Is the United States about to confront a wave a civil protest worse than London did days ago at the G20? Writing for Folha of Brazil, columnist Fernando Canzian writes of the United States:
“There is no small chance that new protests will erupt there, particularly because the general situation in the U.S. is much worse than in the rest of the developed world. … Unlike Europe and Japan, the U.S. lacks social protection or minimal security in the area of employment. And the layoffs in the country continue. They are expected to exceed 750,000 in March, on top of the almost 1.2 million in January and February. The bleeding is accelerating at an unprecedented rate.”
By Fernando Canzian*
Translated By Brandi Miller
April 2, 2009
Brazil – Folha – Original Article (Portuguese)
NEW YORK: It took some time, but it was the global leaders themselves that gave the cue and set the stage for the return of street protests that had long been dormant.
It had been almost ten years since we saw what occurred in London this week at the summit of the G20, a group of countries (including Brazil) who make up 80 percent of global GNP. The last protests of this kind, against the World Trade Organization [WTO], IMF and World Bank, had almost been thought relegated to books on contemporary history.
As world leaders gathered for the G20, with all of their expectations and differing proposals, those on the street showed that their agenda, although wide-ranging, is well-defined: a lashing out and general revolt against the state of things – against an impoverishment that may have wiped out $50 trillion of the globe’s wealth.
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