The Revolution In Egypt is Not Allowed To Be Webcasted
Sunday, January 30, 2011
With some dubbing the revolution in Tunisia, which sparked large-scale uprisings against geriatric regimes across the middle east, "the first wikileaks revolution," or "the first blogger revolution," it has become apparent to the old corrupt elite that they must fight a war on information itself, for their own self preservation.
In Egypt, the former head of the air force, and 30 year dictator: Hosni Mubarak, has shut down virtually all forms of communication, including the internet, telephone, and all television stations not run by the government. Cairo has been on complete power blackout. Most transportation, minus official transport, appears to have been shut down nationwide. Mohammad El Bareidi, the Egyptian former Director of the United Nations Atomic Energy Commission, and outspoken advocate of change and progress in Egypt, has been placed under house arrest. Meanwhile the geriatric Mubarak has fired his entire cabinet, sardonically blaming Egypt's problems on them, rather than on himself.
For Egypt in my opinion this is it: The aging relic Mubarak has declared war on on his own country and especially on modern communications. He needs to be ousted now.
- Lima posting from Aqaba Jordan
2 comments:
Great post, Lima. I'm so stoked to see the ballsy protesters assembling and voicing their concerns in the streets.
I always feel so fucking frustrated because there is nothing more that I can do but tweet and facebook in solidarity, which I've been doing this past week and will continue to do. Sigh...
Yes, I deeply admire what the people have done throughout the middle east over the last month and a half. They are risking everything including their very lives for real tangible change, from a situation where their future has been essentially none existant. I just hope that they will pull through, and that Mubarak does the right thing before too many are killed.
Don't feel frustrated though, because tweeting and facebooking is now the best thing you can do for them, since their access to the outside world has been entirely cut off. The thing they need most right now is people who can help spread their message, and to not allow Mubarak's regime to paint their own rosy orwellian version of the situation.
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