Meanwhile the Arab Spring appears to be spreading through Spain into France and Greece as tens of thousands of people gather to protest against financial cuts being made whilst governments return to a collusive co-existence with the banks and corporations that bear responsibility for the crisis. A pan-European day of protest has been set for June 19. The Arab Spring might even reach the UK, though obviously it would have to be re-branded as something less upsetting and more British. Maybe the Chelsea Flower Show.
At the same time Oxfam are forecasting that world food prices are set to double in the next 20 years unless there is a collective effort to control global warming, food profiteering, & land-grabbing. Such a price hike would bring even more obscenely large profits to commodities traders such as Glencore, but would be utterly disastrous for two thirds of the planet's rising population. The Arab Spring could become a Global Summer !