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Rally for Assange The mass movement remains alert in both Tunisia and Egypt but is short of political instruments that reflect the general will. The first phase is over. The second, that of rolling back the movements, has begun.
There is evidence of gross media manipulation and falsification from the outset of the protest movement in southern Syria on March 17th.
The Western media has presented the events in Syria as part of the broader Arab pro-democracy protest movement, spreading spontaneously from Tunisia, to Egypt, and from Libya to Syria.
Media coverage has focussed on the Syrian police and armed forces, which are accused of indiscriminately shooting and killing unarmed “pro-democracy” demonstrators. While these police shootings did indeed occur, what the media failed to mention is that among the demonstrators there were armed gunmen as well as snipers who were shooting at both the security forces and the protesters.
The US-led War on Terror has led to some of the most unlikely alliances between cooperating states. The fear that exists within Egypt of the security agencies and the way in which they operate has not been removed with the fall of Mubarak. Conversely, it has left a vacuum where none really know how the military (a continuing legacy of Mubarak) will respond to the desires of the Egyptian people. Already we have seen that protesters have been detained and abused in large numbers, but will they be exempted from the torture and ill treatment that is systematic in the country?
Hundreds of thousands of people in Cairo’s Tahrir Square are celebrating the overthrow one week ago of Hosni Mubarak as Egypt’s president. A week after the downfall of President Hosni Mubarak, they came out to celebrate once again in huge numbers. The mood in Tahrir Square was universally positive.
The army’s charm offensive still leaves plenty of important unanswered questions – such as their intent of seriously investigating and prosecuting massive corruption. And most of all how do they intend to deal with the working classes. Strikes are in practice forbidden.
Stop the War Coalition welcomes and supports the protests for democracy and freedom in Egypt, Tunisia and elsewhere across the Middle East. We stand in solidarity with the Egyptian masses who are struggling for their basic rights against a dictatorship which has been supported for decades by the West.
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