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Sahar Aziz: Rule Of Law, Not Rule By Law for Egypt

Sat, 26 Nov 2011 23:58:00 -0800

Huffington Post - By Sahar Aziz - Nov. 26 - Egypt is forever changed. Whether ruled by a civilian government or a military junta, gone are the days when the government can blithely dismiss the will of the people or coerce them into obedience. This most recent wave of mass protests demonstrates Egy

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Hundreds of Thousands of Arabs Protest their Governments

Sat, 09 Apr 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Informed Comment - By Juan - Apr. 09 (Opinion) - On Friday, the US Congress endeavored to decide whether American democracy has irretrievably broken down because the representatives of the Billionaires refused to compromise with the representatives of the People (“cutting spending” while “cutting taxes

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A call from Egyptian socialists

Sun, 20 Feb 2011 00:00:00 -0800

socialistworker.org - Feb. 20 (Statement) - Over the past three decades, this tyrannical regime corrupted the country's largest estates to a small handful of business leaders and foreign companies. One hundred families own more than 90 percent of the country's wealth. They monopolize the wealth of the Egyptian people through policies of privatization, looting of power and the alliance with capital. They have turned the majority of the Egyptian people to the poor, landless and unemployed.

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Supreme Court of Assholedom Convicts Mubarak

Thu, 17 Feb 2011 00:00:00 -0800

readersupportednews.org - By Matt Taibbi - Feb. 17 (Opinion) - Hosni Mubarak was the thuggish dictatorial leader of a Middle Eastern nation, the supplicating criminal stooge of five consecutive U.S. presidential administrations, and kind a creepy-looking dude with very prominent nostril hair. But was he also an asshole?

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The Attack on Lara Logan: War of the Words

Tue, 15 Feb 2011 00:00:00 -0800

The Nation - By Laila Lalami - Feb. 15 (Opinion) - A woman has been raped—what should the reaction to such a heinous crime be? Blaming its victim? Disparaging the country she’s in? Looking for a scapegoat? Stunningly enough, all of these reactions have been voiced since yesterday, when it was revealed

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The “Twitter Can’t Topple Dictators” Article

Sun, 13 Feb 2011 00:00:00 -0800

pressthink.org - By Jay Rosen - Feb. 13 (Opinion) - It's hard to know how much weight to assign to the Internet and its social media tools–Facebook and Twitter–in recent uprisings like Iran and Moldova in 2009, Tunisia this year and Egypt's stunning January 25th revolution. Because the tools are still fairly new they naturally draw a lot of attention from analysts, journalists and headline writers looking for a "sexy" newsy sidebar to the main event. And inevitably some people get carried away. But then a strange thing happens. Even more people get worried that everyone is getting carred away. And they decide to bring us all back down to earth. "It's not that simple!" they cry.

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Why Egypt's Naysayers Got It Wrong

Sun, 13 Feb 2011 00:00:00 -0800

The Daily Beast - By Laila Lalami - Feb. 13 (Opinion) - Right up until the end, political theorists the world over insisted that what happened in Tunisia couldn't—or shouldn't—happen in Egypt. Laila Lalami on why Westerners often underestimate the Arab world. Plus, full coverage of Egypt’s uprising. It was nearly 20 years ago that Samuel Huntington put forth the idea that major sources of world conflict in the aftermath of the Cold War would be cultural. Certain civilizations could coexist peacefully with one another, he argued, but others were bound to come into conflict because their inherent values and belief systems were polar opposites. The contrast between "the West" and "Islam" provided the clearest illustration of his argument and, after the terrorist attacks of 9/11, it gained an even wider following. Huntington's theory has so pervaded public discourse that when people speak of his "Clash of Civilizations," they usually mean the inevitable clash between the West and Islam.

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The End Of History

Sun, 13 Feb 2011 00:00:00 -0800

TechCrunch - By Jon Evans - Feb. 13 (Opinion) - The world is quaking. Egypt and Tunisia are overthrown; Algeria, Gabon, Jordan, Sudan, Syria and Yemen are rocking. Some say this is thanks to Twitter and Facebook. Others, notably Malcolm Gladwell and Evgeny Morozov, say that social media are politically irrelevant and/or dangerous. China has censored “Egypt”, Syria has legalized Facebook, and the president of Sudan has declared he will use social media to crush his enemies. You couldn’t make this stuff up. What’s going on? Who to believe? Fear not. I can explain. Everyone is right, and what’s going on is nothing more than the end of international politics and history as we know them. Welcome to our brave new world, and about time, too. The old one sure was miserable while it lasted.

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The Next Step for Egypt's Opposition

Fri, 11 Feb 2011 00:00:00 -0800

readersupportednews.org - By Mohamed ElBaradei - Feb. 11 (Opinion) - When I was a young man in Cairo, we voiced our political views in whispers, if at all, and only to friends we could trust. We lived in an atmosphere of fear and repression. As far back as I can remember, I felt outrage as I witnessed the misery of Egyptians struggling to put food on the table, keep a roof over their heads and get medical care. I saw firsthand how poverty and repression can destroy values and crush dignity, self-worth and hope.

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CIA Chief Based Congressional Testimony On Mubarak Departure On Media

Thu, 10 Feb 2011 00:00:00 -0800

MediaIte - By Colby Hall - Feb. 10 (Opinion) - CIA Director Leon Panetta testified to Congress today of a strong likelihood that Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak would step down by the end of the day. The report of his impending resignation was only eclipsed by the news that Mubarak would NOT be stepping down as Panetta had indicated to congress.

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“We Are Writing History by Our Blood”: Egyptian Physician on Why Protests Won’t End Until Mubarak Resigns

Wed, 09 Feb 2011 00:00:00 -0800

Democracy Now - By Sharif Abdel Kouddous, Dr. Ali El Mashad - Feb. 09 (Interview) - _Democracy Now!_ senior producer Sharif Abdel Kouddous speaks to Egyptian physician Dr. Ali El Mashad in Cairo’s Tahrir Square over the weekend. Dr. Mashad describes being injured in the streets and bleeding from the head. “We are writing history by our blood,” he says. Mashad says he will not stop demonstrating until Mubarak leaves office. [includes rush transcript]

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Another Day in Egypt, Another US Policy

Tue, 08 Feb 2011 00:00:00 -0800

readersupportednews.org - By Julian Borger - Feb. 08 (Opinion) - 'Wisner's words bewildered the western officials gathered in Munich, raising a number of questions. Do Egypt and the world owe it to Mubarak to give him the chance 'to write his own legacy?' And did Mubarak give 60 years of service to Egypt or is it the other way round?'

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For the US in Egypt, Blowback Is a Bitch

Sun, 06 Feb 2011 00:00:00 -0800

TruthOut - By Michael Winship - Feb. 06 (Opinion) - Almost seven years have passed since I spent some time in the Middle East. The closest I get to the opinions of "the Arab street" these days is the fellow who runs the delicatessen a block away from me. Mohamed is Egyptian, with family living in Cairo and outside the city. All of them are safe - as far as he knows. Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak must go, Mohamed says, but he fears that, regardless of the promises, Mubarak will figure out a way to keep his henchmen in power and the brutal legacy of cruelty and torture will continue.read more

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Reagan's Epoch Shatters in Egypt

Sun, 06 Feb 2011 00:00:00 -0800

Consortium News - By Robert Parry - Feb. 06 (Opinion) - The political crisis sweeping the Middle East is another part of Ronald Reagan’s dark legacy that is shattering into chaos even as the United States prepares to lavishly celebrate his 100th birthday.

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Bruce Friedrich: U.S. Citizens Forced to Abandon Their Dogs in Egypt

Sat, 05 Feb 2011 00:00:00 -0800

Huffington Post - By Bruce Friedrich - Feb. 05 (Opinion) - This leaves the terrified evacuees with an impossible choice: leave their beloved companions behind to face certain death, or risk their own lives by remaining in Egypt in order to stay with their animals.

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"Systematic and Sustained" Attack on Journalism Demands That U.S. Make a Clean Break With Egyptian Regime

Fri, 04 Feb 2011 00:00:00 -0800

The Nation - By John Nichols - Feb. 04 (Opinion) - When President Franklin Roosevelt outlined the "four essential human freedoms" 70 years ago,he began where every small "d" democrat must: "The first is freedom of speech and expression—everywhere in the world." From the founding of the American experimen

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The Great Unravelling: Tunisia, Egypt and the Protracted Collapse of the American Empire

Fri, 04 Feb 2011 00:00:00 -0800

nafeez.blogspot.com - By Nafeez Ahmed - Feb. 04 (Opinion) - Egypt, as with many of the MENA countries, now lies on the fault-lines of the convergence of global ecological, energy and economic crises – and thus, on the frontlines of deepening global system failure. The Empire is crumbling. The guarded official statements put out by the Obama administration only illustrate the disingenuous impotence of the U.S. position.

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Martin Luther King, Egypt, and the Fellowship of Reconciliation

Thu, 03 Feb 2011 00:00:00 -0800

forusa.org - By Ethan Vesely-Flad - Feb. 03 (Advocacy) - In the midst of this week’s remarkable and inspirational revolution in Egypt have been the voices of a community of young bloggers who have been laying the groundwork for change in their country. ... these activists have been using different forms of communications tools to build upon a message of nonviolent change they have been promoting for months and years.

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Egypt's Scariest Financial Move Yet...

Thu, 03 Feb 2011 00:00:00 -0800

creditcardoutlaw.com - Feb. 03 () - Restricting the flow of capital is never a sign of a healthy regime... As the FOX Business brief below reports, Egypt's government is now limiting the amount of money that can be transferred abroad to $10,000 per citizen... hey, that's almost enough to buy a Hyundai!

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Noam Chomsky: “This Is The Most Remarkable Regional Uprising That I Can Remember”

Wed, 02 Feb 2011 00:00:00 -0800

Democracy Now - By Noam Chomsky, Amy Goodman - Feb. 02 (Interview) - In recent weeks, popular uprisings in the Arab world have led to the ouster of Tunisian dictator Zine El Abidine Ben Ali, the imminent end of Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak’s regime, a new Jordanian government, and a pledge by Yemen’s longtime dictator to leave office at the end of his term. We speak to MIT Professor Noam Chomsky about what this means for the future of the Middle East and U.S. foreign policy in the region. When asked about President Obama’s remarks last night on Mubarak, Chomsky said "Obama very carefully didn’t say anything."

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US-Israeli Strategy Crashes in Egypt

Wed, 02 Feb 2011 00:00:00 -0800

Consortium News - By Gareth Porter - Feb. 02 (Opinion) - The uprising in Egypt marks an end to a long U.S.-Israeli strategy of imposing "order" on the Middle East

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Mubarak supporters surround Anderson Cooper and crew in Cairo, reportedly punch anchor

Wed, 02 Feb 2011 00:00:00 -0800

Huffington Post - By Jack Mirkinson - Feb. 02 () - Mubarak supporters surround Anderson Cooper and crew in Cairo, reportedly punch anchor - CNN producer

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"Mubarak is Our Berlin Wall": Egyptian Columnist Mona Eltahawy on How the Youth Drove the Uprising in Cairo and Implications for Democracy in the Region

Tue, 01 Feb 2011 00:00:00 -0800

Democracy Now - By Mona Eltahawy; Amy Goodman - Feb. 01 (Interview) - The uprising in Egypt is a popular movement for democracy, but some media outlets are mainly missing the point, according to our guest, Egyptian columnist and commentator Mona Eltahawy. She urges the media to use the terms "uprising" and "revolt" rather than "chaos" and "unrest" when reporting on the events in Egypt.

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Repression and Poverty Underpin the Uprising in Egypt

Mon, 31 Jan 2011 00:00:00 -0800

Democracy Now - By Samer Shehata, Amy Goodman - Jan. 31 (Interview) - Recent events in Egypt could be an opportunity for the United States to support the people of Egypt, but no Obama administration official has recommended publicly that President Hosni Mubarak should step down. We speak with Samer Shehata, assistant professor of Arab politics at Georgetown University, about the U.S.-backed Mubarak regime and the record inflation and poverty that underpin the ongoing protests. "In Egypt, from 2004 until the present … the government and its reforms were applauded in Washington by the World Bank, the IMF and U.S. officials," Shehata says. "But what all of that masked was what was going on at the level of real people and ordinary lives."

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Made in the USA: Tear Gas, Tanks, Helicopters, Rifles, and Fighter Planes in Egypt Funded and Built Largely by US Defense Department and American Corporations

Mon, 31 Jan 2011 00:00:00 -0800

Democracy Now - By William Hartung, Amy Goodman - Jan. 31 (Interview) - The United States has given billion dollars of military aid to Egypt over the last decades. Lockheed Martin, Boeing and General Electric have provided tanks, missiles, engines and more to the Hosni Mubarak regime. Following the massive popular uprising, U.S. foreign aid continues to flow to Egypt, although the Obama administration has placed the program under review. We speak with William Hartung, author of _Prophets of War: Lockheed Martin and the Making of the Military-Industrial Complex_ and Samer Shehata, assistant professor of Arab Politics at Georgetown University.

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