Re: [Marxism] Surge in food prices could lead to increased unrest

["Ruthless Critic of All that Exists" <ok.president+marxml@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Mon, Apr 7, 2008 at 12:41 PM,  <PoliticNow@xxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>  _http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=26221&Cr=food&Cr1=prices_
>  (http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=26221&Cr=food&Cr1=prices) #
>
>  Surge in food prices could lead to increased unrest, warns senior UN aid
>  official

>  In addition to Haiti, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Egypt, Indonesia, Cote  d'
>  Ivoire, Mauritania, Mozambique and Senegal have also experienced unrest in  
> recent
>  weeks related to soaring food and fuel prices.


Soaring prices most serious issue, says A.B. Bardhan

by Vinay Kumar

COIMBATORE, INDIA: The soaring prices of essential commodities are the
cause for distress among the poor and the middle class, Communist
Party of India general secretary A.B. Bardhan said on Saturday.

As a specially invited guest speaker during the inaugural session of
the 19th Congress of the CPI(M) which began here, Mr. Bardhan said the
Left parties had suggested several measures to curb price rise but to
no avail. "We have, therefore, called for a wide-ranging militant
struggle on this burning question beginning on April 17 and 18," he
said inviting the CPI(M) to join the agitation.

Dwelling upon the common opposition of both parties to the neo-liberal
policies of the UPA government, Mr. Bardhan said the so-called
economic reforms had sharply aggravated disparities among people.

Economic slowdown

Mr. Bardhan cited the sharp rise in inflation and prices of food
items, the fall in the growth rate of the key core sectors and the
meltdown in the financial sector as indicators of the economic
slowdown.

"This shows that the earlier fast economic growth is not sustainable,
especially after the recession in the U.S. It will deepen the crisis
in our economy and result in massive job losses. What is needed is a
new strategy of growth — a growth with equity and justice. It must
mean growth in employment and satisfying the basic needs of the
people."

"The Hindu" newspaper, India
        
News Update Service
Sunday, March 30, 2008
Full: <http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/holnus/000200803300940.htm>

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