https://internationalviewpoint.org/ International Viewpoint, the monthly English-language magazine of the Fourth International, is a window to radical alternatives world-wide, carrying reports, analysis and debates from all corners of the globe. Correspondents in over 50 countries report on popular struggles, and the debates that are shaping the left of tomorrow. en SPIP - www.spip.net https://internationalviewpoint.org/local/cache-vignettes/L144xH25/siteon0-da713.png?1745245334 https://internationalviewpoint.org/ 25 144 https://internationalviewpoint.org/The-Oil-Food-Price-Shock https://internationalviewpoint.org/The-Oil-Food-Price-Shock 2011-03-20T05:40:35Z text/html en Michael T Klare Algeria Tunisia Food crisis <p>When future historians attempt to trace the origins of the current turmoil in the Middle East, they will find that one of the earliest of the many explosions of rage occurred in Algeria and was triggered by the rising price of food. On January 5, young protesters in Algiers, Oran and other major cities blocked roads, attacked police stations and burned stores in demonstrations against soaring food prices. Other concerns—high unemployment, pervasive corruption, lack of housing—also aroused their ire, but food costs provided the original impulse.</p> - <a href="https://internationalviewpoint.org/-IV434-March-2011-" rel="directory">IV434 - March 2011</a> / <a href="https://internationalviewpoint.org/+-Algeria-+" rel="tag">Algeria</a>, <a href="https://internationalviewpoint.org/+-Tunisia-+" rel="tag">Tunisia</a>, <a href="https://internationalviewpoint.org/+-Food-crisis-+" rel="tag">Food crisis</a>