not subsiding wave of protest in Egypt, in the wake of the protest that led to the fall of Tunisia Ben Ali, and the virus is spreading democracy to other countries such as Yemen and Jordan, and then resumes power in Algeria where he announced a new large popular mobilization against the regime. To say nothing of Albania, Greece and always hot. (Not forgetting - over the Strait of Gibraltar - The 'intifada' Saharawi, which calls into question another key country in the basin, Morocco). For other reasons in the Middle East there is a big step in the move. On the one hand the new government supported by Hezbollah in Lebanon. Across the exciting developments in Palestine, passed unnoticed in the media, in particular the increase in Latin American countries who are recognizing the independence and those Europeans who have decided to raise to the rank of the diplomatic embassies Palestinians. In short, much of the south-east of the Mediterranean is in fibrillation. A tectonic movement that has the semblance of a historical transition phase, in which he reworks and rebuilds bottom common sense and democracy in countries so far dominated by the kleptocracy of civil liberty or regimes propped up by Western governments for purely geopolitical interest. It 's the case of Egypt, whose events these hours are not born from nothing, but a longstanding and widespread discontent, which manifested itself already in the past with strong protests in the streets. The Egyptians have decided to take over the country's future, they know that the old Mubarak has been the terminus and are not willing to accept as a fait accompli, the succession of his son. The Egyptian people, as is being done under the Tunisian Constituent Assembly, fits in the cracks of a corrupt system, and wants to re-turn structures and patterns Government. In both cases, affects the position of the Western powers such as Tunisia and Egypt were historically linked, France is released from the regime of Ben Ali and Washington takes sides "on the side of the Egyptian people" after the harsh words of Hillary Clinton at a conference in Doha on democracy and reform policy, in mid January. On the other hand in the regime of Albania Sali Berisha creaking under the pressure of the left opposition, in a dispute that seems - unlike what you see behind the barricades and the burning of Cairo or Tunis - at a time depth reconstruction of the public sphere. What is certain is that some common denominators can be identified. First, the failure European policy towards the Mediterranean, which on paper was supposed to bring prosperity and democracy and instead proved to be a deadly mix of trade liberalization and to crack down against migration. Then in conjunction with the financial crisis that hit like a hammer society like Tunisia already sorely tried by years of neo-liberal prescriptions imposed by the International Monetary Fund. The Choussudovski Michael rightly points out, a shrewd observer and analyst of globalization. Today the policy of reducing public spending are accompanied by a 'further decline in the purchasing power of the working classes, due primarily to higher food prices, a result of financial speculation on agricultural commodities. Add to this the progressive reduction of the flow of migrant remittances, which many families were a major source of support in the face of rampant unemployment, especially in younger generations. Add to that the tremendous power of the web. Someone called the facts of the revolution of Tunisia Wikileaks. More than that it is worth highlighting the ability of the Web to enable communication over censorship and police control, the possibility of building a collective feeling, practical and political cultures of nations, united today by the same desperation and desire to regain possession of the person their future. A future that avoids the suggestions of the theocracy. There will certainly Islam, could not be otherwise, in many hearts of those multitudes. Echoes in the streets shouting "Allah Akbar", but it is a sign of community, ethics and moral claim, not the foundation of a possible political or theocratic project. So it is even less justification to the effect that authoritarian regimes are needed to halt the advance of fundamentalism and Islamic terrorism. Perhaps in these days is being born a progressive Islam, which does not deny its past, if anything, it hybridizes with liberal and leftist political cultures. If so you could say that what we are seeing south of our shores is a historical phenomenon, which must ask the European policy should lead to a reconsideration of the very foundations of the so-called Mediterranean Partnership €. Proclamations now clash strongly with the reality that unfolds before our eyes, and opens a hole in the hood unbearable that surrounds our country, dragging him out of the "reality shows" which information "mainstream" there is assuefacendo. Beyond easy rhetoric, today we feel we Tunisian or Egyptian, recognizing that perhaps those burning city is leaving a message, an invitation also to the other side of the Mediterranean. In their North, where young Maghreb are left to languish in the suburbs, in a center of identification and deportation, handcuffed in a charter plane, or sweating behind a wood stove. And where we, the citizens of Europe and a country in crisis of identity we are living, too passively, the effects of a crisis in political, cultural and economic unprecedented.
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