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THIS DAY IN HISTORY – Street vendor Mohamed Bouazizi self-immolates in Tunisia, igniting the Arab Spring – 2010

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On December 17, 2010 26-year-old street vendor Mohamed Bouazizi self-immolates in Sidi Bouzid, Tunisia. His dramatic action is considered the start of the Arab Spring, a period of pro-democracy uprisings that reverberated through North Africa and the Middle East.

Mohamed Bouazizi lived in the impoverished city of Sidi Bouzid, about 100 miles south of the capital Tunis. As the prices of commodities spiked across the world, Bouazizi found that rising prices made it difficult for him to afford food for his family with the money he earned selling produce in the center of town.

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THIS DAY IN HISTORY – Street vendor Mohamed Bouazizi self-immolates in Tunisia, igniting the Arab Spring – 2010

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The unsexy truth about why the Arab Spring failed - Vox

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‘Arab Spring’ Risks Flourish As Global Food Prices Jump To Record High

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Global food prices soared to a new record high in February, led by a massive jump in vegetable oil and dairy prices as well as higher costs for grains, according to the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO). The move higher in food prices comes as the Russian invasion of Ukraine sent commodity markets into disarray, which indicates prices could continue to surge and may trigger another ‘Arab Spring’.

The FAO Food Price Index (FFPI), a measure of the monthly change in international prices of a basket of food commodities, averaged 140.7 points in February, up 3.9% from January, +24.1% compared with the same month last year, and 3.1% higher than the record in February 2011.

The largest mover in the index was FAO Vegetable Oils Price Index, up 8.5% over the previous month to a new record high, driven by palm, soy, and sunflower oils. The second-largest was the FAO Dairy Price Index, up 6.4% over the prior month. The FAO Cereal Price Index was +3%.

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Bomb Israel!

If US Foreign Policy Were Consistent, America Would be Bombing Israel Right Now

By Darius Shahtahmasebi

May 19, 2018

The Syrian civil war, we have been told, began as part of the Arab Spring and really took hold when Syrian government forces allegedly opened fire on protesters across the country in early 2011. This pattern of indiscriminate violent behavior against civilians has been a talking point in the western media’s regime-change narrative. The media often goes so far as to claim that the government led by Bashar al-Assad has lost all legitimacy.

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