EDITORIAL: Arab Spring gets touch of samba

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados - Amidst the proliferation of criticism the current Democratic Labour Party Government is facing by its stony silence with respect to the pressing issues facing the country, it should pay particular attention to the manner in which small issues could snowball when left to fester.
The question that has to be asked is: is this decade going to be one of citizen activism, especially when we look critically at the events that are transpiring around the world? The Arab Spring brought the silent majority of Tunisia, Egypt, Libya and Syria on to the streets to demonstrate against their regimes.
Inspired by the power of protest in the Middle East, even people of developed countries, such as the United States and Britain, came out to protest against rampant unemployment and income inequalities.