While waves of democratic demands sweep across North Africa and the Mideast, rights that women have come to take for granted in the last generation are under attack here in the U.S. Under the banner of the astroturf Tea Party, Republicans have been busily untying all corners of the social safety net[...]
Posts Tagged ‘Egypt’
March 5th, 2011 - 1:44 pm § in Misc.
Expediency vs. Morality
What to do about Libya ought to be a no-brainer. An odious dictator with a long record of sponsoring terrorism is now clinging to power in the face of popular revolt by mowing down unarmed demonstrators with jets, tanks, and machine guns. The Libyan people, who want to get rid of him, are facing [...]
March 1st, 2011 - 7:28 am § in Uncategorized
Saudi Clerics Reject Calls for Support to Ghaddafi Regime,
DUBAI (Reuters) – Sons of Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi have failed to persuade prominent Saudi clerics to issue religious rulings against a revolt that is threatening to bring down the veteran leader, Al Arabiya television said on Monday. The Saudi-owned channel said on its website that Gaddafi&#[...]
February 27th, 2011 - 8:09 am § in Politics
Witnesses: Gaddafi Forces Shooting From Ambulances
More evidence that the battle tactics Gaddafi is using against the protesters are becoming even more brutal. The New York Times reports: An increasingly gruesome picture began to emerge Saturday of the violent tactics used by the government of Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi to quell protesters in Tripoli, [...]
February 26th, 2011 - 9:02 pm § in Politics
A Personal View of Hosni Mubarak
Eli Shaked has followed Egyptian affairs from either Jerusalem or Cairo for the last 40 years. He was Israel’s ambassador to Egypt from 2003 to 2005 and the deputy ambassador from 1983 to 1992, and he first joined the Egypt desk of the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 1974. Now retired, Shak[...]
February 23rd, 2011 - 11:36 am § in America
PIX: Is Walker the illegitimate child of Qaddafi?
The Atlantic: Governor Walker talking to a person he thinks is David Koch. I wonder what would happen if Qaddafi called Walker? Click image to listen to the actual discussion from the Buffalo Beast Or go to the PI for a superb essay by Joel Connelly. Wisconsin and elswhere: Union busting as ‘[...]
Egypt -> Libya -> Wisconsin ——> ? Indiana?
from Politco By MAGGIE HABERMAN | 2/22/11 12:49 PM EST Updated: 2/22/11 2:58 PM EST In a move straight out of the Wisconsin playbook, Indiana Democratic lawmakers fled the state today in a bid to kill a proposed right-to-work bill ahead of a vote. Citing a source, the Indianapolis Star reported that[...]
China: Egypt Comes to Tianamen Square
from CARA ANNA, AP BEIJING — Chinese authorities cracked down on activists as a call circulated for people to gather in more than a dozen cities Sunday for a “Jasmine Revolution.” The source of the call was not known, but authorities moved to halt its spread online. Searches for the wo[...]
February 19th, 2011 - 12:35 am § in Misc.
British Citizens Demand Revolution!
Americans watching the Egyptian Revolution might remember our own history and think about the demonstrations of a few weeks ago in Britain. Students in Britain took to the street to protest the huge increases in tuition under the new British Conservative government. Those increases are well belo[...]
Wisconsin Legislators Join Egyptians in Protest Against Government
Wisconsin Democrats on Thursday fled the statehouse in an effort to prevent legislators from reaching a quorum and passing a bill put forth by Gov. Scott Walker (R), which would cripple the collective bargaining rights of public unions. The move produced a frantic political drama, as state troopers [...]