The events of the past couple of days are the latest step in a sequence of events by which the military can consolidate its hold on power, aim towards the death of the revolution and a return to a military/police state. The authoritarian regime of the Muslim Brotherhood had to go. But what has replaced it is the true face of the military in Egypt – no less authoritarian, no… …
Void Network presents here, in Arabic and in English, an open letter from participants in black bloc actions in the United States to participants in the Egyptian black bloc, aimed at initiating a dialogue beyond the exchange of youtube videos. This is of interest to everyone around the world struggling for liberation, so please print and distribute widely: pamphlet in English: http://cloudfront.crimethinc.com/pdfs/egyptblackbloc_english_imposed.pdf pamphlet in Arabic: http://cloudfront.crimethinc.com/pdfs/egyptblackbloc_arabic_imposed.pdf The emergence of the… …
“A beautiful storm has come, but not yet the beautiful destruction”. The cyclone of intifada continues to destroy the Egyptian state, “I am boycotting because I believe it is a circus,” said rebel-blogger Hossam el-Hamalawy, “You cannot have clean elections while the police force which has not been purged is in charge of securing the ballot boxes. You have to settle the battle in the streets, then you settle it… …
North Africa is in revolt. As usual, the most striking thing is how familiar everything is: the young man with the prestigious degree working at a coffee shop, the unemployment and bitterness, the protests set off by police brutality—for police are to the unemployed what bosses are to workers. These details cue us in that what is happening in Egypt is not part of another world, but very much… …
Last night an anarchist from Lebanon gave a report on the situation in Egypt at our social center , and I wanted to pass this information on to English-speaking comrades. This is a series of notes extracted from the talk, highlighting questions anarchists who have read mainstream coverage are likely to have about the situation. The person who gave the talk has been involved in organizing solidarity with… …
Revolution People!Revolution! “The People Wants to bring Down the Regime” Void Network hosts here the link of a fine blog written directly in Cairo and trying to spread news and opinions from Egypt underground to the insurrectionists and people from all over the world who express solidarity to the struggle of Egyptian people. http://www.occupiedlondon.org/cairo/ This blog is a collection of comments, contributions and visual media from the Egyptian uprising. It… …