BRAVO EGYPT!
We are all so proud of the Egyptian pro-democracy protesters and what they accomplished through peaceful demonstration. Surely there is more work ahead, but for today let us and the entire world celebrate this amazing victory of humanity!
RULES OF THE ROAD:
Join the discussion about the protests in the current Child Diary HERE.
The purpose of this Mothership Diary is to hold a place on the rec list and provide a link to the current child diary where we discuss the revolution unfolding in the Middle East and North Africa. Please do NOT comment here about the protests. However, if you publish a diary related to the events in the Middle East and North Africa, do leave a link below and your diary will be added to the list in the motherships.
Please remove your rec from Middle East/Africa Protests Mothership #19, so only one Mothership remains on the rec list (as a courtesy to the greater dailykos community).
Keep Up with the Liveblog at Congress Matters During DK Downtime
Daily Kos will be offline tomorrow from 9:00 AM PST until sometime in the afternoon or evening while the conversion from DK3 to DK4 is taking place. We want to provide opportunities to keep this discussion going during that time.
We will also be running discussions on the Congress Matters site which is an affiliate of Daily Kos. That means that your Daily Kos account is replicated there with the same username and password. The format is the familiar DK3 layout. There will be a mothership diary posted there tomorrow morning before Daily Kos goes down. Congress Matters usually has a very low volume of posting so they don't have a rec list. You will be able to find the diaries for this series on the recent list. You can go here:
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Information about how to reconnect with the Liveblog on dk4 after the conversion is completed follows below.
Transitioning the Liveblog to DK4
A major change is coming to Daily Kos this weekend with the conversion of the site to DK4. It will make some big changes in how things look and to a lesser extent in how they are done. The Egyptian Protest Liveblog operation is working to be prepared for the conversion so as to minimize the disruption to the flow of information and discussion.
On DK4 we will operate under the umbrella of one of the new groups that will be available. Here is a link to a good diary that explains how groups will work in DK4.
http://www.dailykos.com/...
The name of our group will be Eyes on Egypt and the Region.
We will set it up as soon as we are able to get online with the converted site. People who want to keep up with the activities of the group should go find it and select it as a group you want to follow. Right now you search for groups and users with the same search function.
If you want to read diaries and post comments to them you will be able to do that as a DK user once they are published just like you do now. Being a follower will mean that when new diaries are published they will appear in your stream and you won't have to go looking for them. There will still be mother ship diaries that we will try to get on the rec list to inform people who are not group followers.
The actual members of the group will only be a few people who have taken on the responsibility of administration and organization. You don't need to be a member to participate in the discussions. People who would like to help with organizational functions can contact the group to offer their assistance.
Daily Kos: Markos & Meteor Blades Welcome New Users to DK 4 Groups
In DK3 nomenclature, groups are our diary series, projects, sub-communities, blogathons and live blogs. DK4 provides us with groups functionality just like the FP of DK4, which is another group blog.
Current Child Diary: standingup -
Egypt Liveblog: Sub-Diary #102
Recent Child Diaries:
BlueDragon - Egypt Liveblog: Sub-Diary #101
JustJennifer - Egypt Liveblog: Sub-Diary #100
lotlizzard - Egypt Liveblog: Sub-Diary #99
cosmic debris - Egypt Liveblog: Sub-Diary #98
kimoconnor - Egypt Liveblog: Sub-Diary #97
soysauce - Egypt Liveblog: Sub-Diary #96
dmac - Egypt Liveblog: Sub-Diary #95
SallyCat - Egypt Liveblog: Sunrise Feb 11: Sub-Diary #94
standingup - Egypt Liveblog: Sub-Diary #93
greenbird - Egypt Liveblog: Sub-Diary #92 Triple Double Cross
BlueDragon - Egypt Liveblog: Sub-Diary #91
GlowNZ - Egypt Liveblog: Sub-Diary #90
DaveHouck - Egypt Liveblog: Sub-Diary #89
JustJennifer - Egypt Liveblog: Sub-Diary #88
jnhobbs - Egypt Liveblog: Sub-Diary #87
kimoconnor - Egypt Liveblog: Sub-Diary #86
dmac - Egypt Liveblog: Sub-Diary #85 Egypt Rising!
Lepanto - Egypt Liveblog: Sub-Diary #84
kimoconnor - Egypt Liveblog: Sub-Diary #83
dmac - Egypt Liveblog: Sub-Diary #82
unspeakable - Egypt Liveblog: Sub-Diary #81
dmac - Egypt Liveblog: Sub-Diary #80
Child Diary Archive: #1 - #79
EGYPT LIVEBLOG ARCHIVE - Egypt Liveblog Archive
Previous Mothership Diary by Tahrir:
Middle East/Africa Mothership #19: Mubarak Digs In His Heels
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Labor Unions Throughout Egypt Join the Protesters
Inspired by the Tahrir Square protests, employees organized strikes throughout Egypt. On Tuesday, February 8th, an estimated 6000 service workers on Suez went on strike. They were joined by unions spread across many industries, both labor and professional. Their demands ranged from political issues to workers rights and wage increases. Although not all called specifically for Mubarak to step down, the fact that the protesters have been joined by labor is a significant development.
A quick rundown includes: 500 employees outside the headquarters of the state-owned Rose al-Youssef newspaper and magazine; 200 journalists at the Journalists' Syndicate in downtown Cairo, around 500 print-shop employees at Al-Ahram newspaper; an estimated 5000 employees of the state-owned telecommunications giant, Telecom Egypt; over 100 workers at the state-owned Kafr al-Dawwar Silk Company and over 500 at the state-owned Kafr al-Dawwar Textile Company; approximately 4000 workers from the Coke Coal and Basic Chemicals company in Helwan; around 2000 workers from Helwan Silk Factory; in the Nile Delta City of Mahalla, some 1500 workers at the private-sector Abul Sebae Textile Company; some 2000 workers and employees of the Sigma Pharmaceuticals company; in Mahalla, Gharbiya, hundreds of workers from the Mahalla spinning company; more than 1500 workers at Kafr al-Zayyat hospital, also in Gharbiya; in Suez, more than 400 workers from the Misr National Steel company. More details regarding their demands are available in an Al Masry Al Youhm article (H/T under the bodi tree).
Update: Railroad workers join the strikers on Wednesday!
Wael Ghonim Inspires Largest Protest Yet on 2/8 After His Release
Ghonim, the Google executive who started the revolution when he founded the FaceBook page "We are all Khaled Said" was released on February 7th after a ten-day detention during which he was kept blindfolded. Immediately after being released he gave an intensely moving interview on Egyptian television which can be viewed in three parts below. You can also watch Ghonim's February 9th interview with CNN here. Most importantly, Ghonim reminds us that he is just one of hundreds, maybe thousands, of other political prisoners in Egypt who must be released.
The protests on February 8th, in response to Ghonim's release, were the largest yet. Scarce published a diary of phenomenal photos of the Tahrir Square February 8th protest. Spirits were high and protesters revealed the legendary Egyptian sense of humour. Unspeakable shares a few highlights of protesters mocking Suleiman's accusations that they are foreign agents.
On the 8th protesters expanded their encampment to the Parliament building, professors from Cairo University marched on Parliament Street, 6000 service workers went on strike in Suez, and state media workers are reportedly organizing a strike. They will march to the presidential palace on Friday.
The Egyptian protesters have formed a coalition and released a statement outlining their seven demands. Please share this with all who suggest that the protesters are not being clear about what it is they want to accomplish.
Egypt Statement: Coalition of youth of the revolution
Feb 6th, 2011
Fellow great Egyptian citizens ... We are your daughters, your brothers and sisters who are protesting in Tahrir square and other squares of Egypt, [and we] promise you not to go back to our homes until the demands of your great revolution are realized.
Millions have gone out to overthrow the regime, and so the matter goes beyond figures in particular to the whole administration of the Egyptian state, which was transformed from a servant of the people to a master of them.
We have heard the president’s disappointing speech. And really someone who has killed more than 300 youths, kidnapped and injured thousands more is not entitled to brag about past glories. Nor are his followers entitled to talk about the President’s dignity, because the dignity [of] life and security of the Egyptian people is far more valuable than any single person’s dignity no matter how high a position he holds.
Our people [have] live[d] though tragedy for a week now, since Mubarak’s regime practiced a siege against us, releasing criminals and outlaws to terrorize us, imposing a curfew, stopping public transportation, closing banks, cutting off communications and shutting down the Internet. But if it was not for the courage of Egyptian youths who stayed up nights in the People’s Committees it would have been a terrible tragedy.
We want this crisis to end as soon as possible and for our lives and our families’ lives to get back to normal, but we do not trust Hosni Mubarak in leading the transitional period. He is the same person, who refused over the past 30 years any real political and economic reforms, and he hired criminals to attack Tahrir square and the peaceful demonstrators there, killing dozens and injuring thousands – including women, elderly and children.
Also, we will not allow the corrupt to remain in charge of the state institutions; therefore, we will continue our sit-in until the following demands are realized:
1 – The resignation of the President, and by the way, this does not contradict the peaceful transition of power nor the current Constitution, which allows and organizes this process.
2 – The immediate lifting of the state of emergency and releasing all freedoms and putting an immediate stop to the humiliation and torture that takes place in police stations
3 – The immediate dissolving of both the Parliament and Shura Council.
4 – Forming a national unity government that political forces agree upon, which manages the processes of constitutional and political reform.
5 – Forming a judicial committee with the participation of some figures from local human rights organizations to investigate the perpetrators of the collapse of [the] state of security this past week and the murder and injury of thousands of our people.
6 – Military in charge of protecting peaceful protesters from thugs and criminals affiliated with the corrupt regime and ensuring the safety of medical and nutritional convoys to civilians.
7 – The immediate release of all political detainees and, in the forefront, our colleague Wael Ghoneim.
** This is a statement from the coalition of youth.
A Nile Lesson for the World
The rioters in Cairo's Tahrir Square and the Western commentators on those riots have both missed a vitally important component of Egypt's miseries: its excessive and rapidly rising population. With such population growth, even the wisest Egyptian ruler, the great Ptah-hotep, could not have achieved a rapid rise in the living standards of Egypt's people. We should not mock; if this problem is not attacked seriously and rapidly on a global scale, the world of the 22nd century may bear all too great a resemblance to today's downtown Cairo. - Martin Hutchinson, Asia Times (h/t kossack elliott)
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NEWS SOURCES:
Recommended Video Feed
Live Video Feed from Al Jazeera here
For those of you with a Roku set-top box, you can now apparently access Al-Jazeera English on your TV.
Recommended Twitter Feeds
#suez #egypt #jan25 #ioerror
Recommended News Streams:
The Guardian - Protests in Egypt Live Updates
The New York Times Lede blog
BBC - Egypt Live Coverage
New York Times Lede blog
opendna has posted a powerful twitter streaming tool which allows you to stream #jan25 and 'egypt' twitter feeds. Highly recommended.
simone daud has a new regularly-updated news feed Arab Sources (3rd February) from Arabic sources (mostly RNN and MB forums). Additionally, there are several other Arabic speaking Kossacks: soysauce, unspeakable, sortalikenathan, and fire bad tree pretty, that can help in translations or give context not necessarily being presented in English-language media. If anyone else can help with translations please let people know in comments.
weasel has a great diary up tracking uprisings and news from across the Middle East and North Africa
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In-Depth Blog Posts or News Articles: if you leave a link in a comment below, we'll add them here.
Claiming consensus: Omar Suleiman promises to hold protesters accountable via cotterperson
Google Goes Rebel, Supports Egyptian Protests via cotterperson
Richard Lyon has written The Muslim Brotherhood In Egypt providing historical and political context.
Communicate if Your Government Shuts Off Your Internet, Wired's guide to reconnecting.
Juan Cole's background analysis of the causes of Egypt’s Class Conflict, posted on 01/30/2011, is one of the most important articles for Americans to read right now, per NBBooks.
Mondoweiss has a series of posts on Egypt.
Boing Boing's own posts and their Egypt news roundup
The Angry Arab News Service (As'ad Abu Khalil) has ongoing insights/commentary and a broad network of contacts in the Arab world (h/t sofia).
links to multimedia (videos and stuff) of Egypt protests
Salon article on the Mubarak regime's lobbyists
I applaud this Washington Post editorial.
Don't Fear the Muslim Brotherhood by the Brookings Institution (h/t bicycle Hussein paladin).
Teacher's Lounge: Teaching Cairo by annetteboardman (if enough teachers want to suggest lessons or teaching methods on this, I'll add a new section for teaching resources/suggestions)
The Arabist; Egyptian journalist, Iskandr El Amrani's blog (h/t soysauce)
alMasr Al-Youm:; Independent Egyptian media considered the most important outlet in Egypt; Arabic with English co-site. (h/t soysauce]
Latest Egyptian Antiquities News Kossack Thutmose V is tracking the story around the Egyptian Museum of Antiquities.
Sharif Kouddous of DemocracyNow is in Egypt.
Global Guerillas USAF Intel, John Robb's blog who is covering the situation. h/t G2geek
NYTimes blog The Lede h/t fladem
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Many Kossaks have been covering this developing story. Here's a listing of the diaries posted since the events in Egypt started to unfold (Tuesday, January 25, 2011). Please check them out.
2/11
UPDATE: Egypt's Mubarak Has Resigned! - The Mubarak Screw Up & the Suleiman Danger Clay Claiborne
2/10
Egypt Revolution 2.0 scarce
Adalah: Israel in a changing Middle East weasel
Egypt Protesters' Victory? Watch Four Demands Robert Naiman
Mom, Apple Pie, and the Egyptian Revolution Ralph Lopez
It's About the EGYPTIAN PEOPLE, Not Obama or Pie Fights betson08
Finally...Prez Obama's Clear Statement on Egypt betson08
BREAKING: Mubarak is Defiant Clay Claiborne
2/9
The Google Search for Wael Ghonim Clay Claiborne
2/8
Tahrir scarce (wonderful photo diary of February 8th)
Our Man in Cairo - The Bush?Iraq War Link david mizner
Arab Sources (8th of February) Simone Daud
2/7
Tunisia's Revolution Continues Clay Claiborne
2/6
U.S. Financed Egyptian Military Orchestrating Attacks on Protesters Ralph Lopez
UPDATE: Google Goes Rebel, Supports Egyptian Protest Clay Claiborne
2/5
Egyptian Secret Police Taking Journalists kck
Tunisian Anonymous activists take on Egyptian cause Clay Claiborne
2/4
Mubarak's Plan to Exploit Coming Chaos,5,000 Injured Ralph Lopez
Reset: USA, Muslim Bros Step To Accommodate Robert Naiman
Protesters roar back with "Day of Departure" for Mubarak Clay Claiborne
2/3
Pogrom in Cairo - Where was Obama? Robert Naiman
The Revenge of Milo Minderbinder; gjohnsit
Act Now to Stop Mubarak's Thugs From Killing More! w Petition Clay Claiborne
2/2
My Cairo; sortalikenathan
Act Now to Stop Mubarak's Thugs From Killing More! Clay Claiborne
2/1
Profiting from Egyptian Hunger & Failure of US's stability centric Foreign Policy; Lefty Coaster
Wikileaks Thread 52 :Mubarak as not open to reforms or freedoms); cedar park
Egypt: One Evacuee’s Story; CJB ‘s sister
President Obama’s statement on uprising in Egypt; Barbara Morrill
Breaking: Mubarak to Leave by Fall (Updated 3X); fladem
Must-Read: Kristof Reports From Cairo ; david mizner
Profiting from Egyptian Hunger & Failure of US stability-centric foreign policy ; Lefty Coaster
Egyptian Protesters May Be Being Provoked; Ubiquitous A
To the people of Egypt—A Message of Solidarity; Jonathan Smucker
The REALLY Scary Thing about the Egyptian Revolution – Update; Granny Doc
It's a Lose-Lose for Obama Unless He Suspends Mubarak's Military Aid Now ; Ralph Lopez
Arab Sources (1st of February); simone daud
Sharif Kouddous from DemocracyNow Live in Cairo Now; Harfang des Neiges
They Should Have Helped That Street Vendor Clay Claiborne
1/31
LA Times: White House Preparing for Post-Mubarak Era fladem
Million Egyptian Protest Planned as Resistance Continues Clay Claiborne
1/30
Egypt: A season for joy & of exile for fear; Catilinus
Elbaradei: "I would advise him to leave today" US calls for an "orderly transition"; Lefty Coaster
Huffington Post Disses the Jasmine Revolution Redux; Clay Claiborne
What happened to antiquities in Iraq is happening in places in Egypt; annette boardman
Revolution! Egypt, Saudia Arabia, Sudan, Yemen, updates on widespread protests.; OllieGarkey
Opposition Groups Unite Behind ElBaradei; David Mizner
My Daughter Told to Evacuate Egypt; Bendygirl
ElBaradei, Muslim Brotherhood Offer Path Out of Egypt Confrontation; Robert Naiman
Arab Sources (30th January); Simone Daud (Current translations from Arabic media)
Same Folks Who Lied Us into Iraq Now Lying about Muslim Brotherhood; Phoenix Woman
1/29
Latest Egyptian Antiquities News; Thutmose V
We are all Khalid Saeed; Garret
Wikileaks Informationthread 49: Omar Suleiman And Etc.; cedar park
Rep. Thaddeus McCotter (R) gets it completely wrong on Egypt.; Patience John (because this is what the Egyptian people are ALSO up against.)
Egypt, Jordan, and Fear Based US Foreign Policy; Edger
Egypt: What happens next?; JackMcCullough
US Secretly Backed Egypt Protest Leaders For 3 Years; Mets102
Egypt: Democracy not Made in America; nicolo caldoraro
*Hand in Hand, the Army and the People Are One*; Robert Naiman
New Egyptian Vice President Ran Secret US Torture Program In Egypt; Yashwanth Manjunath
The Army and The People are One!; josephwouk
URGENT They're running out of medicine in Cairo; maxomai
Suspend Military Aid to Mubarak NOW. El Baradei Calls U.S. Response Weak; Ralph Lopez
Update: Pan-Arab Revolution! Tunisia, Egypt, Jordan, Yemen.; OllieGarkey
U.S. Youth Unemployment and the Egyptian Revolution; ibwip
Teacher's Lounge: Teaching Cairo; annetteboardman
Egypt Explodes; US Video Media Gape; davidseth
Israel/Palestine News; Friendlystranger
No Internet? No Problem! Anonymous Faxes Egypt; Clay Claiborne
Open Thread: Egypt; DarkSyde/frontpage
Food Prices Cause Unrest in Egypt? Part II; notdarkyet
The best help: Leaving Egypt alone; Hugo Estrada
Arab sources; simone daud (Invaluable Arabic translations.)
What I love and hate, context: right now, Cairo/Egypt; erratic
1/28
Egyptian People Protect the Antiquities Museum; Thutmose V
Cut-off Money to Mubarak Now! He Says He Wll Stay.; Ralph Lopez
Obama's response to the Egyptian Crisis; fladem
Egypt Backgrounder; vonzapfenau
Mubarak: "I'm Firing Everyone But Me"; zenbassoon
Cut-off Money to Mubarak Now; Ralph Lopez
Egypt Child Diary #6 Liveblog; Scarce
Egypt Child Diary #5; Dmac
"Yo, Egypt, cut the crap!"; Seneca Doane
Egypt's 40 year 'state of emergency' is now America's emergency [poll]; BOknows
Getting the facts straight on Egypt's relationship with the US; blue aardvark
Breaking: Gibbs Says US Will Review Aid to Egypt; samdiener
Anonymous statement on Egypt; barrettbrown
Faux News' developing meme: "Egypt is Obama's Fault"; RockyinConnecticut
Egypt: Things Have Changed for Good--Mubarak Regime is Done; Mutual Assured Destruction
Egypt liveblog: sub-diary #4; Politik
What To Expect in Egypt; catherineD
Mid-East Conflict Fry'd Daze - The rest of the news; volleyboy1
Egypt is on Fire!; Clay Claiborne
BlowbackClinton: 'We support the universal human rights of the Egyptian people'; frontpage
Egypt turns off internet, Lieberman wants same option for US; Cenobyte
Blowback: Hacktivists versus Dictators; gjohnsit
Egypt Child Diary #3; Flyswatterbanjo
Fox's shockingly awesome coverage of Egypt uprising; frontpage
The Obama Administration Stands With The Mubarak Dictatorship; krikkit4
Mohamed ElBaradei: "If Not Now, When?"; Robert Naiman
Curfew just announced in Egypt.; Delver Rootnose
Breaking: Police Siding with Protesters in Egypt. Mubarak regime falling.; OllieGarkey
Egyptian American Activist: Hillary Clinton Forgets to Mention Tear Gas, Tanks, Concussion Grenades; BookWarm
"This Is What Egypt's Cut-Off Of The Internet Looks Like:" (Graphics/Charts); Hissyspit
On the View from Egypt Part Five, Or, The Emergency is Here; Fake Consultant
1/27
North African Revolution Continues; Clay Claiborne
Hillary Could Do More to Stay Pharaoh's Hand; Robert Naiman
Protest in Libya, Algeria. More Planned; AoT
Egyptian Internet Blackout; Ryvr
Egypt: tomorrow is a test of the strength of the opposition and the Mubarak regime; Mutual Assured Destruction
Adalah: the Winter of Arab Discontent Hotlist; unspeakable
Updated: We are all Khaled Said. US Supported Regime killing civilians.; OllieGarkey
Tunisia, Egypt, ... And Now Yemen.; amk for obama
Updates on the Egyptian Protests, weasel
A Welcome Shift in the Obama Administration's Rhetoric on Democracy in the Middle East; Neil Hicks
1/26
Obama Snubs Middle Eastern Freedom Fighters Again; Omert
Tomgram: Juan Cole, American Policy on the Brink; TomDispatch
Update on Egyptian Protests; weasel
UPDATED: Egypt Protests Continue, Tunisia Wants Ben Ali Back; Clay Claiborne
Waiting for Krauthammer on Egypt; Avenging Angel
Egypt: Smart move from the Muslim Brotherhood ; Mutual Assured Destruction
Egypt: Lack of a Consistent U.S. Message on Human Rights and Democracy Fuels Unrest in the Arab World; Neil Hicks
UPDATED- Please Ask Hillary: Tell Egyptian Government Hands off Protesters Now!; Ralph Lopez
Egypt and the Secular Revolution; Yusufsaad
1/25
BREAKING: Protesters Plan Massive Day of Wrath in Egypt Today; Clay Claiborne
Changes are Coming: News Flashes from the Middle East; weasel
NOW - Thousands Protesting in Egypt; koNko
Revolution in Egypt?; greendem
Egypt: Just popular unrest or the beginning of the end of the Mubarak regime?; Mutual Assured Destruction
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