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Demonstration at Magles Al Shaab – 08/02/2011

09-02-2011 05:24 | Anti-militarism | Repression | Social Struggles | World

“First Obama said Mubarak had to go straight away. Then Mubarak, cleverly, said that if he stood down the Muslim Brotherhood would gain power… Now Obama says that Mubarak must remain in power to keep ‘stability’, and Cameron follows him”
Middle aged anti-Mubarak demonstrator
“In the square there are a million people, and a million leaders, everyone has a voice”
Tahrir Square occupier

As hundreds of thousands of people demonstated in Tahrir Square a crowd gathered outside nearby Magles Al Shaab, the Egyptian parliament, standing opposite the Ministry of Health. Hundreds of people swelled to thousands as people poured in from the square. Protestors barricaded the road and set up a volunteer checkpoint to protect the demonstration against attack. The army stood and watched as people vented their anger, an act that would have been unthinkable before the revolution began sixteen days ago.

Half a million signatures call on Brazil's President Dilma to Stop the Belo Mont

08-02-2011 21:02 | Energy Crisis | Globalisation | World

Several Hundred Amazonian Indigenous Leaders and Dam-Affected People Participate in Colorful Demonstration and Deliver Signatures to the Office of the President

What’s WikiLeaks Got to Do With It?

08-02-2011 20:39 | Analysis | Anti-militarism | Social Struggles | World

"In other words, cables revealing state corruption and injustice in places like Tunisia and anywhere else where the Internet and other access to information is restricted, can be a tremendous shock, and then a great motivator. Their contents confirm people’s worst fears. They shame. In the case of Tunisia, the writers argue, there was “a genuinely extraordinary WikiLeaks effect.”

Department of Homeland Security shuts down websites, but they can “Byte my back

08-02-2011 17:41 | Other Press | Technology | World

Concern over the US Department of Homeland Security confiscating and closing down websites for copyright infringements with the real purpose of censorship

Palestine Today 02 08 2011

08-02-2011 16:11 | Other Press | Palestine | World

Welcome to Palestine Today, a service of the International Middle East Media Center, www.imemc.org, for Tuesday, February 08 2011.

Suleiman: The CIA's man in Cairo

08-02-2011 13:42 | Repression | World

In October 2001, Habib was seized from a bus by Pakistani security forces. While detained in Pakistan, at the behest of American agents, he was suspended from a hook and electrocuted repeatedly. He was then turned over to the CIA, and in the process of transporting him to Egypt he endured the usual treatment: his clothes were cut off, a suppository was stuffed in his anus, he was put into a diaper - and 'wrapped up like a spring roll. At one point, his interrogator slapped him so hard that his blindfold was dislodged, revealing the identity of his tormentor: Suleiman

"We will rip freedom from the throat of Mubarak"

08-02-2011 11:42 | Anti-militarism | Repression | Social Struggles | World

“We will rip freedom from the throat of Mubarak”
Young man, Tahrir Square, 07/02/2011
“We have seen our friends killed here in Tahrir Square. After that how can we leave now, before the revolution succeeds”
Man in his mid twenties, Tahrir Square – 07/02/2011

Mourning for the martyrs of Tahrir Square and of the Egyptian uprising continued yesterday. Banners bearing the images of the martyrs were hung in the square. One Bilal Salem Ayesh Mahmud, ten years old, was killed during the uprising in Rafah. Fourteen demonstrators have been killed in Tahrir Square, and over 300 have been martyred during the uprising.

Targeted destruction around Tahrir Square

08-02-2011 09:47 | Anti-militarism | Social Struggles | World

During the last thirteen days rioting has erupted through downtown Cairo. The property damage caused in the rioting has been well targeted with branches of multinational corporations, government cars and buildings, police and army property and banks destroyed while local cafes, apartments and shops have been left untouched.

UG#537 - From Divided Brains to Divided Societies (Neurological/Cultural Roots)

This week we hear two scholars on the profound roots of separation, firstly within the structure of the brain itself, secondly between individuals in modern society. Ian McGilchrist sets the scene in our first hour with The Divided Brain and the Making of the Western World. In our second hour we replay one of the deepest talks from earlier Unwelcome Guests episodes - The Roots and Ramifications of our Culture of Hierarchy and Control by Marvin Bram.

Egyptian regime begins US-backed talks with opposition parties +2

08-02-2011 01:58 | Analysis | Anti-militarism | Social Struggles | World

"Having slandered the anti-regime protest movement, Suleiman outlined a series of threadbare sops, including a pledge to form a committee comprised of “members of the judicial authority and a number of political figures” that is to spend a month considering possible constitutional and legislative amendments. Another bureau is also to consider complaints about the detention of political prisoners.
The vice president said that media and communications would be “liberalised” but stressed that the state of emergency—continuously in operation ever since Mubarak assumed power in 1981—would only be lifted “based on the security situation and an end to the threats to the security of society.”

Police Intimidation Fails Against Dixie's Vintage Fur Protesters

PC Paul Adams: “I've just received complaints of you being abusive”
Activist: “What were we accused of saying?”
PC Paul Adams: “They sell fur!”

Vigil for Shaker Aamer(last British resident in Gitmo): Saturday 5 Feb

07-02-2011 18:47 | Guantánamo | Repression | Terror War | World

The Save Shaker Aamer Campaign (SSAC) held a vigil outside Downing Street on Saturday 5 February at midday to mark nine years of Shaker Aamer’s illegal detention without charge or trial at Guantánamo Bay. Around 40 people attended and were joined by Jean Lambert (Green MEP for London) and Kate Hudson (Campaign against Nuclear Disarmament – CND).

Palestine Today 02 07 2011

07-02-2011 16:09 | Other Press | Palestine | World

Welcome to Palestine Today, a service of the International Middle East Media Center, www.imemc.org, for Monday, February 07 2011

Egyptian police targeted protesters via social media

07-02-2011 13:43 | Repression | Social Struggles | Sheffield | World

Egyptian police used the very instrument that sparked the recent anti-government rebellion, social media, to catch its youthful organizers, according to a published report.

'Less Lethal Weapons' mean more repression

Dissident Island interviews Corporate Watch on the subject of 'less lethal weapons'.

United in our heritage

Hussein Al-alak is a journalist, campaigner and chairman of Iraq Solidarity UK.

Four of the Ways Mammals' Intestinal Waste Further Contaminates Their Cadavers

Most are aware of the ecoli (colon bacteria)
in animal flesh. Not all know how the contamination
occurs.

"We're Not Going Anywhere": Voices from Tahrir Square on the Day of the Martyrs

07-02-2011 00:09 | Anti-militarism | Repression | Social Struggles | World

http://reportsfromtheegyptianuprising.wordpress.com/2011/02/06/were-not-going-anywhere-voices-from-tahrir-square-on-the-day-of-the-martyrs/

This is part of a series of post from CairoRising

CairoRising post first hand reports from an anarchist perspective from the Cairo uprising, in solidarity with the direct action of the people of Egypt against state repression.

Drawing together grassroots and alternative media coverage from the Egyptian rebellion and creating a forum for calls to global solidarity.

You can follow our reports via our blog -

http://reportsfromtheegyptianuprising.wordpress.com/ or Twitter at twitter.com/cairorising

Civil Disobedience at Downing Street for 9/11 Justice

06-02-2011 21:55 | Repression | Terror War | Sheffield | World

Gareth reports:

On Monday 31st January 2011, in solidarity with Jon Gold’s action outside the White House, I took a ‘911 Truth’ sign to Downing Street – the British Prime Minister lives at No. 10 – and sat down outside the gates. Within seconds I was approached by a policeman carrying a machine gun who demanded I immediately move, a request with which I respectfully declined to comply with. After ten minutes I was approached by two Ministry of Defence policemen who issued the same request. We talked a little about 9/11. Moments later a police van pulled up and four police officers got out – I was also surprised to see a further four Ministry of Defence policeman approaching to see what was going on. After explaining that I was respectfully going to decline all further requests to move on I found myself being dragged from where I was sitting, put into the police van, and driven away to Charing Cross Police Station

I was released later the next evening having been detained for 30 hours. I’m glad I took a good book!

Oppose US-backed “transition” in Egypt

06-02-2011 18:58 | Analysis | Anti-militarism | Social Struggles | World

"In that context, Obama’s words Friday have an ominous ring. He reiterated previous statements that the US government opposes the use of violence either by the government or the protesters—as though there were an equivalence between a brutal military dictatorship, armed to the teeth, and with a long record of torture and murder, and the Egyptian masses, who successfully defended themselves in Tahrir Square with their bare hands and sheer force of numbers.
If Mubarak is replaced by a caretaker regime based on the military, both the Obama administration and the American media will swing behind the new rulers, vilifying all popular opposition as “terrorism” and endorsing the bloodiest measures of state repression.
Far from representing a concession to the democratic demands of the masses, such a regime would represent a carefully constructed roadblock. It would cement the role of the Egyptian government as a servant of US imperialism, collaborator with Israel, and enemy of the Palestinian people and the oppressed masses of Egypt itself."

World Newswire Archive

Demonstration at Magles Al Shaab – 08/02/2011

Half a million signatures call on Brazil's President Dilma to Stop the Belo Mont

What’s WikiLeaks Got to Do With It?

Department of Homeland Security shuts down websites, but they can “Byte my back

Palestine Today 02 08 2011

Suleiman: The CIA's man in Cairo

"We will rip freedom from the throat of Mubarak"

Targeted destruction around Tahrir Square

UG#537 - From Divided Brains to Divided Societies (Neurological/Cultural Roots)

Egyptian regime begins US-backed talks with opposition parties +2

Police Intimidation Fails Against Dixie's Vintage Fur Protesters

Vigil for Shaker Aamer(last British resident in Gitmo): Saturday 5 Feb

Palestine Today 02 07 2011

Egyptian police targeted protesters via social media

'Less Lethal Weapons' mean more repression

United in our heritage

Four of the Ways Mammals' Intestinal Waste Further Contaminates Their Cadavers

"We're Not Going Anywhere": Voices from Tahrir Square on the Day of the Martyrs

Civil Disobedience at Downing Street for 9/11 Justice

Oppose US-backed “transition” in Egypt

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