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The Arab Spring One Year Later
[27/01/2012]
Almost a year has passed since the revolution in Tunisia and protests in Cairo's Tahrir Square toppled dictatorship regimes, lighting up popular calls for democracy in the Arab world. It is still difficult to foresee where these events will eventually lead, as many challenges still loom ahead of the Arab people and nations: high unemployment rates, drastic socio-economic discrepancies, uncertain future for the majority of youth. But there is no turning back. New social and political movements and structures are emerging, power is shifting, and there is hope that democratic processes will strengthen and spread across the Arab world in 2012.
Events in the Arab world in 2011 recall other far-reaching regional transitions, like in Eastern Europe after the fall of the Berlin wall in 1989. There are differences, of course, but the upheavals' sweeping and contagious nature is strongly similar to that of the revolutions that brought communism to an end in Europe. So, too, is the debate about the hopes and expectations of the people, the relative contributions of political and economic factors to popular protest, and the crucial role that civil society must play in the democratic transition.
This is why SOLIDAR members are working together with the civil society in MENA countries around three themes of Human Rights and Citizenship, Inclusive Developments, and the protection of Labour Rights and Decent Work, to help Arab people defend their rights and develop a fair and just society at the scale of their aspirations.
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