As reported recently on the mass protests in Iraq, last week it was the turn of those in Lebanon to demonstrate en masse. While these protests started off as a reaction to uncollected garbage, they soon became a generalised protest against the government and politicians. The demonstrators were then met with police repression leaving at least one person dead and scores injured. These latest protests are an indication of the ongoing political and economic crisis that is engulfing the region. The reaction by the various ruling classes of intensifying internal repression and expanding military action only contribute to increasing the impoverishment of millions of workers and their families. Only by workers taking control can these problems start to be addressed.
As reported recently on the mass protests in Iraq, last week it was the turn of those in Lebanon to demonstrate en masse. While these protests started off as a reaction to uncollected garbage, they soon became a generalised protest against the government and politicians. The demonstrators were then met with police repression leaving at least one person dead and scores injured. These latest protests are an indication of the ongoing political and economic crisis that is engulfing the region. The reaction by the various ruling classes of intensifying internal repression and expanding military action only contribute to increasing the impoverishment of millions of workers and their families. Only by workers taking control can these problems start to be addressed.
