Uprising in Libya: Tremble, Tyrants!

Written by Alan Woods
Wednesday, 23 February 2011


23 February, Benghazi. Photo: EndTyranny01

Power is rapidly slipping out of the hands of Muammar Gaddafi, as anti-government protests continue to sweep the African nation despite a brutal and bloody crackdown. As city after city falls to the anti-Gaddafi forces his only base is now Tripoli. The East is in the control of the insurgents and most of the West has fallen into the hands of the rebels, including cities very close to the capital.

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Revolutionary Aftershocks

Written by Alan Woods
Monday, 21 February 2011


Bahrain February 21, 2011.

In nature an earthquake is followed by aftershocks. These can be as catastrophic in their effects as the original explosion. What we are now witnessing is the same phenomenon in terms of society and politics. The revolutionary earthquake in Egypt and Tunisia has sent seismic shocks to the most distant parts of the Arab speaking world. Algeria, Morocco, Libya, Sudan, Bahrain, Jordan, Iraq, Yemen, Kuwait, Djibouti -- the list is growing longer, not by the day but by the hour.

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Egypt to Madison

Hat tip: Kasama Project

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Egyptian Army Manoeuvres In Attempt To Cut Across Worker Protests

Written by Fred Weston
Tuesday, 15 February 2011


14 February, public transport workers on strike protesting outside Ministry of Interior. Photo: 3arabawy

The Egyptian military top brass have taken over the running of the country and, while they are promising a transition to “democracy” at some stage, they are more concerned in the short term about what they see as “chaos and disorder”. That is, not just the rallies that have gripped all of Egypt’s major cities, but something far more dangerous in their view, the growing strike wave.

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Iran: In The Footsteps of Tunisia and Egypt

Written by Hamid Alizadeh
Friday, 11 February 2011



History is indeed being written with the fall of Mubarak and as the whole of the Middle East and North Africa erupts in one revolutionary upheaval after another. This is also now having an impact in Iran as the lines are once again being drawn for a new round of battles since the eruptions that started one and a half years ago. The focus is now on the call for a demonstration on Monday, February 14.

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Egyptian Workers Take The Lead

Written by Alan Woods
Wednesday, 09 February 2011


Tahrir Square

There are situations in which mass demonstrations are sufficient to bring about the fall of a regime. But Egypt is not one of them. All the efforts of the masses to bring about the overthrow of Mubarak through demonstrations and street protests have so far failed to achieve their principal objective.

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The Egyptian Revolution: “The people want the downfall of the system”

Written by Alan Woods
Friday, 04 February 2011


January 31 - A Mubarak graffiti - Photo: RamyRaoof

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.

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