| ID | 111718 |
| Title Proper | Arab revolt - what next? |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Galtung, Johan |
| Publication | 2012. |
| Summary / Abstract (Note) | It changes character, like in quantum mechanics, even as we watch. The French revolution did that in the late 1780s and early 1790s. But spring is gone, and revolt is in, so far not revolution. There are layers of rulers and layers of opposition. The unveiling has started.
If winter seeds from a suicide in Tunisia made buds sprout in early spring, then they must have fallen on fertile soil. Events make processes when "stability" is unstable, like the huge power and wealth gaps. The U.S. trick is to make people believe in individual mobility: "If you don't make it, it is your fault." Others see it as a relation: By taking power-wealth from us they got powerful-rich and we powerless and poor. The former is individualist and person-oriented; the latter collectivist and system-oriented. See it that way and revolts follow, like Tahrir Square, like Wall Street. But some resources are needed. |
| `In' analytical Note | Palestine Israel Journal Vol. 18, No.1; 2012: p.19-21 |
| Journal Source | Palestine Israel Journal Vol. 18, No.1; 2012: p.19-21 |
| Key Words | Arab Revolt ; Tunisia ; Arab Spring ; Ottoman Empire ; Muammar Gaddafi ; United States ; European Union ; American Game |