REVOLUTIONARY MOVEMENT IN THE ARAB WORLDWHAT ROLE IS THE US MEDIA PLAYING?By Diana MukkaledOver the past few weeks, western political commentators, particularly those in the US, have been involved in discussing how modern western technologies, particularly social networking websites such as Twitter and Facebook, have served as the catalyst for the revolutionary movement in the Arab world.The US internet industry has, in effect, given itself credit for overthrowing the regimes of both Hosni Mubarak and Zine El Abidine Ben Ali.What is most striking...
Monday, 14 March 2011
A PLANET ON THE BRINK: ECONOMIC CRASH WILL FUEL SOCIAL UNREST
A PLANET ON THE BRINK: ECONOMIC CRASH WILL FUEL SOCIAL UNRESTGOVERNMENTS ACROSS THE PLANET ARE PREPARING FOR A SURGE OF VIOLENT PROTESTS FROM ECONOMIC UPHEAVAL. WARS MAY FOLLOW. The global economic meltdown has already caused bank failures, bankruptcies, plant closings, and foreclosures and will, in the coming year, leave many tens of millions unemployed across the planet. But another perilous consequence of the crash of 2008 has only recently made its appearance: increased civil unrest and ethnic strife. Someday, perhaps, war may follow.As people...
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