GiantMonkeyMan
5th December 2012, 13:34
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-20591728
Tunisian pro-government supporters have clashed with unionists a week after protests over rising unemployment.
Islamists attacked members of the General Tunisian Workers' Union (UGTT) in the capital, Tunis, with knives and sticks, eyewitnesses told Reuters.
Last week, more than 200 strikers were wounded in violent clashes with police in the town of Siliana.
Tunisia was the birthplace of the Arab Spring, deposing its long-time president in January 2011.
The moderate Islamist party Ennahda was elected following the overthrow of President Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali.
Since the uprising, unemployment has gone up - and according to official figures stands at about 18%.
With similar protests and clashes occuring in Egypt, I wonder about the potential for some wider working class-driven struggle in the arab world.
Tunisian pro-government supporters have clashed with unionists a week after protests over rising unemployment.
Islamists attacked members of the General Tunisian Workers' Union (UGTT) in the capital, Tunis, with knives and sticks, eyewitnesses told Reuters.
Last week, more than 200 strikers were wounded in violent clashes with police in the town of Siliana.
Tunisia was the birthplace of the Arab Spring, deposing its long-time president in January 2011.
The moderate Islamist party Ennahda was elected following the overthrow of President Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali.
Since the uprising, unemployment has gone up - and according to official figures stands at about 18%.
With similar protests and clashes occuring in Egypt, I wonder about the potential for some wider working class-driven struggle in the arab world.