Many people to thank for their help with this project: George Klosko, Jennifer Rubenstein, @ktduong.bsky.social Jonathan Havercroft, @catherineouellet.bsky.social @sdebrouw.bsky.social, Çiğdem Çidam, Genevieve Fuji Johnson

In the paper, I argue that riots can sometimes work as a form of political representation in which a spontaneous and temporary collective speaks in the name of others--focusing particularly on how this operates through the disruption, affirmative aspects and representational dimensions of rioting