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Pambazuka News (English edition): ISSN 1753-6839
CONTENTS: 1. Features, 2. Comment & analysis, 3. Advocacy & campaigns,
4. Books & arts, 5. African Writers' Corner, 6. Highlights French
edition, 7. Cartoons
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1 Features
ECHOES FROM TUNISIA AND EGYPT: REVOLUTIONS WITHOUT SELF-PROCLAIMED
REVOLUTIONARIES
Horace Campbell
With decentralised organising structures and the absence of a
leadership vanguard, events in Egypt and Tunisia point to an emergent
mode of revolutionary organisation, argues Horace Campbell, one which
provides new lessons for mobilisation around progressive change and
non-violence.
http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/features/70670
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EGYPT: A REVOLUTION REFLECTED
Patrick Burnett
Twenty-four hour network coverage, activist videos, Twitter, Facebook
and blogs have all mashed together to convey the Egyptian revolution
to the world, writes Patrick Burnett.
http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/features/70631
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MOVEMENTS IN EGYPT: THE US REALIGNS
Samir Amin
With Hosni Mubarak on a tentative footing, a US which once propped him
up would now turn to a Muslim Brotherhood (MB) it regards as
'moderate', writes Samir Amin. But with the fundamental economic
conditions which produced the social unrest in the first place
unlikely to change much, and with the working-class and peasants'
movement yet to be fully involved, the same problems will remain, Amin
concludes.
http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/features/70615
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MILITARY AND INTELLIGENCE AT EGYPT'S DEMOCRATIC DAWN
Mozn Hassan
If Egypt's military is ever to be a legitimate national force, it must
side with the protesters against Mubarak's thugs and the police,
writes Mozn Hassan.
http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/features/70669
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EGYPT: 'AL-YOM YA MESR, YELA YELA MESR!'
Melakou Tegegn
Following developments in Tunisia and as Egypt's extraordinary scenes
continue, Melakou Tegegn stresses that the ruling classes across the
region are shuddering at the power of the revolts.
http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/features/70660
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IDEOLOGY IN A TIME OF CRISIS: EGYPT, WASHINGTON AND THE TV NETWORKS
Adrian Crewe
The dubious coverage of events in Egypt reveal the extent to which
Western media outlets remain mere neoliberal cheerleaders, incapable
of conceiving that the Egyptian people have both the right and
capacity to determine their own direction, writes Adrian Crewe.
http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/features/70663
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TRANSFORMATION IN THE ARAB WORLD
Mazin Qumsiyeh
Slogans won't be enough to build a new Egypt. Mazin Qumsiyeh gives
some tips on how Egyptians can recover from dictatorship.
http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/features/70602
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UNPACKING REVOLUTION
Khadija Sharife
Khadija Sharife considers the role played by the WikiLeaks US
diplomatic cables in the revolutions in Tunisia and Egypt.
http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/features/70671
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EGYPT: LOG ON TO THE REVOLUTION
Khadija Sharife
While the Egyptian authorities have sought to disrupt the country's
communications through turning off internet traffic, people in Egypt
are able to post a 'voice tweet', writes Khadija Sharife.
http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/features/70655
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