Monday, January 2, 2012

Push Th' Little Daisies

                                       People know Arab Spring is not peaceful at all. Illustration by trrent.


There 2011 goes.  


Although trying to depict all important facts from last year is hard, the most memorable one in my opinion is the newly Arab Spring.


More than one hundred years after the Revolutions of 1848, which had shaken Europe and Latin America and are best known as the Spring of the Nations, some Arab nations are taken by the same sentiment righ now. Discontentment with political affairs, reorganization of society in less favored groups, and other reasons count for the upheaval.  


Throughout 2011 all you could hear is the uprising of the people in the Arab countries, specifically: Tunisia, Egypt, Libya, Yemen, Bahrain and maybe even others we are going to hear in the 2012.


Journalist of The Telegraph says comparisons between Arab Spring and the fall of Berlin wall are out of question, "the Arab Spring is arguably a far greater triumph of people power." 


The Western looked at it with a clinical eye, trying to see what to do and the further consequences of any action. Against some critics, Nato forces were considered a great push towards the end of the regime in Libya. Rebels see them at a different light at this point of time.

The revolutions in the Arab world impresses me the most because it shows how people live. While some dwell in a 'free' world, others endure under dictatorship - which Latin America has already seen so much. Well, not all democracies risen after despotic rules are a success - many are still learning the ropes. It`s better now than never, though.