Gabes is one aspect of the neoliberal violence being relentlessly visited on Tunisians. no natural resource sovereignty and pauperization
The development model imposed on Tunisians is an extractivist model, one which seeks to plunder as much natural resources as quickly as possible with little regard for the sustainability of these efforts. In a neocolonial fashion, these resources, from oil to minerals to fish and trees, are then exported to world markets, enriching companies and stockholders while local communities see neither profit, nor positive change