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  1. Egypt: Food prices crisis helped fuel revolt

    freedom. Egypt is far from an isolated case when it comes to food shortages. Since 2008, rising food prices ... wheat to satisfy rising food demands and maintain social order. This system seemed to work until Russia, ... self-sufficiency will rise in the future. Though it was a critical strategy to maintain political order, Egyptians ...

  2. Iran: Ahmadinejad, privatisation and a bus driver who said 'no'

    working conditions and rising fares. Osanloo and fellow strike leaders were immediately arrested. ... demanding nothing less than political freedom. [Billy Wharton is the editor of The Socialist. Abridged from ...