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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/archive%40mail-archive.com
