[LINK] Tonga on the brink

[rfmcdonald]

Jonathan Edelstein's post describing the incipient revolutionary situation in the South Pacific kingdom of Tonga is a good introduction to the challenges facing this island country now. Faced with glaring inequities in wealth, general strikes, and newly politicized and monetarized population, the Tongan monarchy is caught in a difficult position. Will it reform or will it die?