This article deals with the strike that took place in Bangladesh. Its catalyst was the result of the second rise in the price of fuel by the government in a period of four months. The strike was organized and called by the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), the opposition group. The consequence was the deployement of over thirteen thousand officers in Dhaka, the capital city, as well as the arrest of over 200 people over the country. In addition, schools and businesses closed the entire day and the road communications suffered disruptions of considerable dimensions. The strike was referred to as "issueless by the governemnt and did not give it any importance.
I don't consider this strike to be unimportant. As a matter of fact, I consider it to be quite important for a series of reasons: Bangladesh is not a developed country and the condition of the majority of people that live on it can be defined as precarious. As a result, a rise in the price of fuel and gas would only make matters worse. In addition, as the result of current global crisis, it is likely that the government will increase the prices again. Morever, the capacity of the oppisition party to orginize strike of such dimensions highlights their great amount of influence over the people. Thus, I believe this strike is the first of many that will occur, and that these will become more violent over time, and that the two factors mentioned before might potentially lead to a revolution in the future.
Source:CNN
http://www.cnn.com/2011/09/22/world/asia/bangladesh-strike/index.html?iref=allsearch
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