Tunisian revolution is a workers revolt and internet fueled

[upi402]

Thank you Amy Goodman and Democracy Now! for getting the word out.
There is a blackout in the corporate media because the corporatists fear the same here.

If it was a Muslim revolt, it would be on cable "news" 24x7's.

The government was completely toppled without military support. It was a ruling family who was looting and oppressing Tunisia. The Arab world is excited about this from what I understand.

[freshwest]

1. You nailed it. Best wishes to those working to lift people up.

[MissHoneychurch]

2. The people are excited

but the "leaders" are scared like shit that the revolt will spread over to their countries. I hope for the people in the Arab countries that it will spread.

[upi402]

3. The media here is scared to show it

They know how we respond to their images like Pavlov's dogs. They don't want the folks ah gettin' no ideas.

[blindpig]

4. Not really 'completely toppled'

The corrupt old President and his family are out but a good portion of the rest of the power structure were in on it too and they seem to want to turn this into a palace revolution. OTOH yesterday the unions called for membership to defend union headquarters and public institutions, that has potential to turn this into something truly revolutionary, more than a soon forgotten venting.

[socialist_n_TN]

5. OK, that's good. I've been wondering about............

the philosophical underpinnings of this revolution all along. I was worried it was theocratically based like in a lot of Muslim countries. I WISH that some of the Latin American socialist countries would give some support. It would reenforce the "worker's revolution" aspect.

IMO, the Latin American socialists are the hope of the world right now.

[mdmc]

6. ..

[Disintermedia8]

7. The fall of Tunis

was another landmark in the evolution of geo-politics. There were three key factors Twitter, WikiLeaks, and one young, desperate man.

The Tunisian leader who was ousted was a petty tyrant, but his wife, a former hair stylist, was the true object of the people's wrath. She has a huge family with many siblings, who extorted money from anyone who had money in the country. They had a hand in every business. They were the mafia of Tunisia. But the extent of their crimes was not fully understood...until WikiLeaks cables confirmed what the people suspected. Then Twitter served as the medium to spread the knowledge.

The actual revolution was triggered when a young, educated man, desperate for employment tried to sell vegetables on the street. The police confiscated his goods because he did not have a license. In an act of desperation he set himself on fire. Within a period of maybe two weeks the unrest engulfed the capital.