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excellent point, Clay most of this list's readers know full well the historic role of newly-unemployed vets in postwar radical movements (and in boss-sponsored reactionary ones). p.s. All the more reason for us to search out radical Libyan comrades to get their take on this. On Sun, Jan 17, 2016 at 12:31 PM, Clay Claiborne via Marxism < marxism@lists.csbs.utah.edu> wrote: > ******************** POSTING RULES & NOTES ******************** > #1 YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. > #2 This mail-list, like most, is publicly & permanently archived. > #3 Subscribe and post under an alias if #2 is a concern. > ***************************************************************** > > Its obvious that high unemployment can be a critical driving force for a > revolution. However, it should also be clear that the immediate impact of a > revolution will most likely be even greater unemployment. During the war > period "unemployment" doesn't come into the picture as the masses take off > from work to overthrow the state. After that task is completed, everybody > doesn't just go back to their old jobs, for reasons that are beyond the > scope... Counter-revolutionaries of all stripes can always use the fact > that cures often come with their own pains to attack any revolution. > According to this paper, unemployment in Libya stood at ~13% in 2010 and is > ~19% today. > I haven't read the 103p World Bank report yet, but I think it looks > interesting enough to pass on the links: > > http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2015/06/24650277/labor-market-dynamics-libya-reintegration-recovery > > http://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/WDSContentServer/WDSP/IB/2015/06/17/090224b082f42bf9/1_0/Rendered/PDF/Labor0market0d0gration0for0recovery.pdf > > > > Clay Claiborne, Director > Vietnam: American Holocaust <http://VietnamAmericanHolocaust.com> > Linux Beach Productions > Venice, CA 90291 > (310) 581-1536 > > Read my blogs at the Linux Beach <http://claysbeach.blogspot.com/> > <http://wlcentral.org/user/2965/track> > _________________________________________________________ > Full posting guidelines at: http://www.marxmail.org/sub.htm > Set your options at: > http://lists.csbs.utah.edu/options/marxism/acpollack2%40gmail.com > _________________________________________________________ Full posting guidelines at: http://www.marxmail.org/sub.htm Set your options at: http://lists.csbs.utah.edu/options/marxism/archive%40mail-archive.com
