Jordanians march against inflation

[Catherina]

Source: Al Jazeera

Jordanians march against inflation
Thousands vent anger in Amman and other cities against government's inability to rein in prices and poverty.
Last Modified: 14 Jan 2011 17:48 GMT




Thousands of Jordanians have taken to the streets of the capital Amman and other cities to protest against rising commodity prices, unemployment and poverty.

The protesters are calling on the government headed by Samir Rifai, the prime minister, to step down.

Demonstrators, including trade unionists and leftist party members, carried national flags and chanted anti-government slogans in downtown Amman.

They called Rifai a "coward" and demanded his resignation.

"Prices, particularly gasoline and food, are getting out of hand,'' Buthaina Iftial, a 24-year-old civil servant, said.

"We're becoming poorer every day,'' she said, holding a poster with a piece of Arabic flatbread attached.

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"Jordan is not only for the rich. Bread is a red line. Beware of our starvation and fury," read one of the banners carried after mid-day prayers, amid a heavy police presence, according to the AFP news agency.

Read more: http://english.aljazeera.net/news/middleeast/2011/01/20111141219337111.html

[Ghost Dog]

1. Is this to be the 'wildfire' action in the Arab street

we were all supposed to have been waiting for?

If so, then be prepared to see/let socialism, I'd say more likely than fundamentalist Islamism, win.

Unless, of course, the self-interested, exploitative ex-colonial and/or gung-ho budding imperialist 'posers powers' just can't leave well-enough alone.

[Turborama]

2. K&R This is from Al Jazeera English, BTW

Not the same as Al Jazeera: http://www.aljazeera.net