The occupation movement’s greatest challenge will be overcoming the deep distrust of white liberals by the poor and the working class, especially people of color. Marginalized people of color have been organizing, protesting and suffering for years with little help or...
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Egypt’s Bloody Sunday | by Mariz Tadros
At first, it looked like a repeat of the worst state brutality during the January 25 uprisings that unseated the ex-president of Egypt, Husni Mubarak: On Sunday, October 9, security forces deployed tear gas, live bullets and armored vehicles in an effort to disperse...
Occupy Wall Street protests go global | by Philip Pullella
Demonstrators worldwide shouted their rage on Saturday against bankers and politicians they accused of ruining economies and condemning millions to hardship through greed and bad governance.Galvanised by the Occupy Wall Street movement, the protests began in New...
Revolutionary Challenges in Tunisia and Egypt: Generations in Conflict | by Stuart Schaar
The great Syrian poet, Nizar Qabbani (1923-1998) more than four decades ago called on a new Arab generation to break with their dictatorial, bankrupt, and corrupt leaders and their supporters. Qabbani, from his London exile, hoped that young people would transform the...
Occupy Portland Is Born with Ten Thousand Strong | by Shamus Cooke
It should be no surprise that a city dubbed "Little Beirut" by President Bush Senior — due to the large protests against him — began its "occupation" on a level on par with Wall Street. On October 6th, in Portland, Oregon, ten thousand people assembled at noon at...
Occupy Wall Street: “Revolution and “Counter-Revolution” | by Danny Schechter
By its actions, Occupy Wall Street is puncturing myths like these:l. The Myth that direct action against the center of financial power can’t be sustained’2. The Myth that New York City is a bastion of liberalism and tolerance with its Mayor from Wall Street and its...
US-backed Egyptian junta massacres peaceful protesters | By Johannes Stern
On Sunday evening the Egyptian military launched a brutal attack on protesters in Cairo, killing at least 36 and injuring hundreds. The crackdown happened after a peaceful demonstration by 10,000 protesters headed from Shubra, a working class suburb of Cairo, to the...
Scorecard: Egypt’s army and the revolution | by Evan Hill
Five months after protests broke out, has the military met demands for political reform and social justice? When Egypt's youth-led "January 25th Revolution" forced long-serving President Hosni Mubarak to resign on February 11, Mubarak handed the reins of power to the...




