Egyptian Revolution

3 Responses to Egyptian Revolution

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   Robert Shipley on January 31, 2011 at 16:34

   Egypt is only Right in Wanting to be Free of the
   Mubarrak Tyranny and Equally in the United Kingdom
   it is Only Right that Peaceful Mass Public Protest
   brings about the Resignation of the Cameron Clegg
   Millionaire Clique

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   Ian Townson on January 31, 2011 at 21:33

   We live in exciting and hopeful times. The people of Egypt, emboldened by the Tunisian revolution, have risen up against Mubarak’s thug regime that has kept the lid on freedom and democracy for 30 years. The United states supplied funding to the tune of $1.5 billion dollars a year for all that time to keep Mubarak supplied with arms against his own people. Tony Blair, in a recent interview, still praised Mubarak’s regime for maintining ‘stability’ in the region but at what cost to the people of Egypt? The banning of political parties, trade unions, freedom of speech and assembly, mass unemployment, poverty and fear of the secret police are the price the people of Egypt have had to pay to keep a ‘pro Western’ dictator and his ruling elite in power. All in the name of keeping the peace with Israel and ‘stability’ in the Middle East.

   There are good indications that the army will not intervene on the side of the dictatorship and that Mubarak has had his day. Also workers are getting together in trade unions and workers’ organisations to demand a general strike which raises the possibility of a socialist revolution.

   Let’s hope this marvellous revolutionary contagion spreads to the rest of North Africa and the Middle East to kick out all the other thug regimes,including Iran and Syria as well as the usual suspects supported by the West such as Saudi Arabia and Jordan. Don’t let this become a ‘managed’ revolution by Mubrak and his cronies in the West who need to maintain the status quo at all costs.

   Solidarity with the Tunisian and Egyptian people in their revolutionary struggle for freedom and democracy.

   Ian T

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   Ian Townson on January 31, 2011 at 21:41

   We can learn something from the Tunisian and Egyptian revolutions here in the West about how to handle the disastrous meltdown caused by neo-liberal economic policies. Student demonstrations against fees and cuts have led the way. It looks like the trade unions are gearing up for a fight. Upward and onward.

   Ian T

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