It started, of all places, in Tunisia, a land of sunny beaches and sleepy walled cities – the first stirrings of a revolutionary wave that, before it’s crested, may reach American shores.
The spark flared first in the small town of
Sidi Bouzid, in central Tunisia, where
Mohamed Bouazizi, a 26-year-old graduate student, was accosted by the authorities for selling produce in the souk – the equivalent of a farmer’s market – without a license. Bouazizi, like many in emerging economies, could not find a job in his field – or any other field – and so was forced to resort to hawking olives and oranges to support his family of eight. The officials reportedly humiliated him, and when he went to city hall to try to go "legal," they
wouldn’t even let him in the door. These are the circumstances that led to his now famous act of self immolation: in protest, and in full view of passersby, he stood in front of city hall, poured lighter fluid on himself – and struck a match.
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Dictatorship exists in every society . Every government helps thier kind and mistreats the rest . Government is the evil . The only solution is for people not to deal with the government in any way . All citizens have to have a right not to involve in any governmental issues. In Ethiopia if people donot vote they donot get food . Then when they vote for the party the government donot like the government kill them . In the so called democrat country USA where most of the aid to Ethiopia comes from there are so many poor people that donot have a chance . The American society and political system is designed to serve certain part of the society and keep the rest in poverty, while at the same time in the name of fighting poverty in other countries like Egypt , Tunisia , Ethiopia , Yemen etc.. the money feeds the elite government leaders. It is not like there are not people who would not have used the money if it stayed in USA Black non-Hispanic males had an imprisonment rate (3,119 per 100,000 U.S. residents) that was more than 6 times higher than white non-Hispanic males (487 per 100,000), and almost 3 times higher than Hispanic males (1,193 per100,000) http://bjs.ojp.usdoj.gov/content/pub/pdf/p09.pdf A little reading on the prison system. Here is an article on education http://nces.ed.gov/fastfacts/display.asp?id=72 that shows that only 1 black male receives a bachelors degree to every 11 whites. It is just because the government of USA chose to send that money to the dictors instead . Government leaders stick together as the majority should stick together too to make a difference .
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