Bouazizi and the Arab Spring

[Adeshina Afolayan]

'He ruined us': 10 years on, Tunisians curse man who sparked Arab spring

But a decade since he set himself on fire in protest at state corruption and brutality, Bouazizi is out of fashion in Tunisia – along with the revolution his death inspired. His family have moved to Canada and cut most ties with Sidi Bouzid. “They were smeared,” says Bilal Gharby, 32, a family friend.

In Sidi Bouzid’s main street a passerby, Fathiya Iman, 54, when asked what she thinks of Bouazizi, looks to his picture across the road. “I curse at it,” she says. “I want to bring it down. He’s the one that ruined us.”

https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2020/dec/16/he-ruined-us-10-years-on-tunisians-curse-man-who-sparked-arab-spring?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

The Arab Spring and it's supposed revolution status still bear serious analysis. Any time I read articles like this, that cuts back on what was supposed to be a revolution, I think of Antonio Negri, again. The people, as the constitute force, keeps knocking themaselves gainst the rampart of the constituent power, and keep failing. 

Adeshina

[Elias K. Bongmba]

Congratulations to Professor Freida Ekotto of the University of Michigan
who was elected 2nd Vice President of the Modern Language Association
and thus in line to be Vice President and President Elect. Well deserved.

Elias