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Americans’ anger over AIG’s publicly funded executive bonuses may make this the last “Why are we not rioting?” post. First, one more observer remarks on the stateside calm, blaming low levels of unionization while seeing sparks of resistance in hundreds of homeowners picketing a mortgage financier’s Connecticut home. But there’s union help in spreading the word about anti-AIG-themed economic [...]

In England, police are warning about a “Summer of Rage” to be ushered in by riots during an April meeting of the G20 group of nations in London. Economic conditions might inspire even the middle class to take to the streets. Back in the States, Glenn Beck and his Fox News friends had fun teasing [...]

“Why are we not rioting?” was the question asked on Feb. 3 in this blog column, when it took a look at not-so-random acts of outrage brought about by the economic free fall in Europe and several developing nations. While the 10 days since that post haven’t shook the world, Asia is getting pretty shaky, [...]

It sounds like a question on a StatShot chart from The Onion: Why are we not rioting? But AlterNet’s Joshua Holland seriously probes why people in Europe and developing countries are taking to the streets to protest the global economic collapse — while Americans, who started it, are not.