The deep unrest on the fringe of global society

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The unprecedented global recession which raised its ugly head in mid 2007 has not ceased to push the markets all over the world with constant uneasiness and internal tensions. The fiscal crisis of the nations especially in the west remain to be  corrected with the stimulus packages and its now evident that these are all amount to cosmetic surgeries and not worked out with long fiscal planning but rather with quick fix solutions.

 

Experts across the world are voicing their concerns but none have a holistic answer to the current realities. The world is on the verge of global unrest, with existing poverty severely worsened by the international economic crisis. In every major geographic area the report details conditions relating to social and economic insecurity, poverty and deprivation, and more. The social and economic inequalities in regions like Latin America show continued deprivation of food, shelter, health care and employment opportunities.

 

 Countries in which governments have little power are dominated by corrupt and abusive police forces as well as subject to gang violence. In Europe and Central Asia, there is fear that dwindling economies will bring about increased discrimination and a rise in hate crimes. The economic downturn and unemployment rates of affluent countries have also added to the global despair and anxiety, and point to an uncertain future of turmoil and riots. In fact, recent demonstrations in cities across the world have been increasingly turning violent.

 

Evidence of this is already visible as we have seen the complete economic collapse of countries like Iceland, Greece which sent repercussion across the whole of Europe. In Thailand the rising social inequality, abuse of civil and human rights and the damage being done to democratic institutions by warring elites are not enough to spark increased international engagement, then selfish security considerations might do the trick. The warring red shirts movement which saw its ugly image in the month of March 2010 in the following weeks brought down the government. China too is feeling the heat of its labour unrest and unemployment that is simmering and about to burst despite the iron curtain approach of the Chinese government. There are forecasts made by certain section of military agencies that China will be forced to declare a war against its biggest neighbor India to divert attention at home in the coming years.  

 

Amnesty International released its annual report on 28th May 2009, warning that that the world is on the verge of global unrest, with existing poverty severely worsened by the international economic crisis. In every major geographic area the report details conditions relating to social and economic insecurity, poverty and deprivation, and more. The social and economic inequalities in regions like Latin America show continued deprivation of food, shelter, health care and employment opportunities. Countries in which governments have little power are dominated by corrupt and abusive police forces as well as subject to gang violence. In Europe and Central Asia, there is fear that dwindling economies will bring about increased discrimination and a rise in hate crimes.

 

 The economic downturn and unemployment rates (70 million as estimated by Saatchi and Saatchi) of affluent countries have also added to the global despair and anxiety, and point to an uncertain future of turmoil and riots. In fact, recent demonstrations in cities across the world have been increasingly turning violent. According to Amnesty International Secretary General Irene Khan, “The world is sitting on a social, political and economic time bomb.” Amnesty recommends that governments take a stronger, pro-active approach in intervening to save human lives from the economic crisis

 

We can see similar undercurrents in India at Kashmir protest deaths, Maoist lethal strikes, the increasing paramilitary related conflicts, the oblivious vendetta of the public anger  and resentment which is displayed in a vulgar manner on public properties and government symbols. The question is why is there so much fury and anger in the fringe of the society ? We have witnessed so many conflicts and ideological differences in from the last 64 years of free India, there have been lapses and failures-communal riots, the Emergency, rampant corruption, the criminalization of politics, secessionist movements- we have always managed to correct ourselves, but the present times are completely unexplainable and there is no co-relation as it all seems whipped up as a consequence of the turbulent protracted market conditions. Never have we witness so much sufferings for the citizens when even two square meals a day became a question mark. The souring food prices and the inaccessibility of basic amenities including real estate & employment, has ensured that a vast section of the society is completely deprived of a decent living condition.

 

The divide between the haves and have not is widening despite the INDIA is SHINING image and the new affluent class of India rocking the world through Bollywood and IT success stories .Behind this image is hidden the sufferings of people in the BPL – Below Poverty Line,  the vast lower middle class families and the farming communities who have quit their traditional occupation to pursue the big dreams in cities to have been reduced to construction workers and storm drain cleaners. On the face value it appears as if the nation has forgotten those millions of hands which toil in the sun to feed the whole country but ironically go to bed on an empty stomach and is debt ridden- our farmers

 

 

Quote by Thomas Merton

We are living in the greatest revolution in history—a huge spontaneous upheaval of the entire human race; not the revolution planned and carried out by any particular party, race, or nation, but a deep elemental boiling over of all the inner contradictions that have ever been in man, a revelation of the chaotic forces inside everybody. This is not something we have chosen, nor is it something we are free to avoid.

Source: Conjectures of a Guilty Bystander

The stage is ideal for a new world order that will emerge from a violent revolution as the whole world appears at a boiling point. , If you fancy your head being anywhere near the light of day then you will be able to see that there is stark semblance of the French revolution, Russian revolution, or the ones in latin American to our current world scenario all that is required is a relevant spark to trigger the change