Our country, indeed the entire world, is in the throes of epochal revolution.
Transformation from electro-mechanical industry requiring vast amount of human
labor to operate gigantic industrial means of production to digitally
controlled production requiring little to no human labor is the
Roots of the Arab Revolts and Premature Celebrations
James Petras
Introduction
Most accounts of the Arab revolts from Egypt, Tunisia, Libya, Morocco,
Yemen, Jordan, Bahrain, Iraq and elsewhere have focused on the most immediate
causes: political dictatorships, unemployment, repression
