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The Egyptian Revolution: The people want the downfall of the system
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- Published: Friday, 04 February 2011 14:15
- Written by Alan Woods
The
masses have once again taken to the streets in the biggest
demonstrations yet seen in Egypt. They call it the "Day of Departure".
Already this morning Al Jazeera showed an immense crowd of people
thronging Tahriri Square. The mood was neither tense nor fearful, but
jubilant. The very instant Friday prayers finished the masses erupted in
a deafening roar of “Mubarak out!” The few Mubarak supporters who were
slinking on the streets outside the Square like impotent jackals could
do nothing.
A Statement from the protesters at Cairo's Tahrir square to the Egyptian people
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- Published: Friday, 04 February 2011 14:06
- Written by Written by The Youth of the Tahrir Square Sit-in Friday, 4th February 2011
Egypt: A Pharaohs Nemesis
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- Published: Thursday, 03 February 2011 14:27
- Written by Lal Khan
One
of the salient features of a revolution is that the masses conquer the
fear of the state and repression. This has been graphically demonstrated
on the streets of Egypt. At the same time the surge of a mass upheaval
breaks the taboos in the psychology of the soldiers and the army begins
to cleave on a class basis. A rare fraternity between the security
forces and the masses, whom they are supposed to crush, develops as the
revolution blossoms.
The Battle of Tahrir Square
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- Published: Thursday, 03 February 2011 14:36
- Written by Alan Woods
“The
sky was filled with rocks. The fighting around me was so terrible we
could smell the blood.” With these words Robert Fisk describes the
dramatic events in Tahrir Square, where the forces of the Revolution met
the counter-revolution head-on. All day and all through the night, a
ferocious battle raged in the Square and the surrounding streets.
Egypt on the brink of civil war
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- Published: Wednesday, 02 February 2011 12:52
- Written by Alan Woods
The
revolution in Egypt is reaching a critical point. The old state power
is collapsing under the hammer blows of the masses. But revolution is a
struggle of living forces. The old regime does not intend to surrender
without a fight. The counter-revolutionary forces are going onto the
offensive. There is ferocious fighting on the streets of Cairo between
pro- and anti-Mubarak elements.