riots

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It is about friendship and creativity and New York City, specifically the East Village when you didn’t walk past First Avenue alone, on the edge of gentrification and the 1988 Tompkins Square Park riots.

From Salon • Apr. 28, 2026

Not until the Civil War did Congress enact a national draft, and even then it was met with significant resistance through both legal and political action and riots in the streets.

From Slate • Apr. 15, 2026

The song was credited with summing up the depressed mood of the country at the time, with riots in several British cities in 1981.

From BBC • Feb. 20, 2026

The intersection of Florence and Normandie avenues was the epicenter of the 1992 Los Angeles riots.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 19, 2026

Shortages of food, fuel, and everything else led to strikes and riots in several German cities.

From "The War to End All Wars: World War I" by Russell Freedman