I have an alternate take on this. Although I don't publicise this much, I'm presently the National Convenor of the "India Against Corruption" movement (the apolitical part of India's "Occupy" movement after it split in Nov 2012).
We see definite evidence of global military-industrial-financial cartels and Govts (primarily the USA) which are fanning and actively financing such revolutions / protests on a massive scale. These protests are not indigenous but are externally created, and more than food its probably oil/energy and water pricing which are equally drivers / targets, coupled with a shortage of tillable land and farm labour prepared to work. Sarbajit Roy On 2/22/14, glen e. p. ropella <g...@tempusdictum.com> wrote: > A Mathematical Formula Predicted Today's Worldwide Protests Over a Year Ago > http://www.policymic.com/articles/82855/a-mathematical-formula-predicted-today-s-worldwide-protests-over-a-year-ago > > "From Ukraine and Venezuela to Thailand and Syria, revolutions, protests > and unrest are sweeping the globe. Are we just living in crazy times > when everyone's angry at the same time, or is there more than meets the eye? > > While each situation has its own complexities and particulars, complex > systems theorists at the New England Complex Systems Institute > hypothesized that the continuing rise of high global food prices could > lead to uprisings around the globe. Over a year ago, Yaneer Bar-Yam of > the NECSI published a paper that charted the rise of the FAO food price > index -- a UN measure that maps food costs over time -- and saw that > whenever that figure rose above 210, riots broke out around the world. > The hypothesis held true for 2008's economic collapse and 2011's > Tunisian protests. After Bay-Yam built the model, he was able to predict > the Arab Spring just weeks before it happened, and now the numbers are > checking out for 2013, the year with the third highest food prices on > record." > > -- > glen ep ropella -- 971-255-2847 ============================================================ FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College to unsubscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com
