was a first in motor sport so you ferrari driver sebastian ogier he won the latest stage of the world championship in tray in germany the drivers racing on tarmac and before that weekend yet had never won on this surface but he has now getting the better of fellow citron driver sebastian he suffered a punch at the day before that effectively ending his chances of a nine straight win finishing just under forty seconds behind who shakes his hand with his copilot there the spaniard danny saw what i was just the result leaves

twenty five points behind in the driver's championship with four races left. while in cycling team sky it's chris sutton has won the second stage of the spanish welter after the time trial riders wrong the open road for the first time yesterday tough going to temperatures for topping one hundred degrees fahrenheit is they headed along the hundred seventy four kilometer route that was a breakaway of six ride is there but the pedals and the peloton reel them in with fifteen kilometers to go in the last two hundred meters with an up hill sprint finish vincent raines attack but the omega pharma lost a ride that couldn't shake off the strain is chris certain as he burst out from behind for the victory his first stage win at a grand tour event general banality as the overall leader is bred. down a couple of weeks time and you can. guess underway defending champion will again be the ones to be allowed to have had a mixed pre-season events

a goal of skate. preparations and prospects for more. og bars are getting used to life with. this club d.d.'s demands the national team. of those should command the respect of the players the former defenseman led team rushed to bronze at the two thousand and five world championships and held moscow with the russian championship the same year beloved enough not too far from the action taking the time to scope out potential prospects for international duty lawyers darzi was acquired from the off season. and the latvian international is already feeling the pressure of the finals with the season yet to start. the goal is. a game of the season. and if it's so it's always a disappointment. playing and especially if you're playing in

bars such high hopes for the championship so you know we just got to try try to win the cup and. we'll have fun with the. odd bar set of top notch training facilities if you ask former n.h.l. star and she needs a new signing also understands the huge expectations that cole was done in the snow leopard jersey i think our training facility and all that is. all i know it's a top notch organization. and all been very happy to. be a good player for us. the two time to gone complainers also added one of the most feared men in the league during the off season trade. through bonanza denise to the actual former almost call could both the world record slap shot register your speed of nearly one hundred seventy eight kilometers an hour during the latest all-star

game the og bar's faithful fully ready to embrace the new signing but captain aleksey morozov been kompany nolde those same fans expect nothing less than a third guy in court trial runs a gorski our team. and we will end with some spectacular shots from the latest round of cliff diving as world series britain's gary hunt won in boston to claim the overall title while russian are still chang the runners up spot before you say yes there are no place in boston and that is why a border is attached to the contemporary arts building eighteen meters above the waterfront gary hart he had a chance to successfully defend his world series title victory would ensure he would be world champion again and no one could match his spectacular dive a one and a half twisting quad. so a full picture of the season giving him the world crown brushes are some changes finished runner up for a fourth time and he's set to finish runner up in the season's overall standings

but has one last chance of winning a stage at the final dive of the year in ukraine in two weeks' time. i mean it's amazing. really undescribable feeling to. this series under my belt with one one competition to go from believer here have called so. it's four times in this season in this year take second place but have a lot science in the ukraine for this here in this competition. and that's it for me for the moment so we've got more sport in a couple of hours time where he's next. hungry for the full story we've got it first hand the biggest issues get a human voice face to face with the news makers on.

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breaking news this morning here in our t.v. libyan rebels reportedly seize control of most of the capital following an. advance that according to the government saw thirteen hundred people killed but some sources on the ground have told to early to say tripoli fallen and there is still confusion as to who is controlling the city. and national journalist in tripoli fear for their lives we'll bring you a firsthand account from the hotel that's already fallen prey to looters. meanwhile celebrations are in full swing in the rebel stronghold of benghazi but draw parallels with. disproportionate justice. as punishments often don't match the crimes.