First hand report from the streets of Egypt by an Egyptian-American socialist.

I've met Ahmed and he's got excellent judgement. I look forward to reading more of his reports and I hope he stays safe. It's interesting that, according to his report, the protests in Alexandria, which also number in the 7 digits protester-wise, is more hardcore than Cairo and there are no pro-Mubarak "counter-protests". These "counter-protests" seem to have that astro-turf, Tea Party, pre-fab fakeness to them. They appear to be mostly a PR presence to obscure the nature of the protests and the general will of the Egyptian people. (The ol' look there's a million people in the streets and 1000 paid protesters from the dictator, let's let "both sides" have their say :eyes:)

Interesting stuff.


http://socialistworker.org/2011/02/03/the-regime-lashes-back

Very interesting read.

And the author makes a great point:

Is for the people to take over.

What we are witnessing is a domino effect. Look for harsh reactions from our opposition,

seem to be the ones shooting and throwing Molotov cocktails.

Mubarak has lost any claim he ever had because of this stuff. Now that's obvious to the fence sitters and people on the sidelines.

"First they ignore you, then they ridicule you, then they fight you, then you win."--Gandhi