Civil Unrest Increasing
From Wealthier people in cities who have seen intruder attacks increase in London, Cheshire, Oxfordshire, Paris, Berlin who are fitting safe rooms
http://www.infowars.com/wealthy-installi...il-unrest/
To INSURANCE and FINANCIAL institutes addressing PREPPING issues
http://newsandviews.zurich.co.uk/talking...il-unrest/
(An Ebola outbreak, outcry over the outcome of the upcoming general election, or even protests stemming from austerity measures, could quite conceivably light the blue touch paper for civil unrest breaking out across the UK.
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In its 2015 Global Risks Report, the World Economic Forum cited social instability – caused by inequality and unemployment – as among the top societal risks facing the world today, and one we are least prepared for. The annual report highlights the most significant risks facing government, business and civil society and is drawn from the perspectives of experts and global decision makers.
Noted US economist Martin Armstrong has also warned that there is a new age of civil unrest brewing. “Turn the economy down and you get civil unrest,” he cautions.
Since the onset of the financial crisis, civil disruption in the UK has increased – notably the summer 2011 riots, protests over tuition fees and a series of public sector strikes. London, too, was recently voted one of Europe’s least ‘liveable’ cities, due to growing social unrest fears.
Planning ahead
Public sector organisations need to consider how they would deal with a range of these new civil unrest scenarios, as the scale, speed and, sometimes, lawlessness, of these incidents can often be unexpected – due in part to social media, which allows groups to mobilise with greater effect.
Prolonged industrial action is one potential scenario that the public sector should make provisions for, as it can cause widespread disruption – from bins piling up on streets, to the suspension of essential services for the elderly and disabled, school closures and transport chaos.
“Organisations need to look at their priorities: which services are fundamental and core to that organisation and the community, and which services could be stopped for a period, and have plans in place to deal with an ongoing situation,” says Andrew Jepp, Director of Public Services at Zurich Municipal.
“Even more importantly, we are starting to see the effects of interlinking events, where combinations of factors happen at the same time. What happens if there is strike action and a winter freeze? What happens if all the maintenance people are not available and there are hundreds of burst pipes to deal with? It’s about looking at how one risk could escalate into something serious.”
From emergency repairs to providing accommodation for displaced tenants, local authorities must be able to respond to any disaster. Housing associations, too, should plan for a number of business continuity scenarios in the event of civil unrest, such as evacuation plans in case of a fire or disturbance.
With charities and social organisations now playing a greater role in service delivery, especially of life-dependent services, the third sector must also have alternative plans in place should there be trouble in the community.
New wave of civil unrest
This new wave of civil unrest may be here for some time yet. Last year, the Metropolitan Police took delivery of three water cannons in anticipation of dispersing yet more unruly gatherings on London’s streets. Previously only used on the British mainland during the troubles in Northern Ireland, critics say this new deployment of water cannon is a move to a more military style of policing.
So, while civil disturbances and rioting are not new risks, it is a changing threat that must be evaluated specific to an organisation and its vulnerabilities.
That is why Zurich Municipal is on hand to provide public sector customers with business continuity planning guidance – as well as to offer a detailed understanding of these new civil unrest threats, their expected proximity and types of organisation likely to become embroiled in an incident.
By prioritising, business continuity planning allows an organisation to continue to operate in times of crisis – ensuring business critical functions remain operational at all times.
It is not just about having a plan; it is about making sure it works in practice, too. This may mean developing plans to prepare for anticipated disturbances – including shutting down or curtailing non-critical operations as necessary.
“Business continuity planning has become a ‘must do’, not a ‘nice to do’,” says David Forster, Head of Risk Proposition at Zurich Municipal.)
To Islamic unrest in Frances large Muslim population
http://www.jihadwatch.org/2015/08/french...der-attack
To the US where worker unrest is growing
http://www.dailyrecord.com/story/opinion.../26700457/
Even Turkey is getting in on the act
http://www.wsj.com/articles/turkey-faces...1442050203
To Zerohedge
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2014-06-28...end-pretty
Just about everywhere there is trouble brewing, I wont add more links but a few clicks on Google brought me articles from Poland, Russia, Slovakia, UK, Germany ( far right) France (Left and Muslims) Portugal ( Left and anti Austerity) Greece ( Everyone) Venezuala and we all know the middle east has gone tits up, even Israel is unravelling.
But let us not go on without pointing to the GROWING numbers of preppers both urban and rural. Have you noticed the Gun nut / Rambo / Hate everything type old school survivalists are very much quieter these days, OR is it that the amount of ordinary every day people are starting to see the writing on the wall and realising that prepping is a force for GOOD.
Ordinary people are prepping, from people simply taking more precations towards living in cities to families being uprooted and setting up home in smallholdings and homesteads.
People across the board are realising after many recent incidents that the state can not and will not always protect you and your family / property from natural or mad made problems and todays its not just fit single young men with a 4x4 and rucksack planning on heading to the hills, these days its people from all social and economic backgrounds.
In the last month alone I have chatted with people who want to upgrade the security of their modest 2 bedroom apartments in a city cente to a familyof professionals selling up and moving from Reading in Berkshire to the Penrith area hoping to work from home and go as self sifficient as possible. I've read of millionaires building totally enclosed self sufficient ICEBERG* homes in London, to buying islands or remote chunks of land in the middle of the US or on South Island New Zealand and building off grid high security boltholes.
In the US one noted Timber cabin builder reports he is getting more orders to build offgrid cabins in locations only accessible by air or water or after a long hike, the logistics the company faces in getting materials to some sites is unbelievably difficult.
One interesting aspect of the remote cabn boom in the US is people are deliberately hiring out of state companies operating under strict confidentiality terms to build the secure cabins so as few locals know of the cabins existance.
* Icerberg homes are conventional large homes usually in London (but not always) and the owners spend crazy amounts of money building huge great subterainian extensions to their homes, stores, walk in freezers, huge water tanks, back up gennies, safe rooms, hidden garages etc.
I've also read about more and more essential public sector workers moving further away from inner city areas to "safer" neighbourhoods, self defence classes are blossoming for various public workers from Trafic wardens to Community Nurses as attacks on public sector workers increase.
I do not think it is for us to waste any more time debating the CAUSES of these changes but I think that helping each other find ways of improving our preps, security and self reliance is the best way forward and mitigating the effects of the growing unrest on out lives. Instead of bleating about what is happening lets focus on what we can do to help ourselves.
NR
I'm going to pre-empt the usual responses, YES I know its almost bloody impossible to organise , run and maintain RVs or to get close working relationships with other preppers, I've read the book and got the T shirt, but problems aside we can still try and help other preppers as best we can.
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