Bread and Protest: connecting hunger, the voiceless, global health, and Egyptian Revolution
Today’s New York Times, includes a link to one of the best articulations of the connections between, hunger, the voiceless, global health, political instability, and the revolution in Egypt, the world’s largest wheat importer at a time of record high prices. Laurie Garrett at the Council on Foreign Relations explains the role of rising wheat prices in the unrest. See http://www.nytimes.com/2011/02/13/weekinreview/13grist.html?scp=1&sq=bread%20and%20protest&st=cse
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