I figure it has to do with all of the social welfare programs that were cut in the UK after the bank bail outs...something that may happen in America soon. I have always said that the only way to get people to rise up would be to stop their welfare checks. Also, the incident involving a questionable police shooting seemed to enrage quite a few; though I personally think they are being a bit ridiculous.
The fact remaint that, as in the rest of the industrialized world, average citizens are pissed off at their respective governments. They just want a reason to revolt.
I cant really gove you an answer,but what I can give you is a way to a solution, that is you have to find the anglde that you relate to or peaks your interest. A good paper is one that people get drawn into because it reaches them ln some way.As for me WW11 to me, I think of the holocaust and the effect it had on the survivors, their families and those who stood by and did nothing until it was too late.