Democracy is an illusion! It’s become a political system fostered by the élite, for the élite, in order to fool the people that they have a stake in the system. In actual fact, they have virtually none. The whole political system in the modern era, despite having noble beginnings, is now used to benefit the few at the expense of the many. – Mark Alexander, June 29, 2018
Thursday, 10 March 2011
Trouble for Libya's Oil Industry
As the battle for Libya intensifies, oil production in the country has plummeted. In the rebel-held east it's down by as much as 90 percent. Now OPEC is considering boosting output for the first time in two years. Al Jazeera's Alan Fisher reports
