Africa
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Egypt: Can the Army Neutralize the People? By Dyab Abou Jahjah
Today the Egyptian people controlled the country and burned all ruling party buildings and all police stations. The army then went to the streets and controlled all strategic places. Mubarak went out to speak as if he is living on another planet — no concessions whatsoever apart from sacking a government that cannot govern anyhow. Continue reading
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Egypt Newslinks for 29 January, 2011
29 January, 2011 — creative-i.info Watch events live http://english.aljazeera.net/watch_now/ Continue reading
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Chasing the Egyptian riot police
29 January, 2011 Chasing the Egyptian riot police Follow my videos on vodpod Continue reading
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[Egypt] Watch This!!! Protest Nasser metro station in Cairo: Jan 26th
29 January, 2011 1st collector for [Egypt] Watch This!!! Protest Nasser metro stat… Follow my videos on vodpod Continue reading
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Demonstrations outside the Egyptian Embassy over the next few days
If you are in the UK is where and you can show your support to the egyptian people rising up against oppression, bring banners etc… Continue reading
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Tunisia Newslinks for 29 January, 2011
29 January, 2011 — creative-i.info Tunisia’s revolution rap hits the big stage AFP TUNIS — Once banned from the airwaves under the Tunisian regime, rap artists are taking their revolutionary lyrics to the big stage for the first time on … www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5hm8gWdc5y-SXzHc-9H2Lt_cwCABA?docId=CNG.67623850a684b3db3f7388147dd9cea7.01 Continue reading
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The Mubarak regime could collapse in the a face of a nationwide protest movement… What prospects for Egypt and the Arab World? By Michel Chossudovsky
In Egypt, a devastating IMF program was imposed in 1991 at the height of the Gulf War. It was negotiated in exchange for the annulment of Egypt’s multibillion dollar military debt to the US as well as its participation in the war. The resulting deregulation of food prices, sweeping privatisation and massive austerity measures led… Continue reading
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Egyptian revolt prepared with US secret support?
29 January, 2011 — Strategic Culture Foundation “Egyptian revolt prepared with US secret support” – The Daily Telegraph The revolt in Egypt was prepared with the US secret support, claims the British newspaper The Daily Telegraph. According to the periodical, the opposition has been engaged in masterminding an overthrow of President Hosni Mubarak over the… Continue reading
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Defining a Dictatorship: The U.S. Role in Egypt By Peter Hart
Yesterday the Washington Post tried to argue that U.S. policy under the Obama administration has shifted to one of open support for pro-democracy movements in Egypt and Tunisia. There was little, if any, evidence to support this idea. Continue reading
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Internet access in Egypt
28 January, 2011 For all our Egyptian Friends. IP addresses for social media for those in EGYPT needing to get online!: Noor ADSL is working in Egypt. If you’re in Egypt or want to help share this info, & have a Noor access & a WiFi router, please remove password. • FaceBook: http://69.63.189.34 • Twitter:… Continue reading
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Video from Egypt
29 January, 2011 Live feed from Al Jazeera http://c.brightcove.com/services/viewer/federated_f9?&width=450&height=325&flashID=myExperience747084146001&bgcolor=%23FFFFFF&playerID=751182905001&playerKey=AQ%7E%7E%2CAAAAmtVJIFk%7E%2CTVGOQ5ZTwJYW4Aj2VxnKEXntSbmcf9ZQ&isVid=true&isUI=true&dynamicStreaming=true&%40videoPlayer=747084146001&autoStart= 1st collector for Video from Egypt Follow my videos on vodpod Continue reading
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Egypt severs internet and cellular networks
Appropos Marshall’s piece (below), it’s interesting to note that early this morning, the Egyptian regime shut down the internet and the cellular networks including Vodaphone, whose HQ was attacked and burnt down for shutting its network down. See: Egypt Leaves The Internet By James Cowie28 January, 2011 Renesys.com and, Egypt: Interview With Blogger Hossam el-Hamalawy… Continue reading
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Are We Witnessing the Start of a Global Revolution? North Africa and the Global Political Awakening, Part 1 By Andrew Gavin Marshall
For the first time in human history almost all of humanity is politically activated, politically conscious and politically interactive… Continue reading
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Protests Continue In Tunisia
Tunisians reject “national unity government” and demand more profound change Continue reading
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Egypt Protests Spread as Huge Demos Planned
As more people take to the streets to protest in Egypt and Nobel Peace Prize winner Mohamed ElBaradei heads back to the country, an activist tells Channel 4 News “huge” demos are planned for Friday. Police fought protestors in two cities in Eastern Egypt as the unrest continued for the third day. Continue reading
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Egypt shuts down the internet on eve of protest as the world community gathers
Issandr El-Amrani reports that the internet has been shut down in Egypt as of 1 in the morning before the big demo. And not long after a horrifying AP video went up of a man being shot (above), and of shotgun shells in the streets. Where is Obama? Continue reading
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