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Egypt, North Africa & Middle East
Egypt's Supreme Council of the Armed Forces, with the connivance of the top judiciary and within days of the presidential election, staged a virtual coup....
Posted Jun 20, 2012
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An Egyptian court’s verdicts that minimize the crimes of former dictator Hosni Mubarak and freed two of his sons and six other top officials have reawakened the Egyptian masses. ...
Posted Jun 6, 2012
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Workers in some factories and students in the universities in Egypt held strikes on Feb. 11, one year after the revolution that forced President Hosni Mubarak out of office and shook the world. ...
Posted Feb 18, 2012
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Reacting to a massacre at a soccer match in Port Said on Feb. 1, people in Egypt took to the streets for five days, battling police outside the Interior Ministry. ...
Posted Feb 8, 2012
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Record numbers of Egyptian voters of all ages and classes, women and men, cast ballots for a new parliament Nov. 28 and 29. Some waited in line for hours to vote in the first election of its kind in 50 years.
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Posted Nov 30, 2011
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Egyptians living in the New York City area and their supporters held demonstrations on Nov. 25 and 26....
Posted Nov 30, 2011
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Eyewitness Tahrir...
Posted Nov 30, 2011
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The masses have opened a new chapter in the Egyptian revolution. They have stood strong in Tahrir Square for nearly four days against bullets and gas demanding that the military regime, which succeeded President Hosni Mubarak last Feb. 12, step down.
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Posted Nov 22, 2011
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The U.S. government claims it supports the huge social explosion rocking the Arab world and northern Africa....
Posted Oct 14, 2011
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Ahmed el-Shahat became an instant hero, known on Twitter as #Flagman, when in
the early hours of Aug. 21 he scaled the walls of the Israeli Embassy in Cairo,
removed its flag and replaced it with an Egyptian flag....
Posted Aug 25, 2011
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In addition to the mass protests in Egypt, another arena for demanding rights
and fighting corruption has been Egypt’s independent trade union
movement...
Posted Jul 31, 2011
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More than 85 percent of Egypt’s poor live in rural areas. Like all
Egyptians, they are participating in the protests held throughout the country,
and are expecting that a new Egyptian government will meet their urgent
needs...
Posted Jul 31, 2011
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Thousands of Egyptians, intent on defending the gains of their revolution and
vowing to achieve still more, rallied on July 15 in the nation’s two
largest cities — Cairo and Alexandria....
Posted Jul 21, 2011
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Tens of thousands of protesters were in the streets across Egypt July 8 showing
their revolution is continuing. Demonstrators packed city centers, demanding
faster reforms and voicing frustration at what they see as foot dragging by
military rulers and government officials....
Posted Jul 18, 2011
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For 18 days the people of Egypt gathered in the streets in the millions and
brought down the 30-year reign of U.S. client Hosni Mubarak. This January 25
Revolution, named for its first day of protest, was led by youth and
students....
Posted Jul 18, 2011
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Thousands of angry Egyptians took to the streets of Cairo and Alexandria at the
end of June, battling the Central Security forces for hours before successfully
pushing the riot police back. These were the most intense clashes in five
months, since Egypt’s 18-day revolution in January that ousted
U.S.-client Hosni Mubarak....
Posted Jul 11, 2011
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The Egyptian people’s determination to hold their government accountable
for promised social, economic and political change could be seen during
the weekly Friday demonstration at Cairo’s Tahrir Square....
Posted Jul 11, 2011
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The Egyptian Socialist Party was founded June 18 before a
packed auditorium of more than 400 Egyptians and international guests. What
made such an assembly possible was the enormous mass revolution of last Jan. 25
that removed the U.S.-backed dictator Hosni Mubarak and made the name
“Tahrir Square” an inspiration for popular revolt worldwide....
Posted Jul 4, 2011
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A Workers World Party solidarity statement given
by Joyce Chediac in Cairo on June 18 to the founding conference of the Egyptian
Socialist Party....
Posted Jul 4, 2011
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President Barack Obama delivered a foreign policy address related to
developments in the Middle East on May 19. The speech — which avoided
addressing the uprisings throughout North Africa, the Palestinian question and
the U.S./NATO war against Libya — created even more hostility toward his
administration domestically and internationally....
Posted May 31, 2011
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Red flags waved across Tahrir Square as thousands of Egyptian workers
celebrated May Day in Cairo....
Posted May 4, 2011
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Egyptian workers are taking Tahrir Square to the shop floor. Since 2004 more
than 1.7 million of them have held more than 3,000 strikes, job actions and
other forms of protest....
Posted May 1, 2011
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Even as the U.S., France and Britain rain down bombs and missiles on Libya,
resistance is growing against torture and repression by U.S. clients in other
parts of the Middle East and Southwest Asia....
Posted Mar 24, 2011
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With the corporate media’s attention concentrated on Libya, its oil
reserves and the real danger of U.S. and NATO’s military intervention,
one could almost forget that enormous popular revolts are percolating
throughout North Africa and the Arabian Peninsula....
Posted Mar 9, 2011
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Egypt’s democratic movement is not only confronting the country’s
military, but is also up against U.S. and other imperialist states’
efforts to control and misdirect the struggle for a genuine transformation of
the state and society....
Posted Mar 6, 2011
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The worst thing that could happen to the people of Libya is U.S.
intervention.
The worst thing that could happen to the revolutionary upsurge shaking the Arab
world is U.S. intervention in Libya....
Posted Mar 2, 2011
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The U.S. has imposed sanctions on President Gadhafi and his family’s bank
accounts; by contrast, the U.S. did not impose similar sanctions on Mubarak and
his reported $70 billion in bank accounts. While President Barack Obama has
publicly called for Gadhafi to step down from office, he treated Mubarak with
kid gloves before the resolve of the Egyptian masses forced Mubarak to leave
office....
Posted Mar 2, 2011
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A great deal has been written about the role of the Egyptian military with
regard to the momentous mass struggle to topple the U.S.-backed president,
Hosni Mubarak. During the 18 days after Jan. 25, the big question was, would
the high command defend Mubarak? If so, would they then order the soldiers to
attack the masses?...
Posted Feb 28, 2011
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The Egyptian people were promised that aligning their country with the U.S.
would raise their standard of living...
Posted Feb 28, 2011
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Of all the struggles going on in North Africa and the Middle East right now, the
most difficult to unravel is the one in Libya.
What is the character of the opposition to the Gadhafi regime, which reportedly
now controls the eastern city of Benghazi?
Is it just coincidence that the rebellion started in Benghazi, which is north
of Libya’s richest oil fields as well as close to most of its oil and gas
pipelines, refineries and its LNG port? Is there a plan to partition the
country?...
Posted Feb 23, 2011
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Some of the Egyptians who participated in the uprising there have been
supportive of the workers’ struggle in Madison, Wis., as can be seen in
the photo here. Other have donated funds to buy pizzas in Madison and have them
sent to the workers and students at the state Capitol....
Posted Feb 23, 2011
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What is at stake in Egypt for Washington, and what is at stake for the people
of Egypt?...
Posted Feb 21, 2011
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The Egyptian military would like to put the genie of the
Egyptian Revolution back in the bottle. But it won’t go back. The
so-called “orderly transition” — backed by the Obama
administration, NATO and the Egyptian ruling class — has the immediate
tactical goal of pushing the masses of people off the streets and off the stage
of history....
Posted Feb 16, 2011
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Workers World Party rejoices in the historic achievement of the
Egyptian people.
After 18 days of struggle they have achieved the goal that united the country
— a goal that was unthinkable 19 days ago. ...
Posted Feb 11, 2011
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The Egyptian people have stepped back on the stage of history. In one of the most epic of moments, virtually the entire population of Egypt,
except those closely tied to the corrupt Mubarak regime, have risen up in a
national democratic revolution to demand the ouster of Hosni Mubarak and his
clique...
Posted Feb 10, 2011
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Hosni Mubarak’s military-police regime and its creators in
Washington are waging a war of attrition to wear down the newly emerging
Egyptian revolution. But the people show no signs of backing down. More than a
million anti-government demonstrators today once again filled Liberation
Square....
Posted Feb 9, 2011
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Feb. 9 reports from Cairo say there are growing numbers of
Egyptian workers who have gone out on strike all over the country....
Posted Feb 9, 2011
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With the popular uprising that is rocking cities across Egypt now heading into
its third week, solidarity rallies are building across the U.S. in response.
Many of these protests are calling on the U.S. government to end its funding
for the repressive regime of Hosni Mubarak....
Posted Feb 9, 2011
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The Egyptian revolt against the U.S.-backed Hosni Mubarak regime has inspired
many workers and oppressed people throughout the world. Mass solidarity
demonstrations have taken place to show support for Egypt’s popular
uprising....
Posted Feb 9, 2011
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For us it is a revolution. It meets all the conditions of a revolution. It is the beginning of a new era. Since Jan. 25 Egypt has joined the free nations of the world. The special feature is that the people are demanding that Mubarak leave. He is finished. It is not his decision to resign. The people have decided that he must go....
Posted Feb 6, 2011
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The battle in Cairo’s massive central square to oust the
dictator and U.S. stooge Hosni Mubarak will go down in history as a pivotal
moment, whatever its outcome....
Posted Feb 4, 2011
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A Feb. 1 rally in solidarity with the courageous Egyptian people was held in
front of the Buffalo, N.Y., City Hall in near-zero wind-chill conditions....
Posted Feb 3, 2011
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The outpouring of Egyptians on Tuesday, Feb. 1, is one of the
greatest manifestations of mass protest in history. More than 1 million people
overflowed Tahrir Square in Cairo; hundreds of thousands came out in
Alexandria, Suez, Mansoura and other cities throughout the country. It is truly
world-historic in proportion. Nothing will be the same after this....
Posted Feb 2, 2011
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Filipino-Americans under the banner of BAYAN USA are joining rallies
across the United States in support of the Egyptian people’s courageous
resistance and calling for an end to the U.S.-backed dictatorship of Hosni
Mubarak....
Posted Feb 2, 2011
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The ‘march of millions’ is the answer to decades of oppression in
Egypt....
Posted Feb 1, 2011
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Massive protests continue throughout Egypt to demand an end to
the regime of President Hosni Mubarak, a 30-year dictatorship that has served
as an anchor for U.S. imperialism in the Middle East. I...
Posted Jan 31, 2011
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The revolutionary upheaval in Egypt has brought millions of workers, youth and
professionals into the streets to demand the removal of the U.S.-backed regime
of Hosni Mubarak. The potential looms for a total collapse of
Washington’s foreign policy in the region....
Posted Jan 31, 2011
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A
brief summary of some of the solidarity demonstrations — many called on very short
notice — that have taken place so far in the U.S. Additional
demonstrations occurred in Washington, D.C.; Los Angeles; Minneapolis; Houston;
Dearborn, Mich.; and elsewhere. More solidarity actions are yet to
come....
Posted Jan 31, 2011
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Activists and progressives around the world took to the streets
in many cities to show their support for the protests currently underway in
Egypt and to join the call for President Hosni Mubarak to step down....
Posted Jan 31, 2011
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As of Jan. 24, the Lebanese Parliament is holding discussions to form a new
government. A year-old “unity government” containing all political
factions fell on Jan. 12, when Hezbollah pulled its people out of cabinet
posts....
Posted Jan 30, 2011
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Tunisia’s people have shaken North Africa. Yemen’s people have
shaken the Arabian Peninsula. Egypt’s people are shaking the world....
Posted Jan 29, 2011
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Tens of thousands of people have taken to the streets in cities across Egypt
demanding the ouster of U.S. ally President Hosni Mubarak. These are the
largest anti-regime protests in Mubarak’s 30-year rule of this North
African country of 85 million people. Though the White House has declared the
Mubarak regime “stable,” even greater protests are expected on Jan.
28 following Friday services at mosques throughout the country....
Posted Jan 27, 2011
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Tunisia’s workers and youth have continued mass
demonstrations and strikes aimed at removing the neocolonial regime and
replacing it with a representative government of national unity....
Posted Jan 26, 2011
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A popular uprising in the North African state of Tunisia since
mid-December has driven President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali, who had ruled the
Western-allied government for 23 years, into exile. Protesters said that they wanted more than just Ben Ali’s
departure. The demands of the youth and workers have been centered on the need
for full employment and the control of inflation stemming from the impact of
the global economic crisis...
Posted Jan 19, 2011
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Tunisian residents living in the New York City area gathered at the United
Nations to rejoice at the fall of the regime of President Zine El Abidine Ben
Ali. ...
Posted Jan 19, 2011
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A visit to besieged Gaza in early January of this year, along with
former U.S. Attorney General Ramsey Clark, was a new opportunity to meet with
Palestinians there and to see conditions on the ground....
Posted Jan 19, 2011
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Unrest over the impact of the global economic crisis has struck North
Africa....
Posted Jan 13, 2011
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A series of demonstrations struck Tunisia beginning Dec. 17. A 26-year-old
university graduate, Mohamed Bouazizi of Sidi Bouzid in the southern province,
who reportedly set himself on fire to protest the dire economic circumstances
in the country, served as a catalyst for the recent outbreak of protests that
have hit the capital and several other cities throughout the country...
Posted Jan 6, 2011
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International human rights activist
and former U.S. Attorney General Ramsey Clark is leading a delegation that crossed into Gaza on Jan. 4. Among those with Clark are co-director
of the International Action Center Sara Flounders. Egyptian and U.S.
authorities stopped the delegation for more than 12 hours on the border before
allowing it to proceed....
Posted Jan 5, 2011
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Last installment of “The media and Gaza,” a chapter from an upcoming book on the heroic struggle of the Palestinian people of Gaza who are fighting
for self-determination....
Posted Dec 12, 2010
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What has the military-industrial-media complex meant for reporting?...
Posted Dec 4, 2010
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In 1944, when the U.S. was becoming the dominant power in the Middle East, the
U.S. State Department described Middle Eastern oil as “a stupendous
source of strategic power, and one of the greatest material prizes in world
history.”...
Posted Nov 28, 2010
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The second installment of “The media and
Gaza,” a chapter from an upcoming book on the heroic struggle of the Palestinian
people of Gaza who are fighting for self-determination....
Posted Nov 14, 2010
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Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting, the main U.S. media-watch organization,
charges that the country’s two top newspapers, after this year’s
attack by Israel on ships bringing aid to Gaza, suddenly
“misremembered” what had happened in the 2008-2009 Gaza war. FAIR
says the New York Times and the Washington Post “propagated an inaccurate
historical context that serves to bolster Israel’s claims.”...
Posted Nov 7, 2010
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