“I am for them a prostitute, a whore… The doctor was asking me, you are a woman, why were you there?…. I don’t want these criminal acts happening to other human beings […]
“Not Your Booty” – Egyptian Women in Battle
A Threat to the Egyptian (and World) Revolution
Early this morning, pro Morsi protesters were attacked by the Egyptian military. Some fifty were reported killed and hundreds wounded. According to some reports, the dead included some shot in the head. […]
“The Land Was Vibrating”
by John Reimann, Oakland/East Bay Socialist Group “the land was vibrating. the building every thing. i thought it was space attack” That is how an activist described the mass protests in Tahrir […]
33 Million – a world historical record!
The caption says it all — “the largest number of protesters in a political event in the history of mankind.” The Egyptian masses have set a world record, and one far more […]
US Soldier Writes to Former Gitmo Detainee
Roger Silverman was a high school teacher in an “inner city” school in London, UK. Most of his students were from Africa and Asia (including Pakistan, etc.) Here, he reports on […]
The Wall St. Journal Warns the Egyptians
Make no mistake, the Muslim Brotherhood is a brutal bunch. This one video of their supporters throwing some kids off a roof is evidence enough. No wonder their removal from power is celebrated […]
Egypt: A Step Forward in the Global Revolt Against Capitalism
by John Reimann The US and the global capitalist class understand the threat in Egypt perfectly. They see that the removal of a president today by extra democratic means can lead to […]
Syrian Civil War: From Popular Uprising to War by Proxy
by John Reimann NOTE: sparked by a critixism of another article on use of poison gas in Syria, we are reviewing other early articles on the Syrian revolution and counter-revolution. This article is […]
March in Turkey
Here is a video of a mass march in Turkey. It is absolutely massive. Note that the police have not attacked it. Maybe this is significant.
Meanwhile in Bahrain
Assad is a brutal dictator but the Saudi and Bahraini regimes are perfectly fine; political assassinations are terrorist acts, the worst sin in the world, unless they are carried out by drones; […]