January 2011
“If you want to dispossess a people, the simplest way to do it is to tell their...”
– Mourid Barghouti
fattouch: Does leadership matter? →
thenoobyorker:
fattouch:
One question that is being asked frequently in the media is who is taking the leadership of Egypt if/when Mubarak falls. It is as if protests and demonstrations only meant something if lead by a personal figure willing to supersede the current occupant of the Presidential chair. Most are trying to point ElBaradei to that function.
Although it is valid to think...
How the Conspiratorial American Right Is Spinning... →
By Sarah Posner
January 29, 2011
The emails started popping into my inbox: First, supposed “ex-terrorist” Walid Shoebat would be available for an interview about how “regime change” in Egypt would elevate the Muslim Brotherhood. “The Muslim Brotherhood, a group to which I once belonged, is supporting these protests,” says Shoebat, “and when you know...
