Deja vu: Algeria

[Dachs]

Isn't the American reluctance to make any comparison to left-wing revolutionist movements that isn't utterly damning entirely predictable?

Not everybody in this thread is an American.

 

[Traitorfish]

Not everybody in this thread is an American.

Fair point; I shouldn't present that particular tendency as so narrowly American. It's common enough in most of the English-speaking world, and elsewhere.

 

[Tee Kay]

Jordan where the King was successful in avoiding a big turmoil

Uh, no, he was forced to sack his government after some pretty major protests.

Syria where concessions were made by the regime

Not really.

Morocco from where I have heard nothing.

Morocco's one of the least effected countries. Monarchies tend to be less prone in general as opposed to strongman-type dictators.

I can't believe people keep talking about 1848 and 1989 but never 1968 or 1917-8

I forgot about 1918. What happened in 1968?

 

[Dachs]

I forgot about 1918. What happened in 1968?

Prague Spring, the March Events in Poland, massive student protests in the BRD and France, the effective start of the Troubles, the culmination of the civil rights and Vietnam protest movements in the United States (and the RFK and MLK assassinations), and smaller protests in Jamaica, Mexico, and other places.

 

[mitsho]

Uh, no, he was forced to sack his government after some pretty major protests.

But he's safe in his seat. HIS reactions worked, while the ones in Egypt and Tunisia didn't.

Not really.

I see lifting the internet ban and increased spending as good reactions before the heat...

Morocco's one of the least effected countries. Monarchies tend to be less prone in general as opposed to strongman-type dictators.

And that's my point! Generalizations just don't seem to work on this subject.

Of course I wasn't writing them out in detail to hold under scrutiny from political scientists, as this is a internet forum and the attention span is short, but they were just examples after all. My point doesn't really fall even if one of the three examples above would be different.

I forgot about 1918. What happened in 1968?

Just out of interest, to my continental experience, 1968 is a year that is more than well known as a type-creating character. Quite a few of my teachers were "68"ers. Do you don't know that term?

68 relates to the month of May and the student protests starting in Paris and then Berlin. Several riots regarding youth and against "family values" then lead to a change in paradigm in politics.

 

[Cheezy the Wiz]

Wow, some people set themselves on fire? Crazy.

So Tunisia's revolution was the Jasmine Revolution. There was a Rose Revolution in Georgia and was Czech Republic the Velvet Revolution? What other revolutions with girly names will come up?

Carnation Revolution: Portugal 1974.

 

[madviking]

Can anyone explain the current situation Algeria, and compare it's situation to Egypt?