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Every outbreak of violence has its own distinctive origins and characteristics. All, however, are driven by a similar combination of anxiety about the future and lack of confidence in the ability of established institutions to deal with the problems at hand.

The riots that erupted in the spring of 2008 in response to rising food prices suggested the speed with which economically related violence can spread.

The cost of food is now closely tied to the price of oil and natural gas because petrochemicals are so widely and heavily used in the cultivation of grains

"Today's system of political economy, referred to here as modern capitalism, is destructive of the environment, and not in a minor way but in a way that threatens the planet,"

current obsession with GDP growth at all costs must be abandoned

a shift to much more participative and popular forms of democracy