It remains unclear to me, based on the reports I am receiving, what agreement, if any, is there amongst the various voices of resistance for a transitional process and/or future self-governance system. So far, based on what the media is portraying, it seems that the bulk of the unity is revolving around the ousting of a common foe and a call for the restoration of some fundamental social and political freedoms.
Academic talking heads being featured in the same media, even on Al Jazeera, are all towing the neoliberal capitalist line...They are trying to shove the Egyptian bourgeoisie's vision of a kinder, more pluralistic, reformist, capitalist, still western dominated Egypt down our throats. It's pathetic! Let's hear from the organized radical left on the streets! I want to know what they want to see their country looking like after this IMF-World Bank, international capital puppet goes down.
It's almost as if the history of leftist resistance to capitalism across the world is not on any many media radar screens. It is on mine, and I dare to say in those of many of the demonstrators too. I say Egypt has the political maturity to chart a whole new direction for a new social economic power paradigm between the masses and governing institutions. It is critical we are present and willing to support the voice for real revolutionary change, not capitalist reformism...
Have not been able to confirm the worker take over of several factories across Egypt. Please forward any information.
News Updates:
*More than one million mobilize in central Cairo for the removal of Mubarak. Hundreds of thousands also in the streets of Alexandria, Sinai, Suez and several other cities.
*Mubarak addressed the nation on TV. Pledged not to run for reelection in the country's next elections, but refuses to step down. Demonstrators react angrily to Mubarak's speech and continue to call for his ousting.
*Ongoing clashes being reported in Alexandria between Pro Mubarak and anti Mubarak demonstrators. Alexandria hospitals reported being overwhelmed with the wounded from clashes earlier in the day between demonstrators and police.
*On Tuesday, the International Monetary Fund said it was ready to put in place an economic rebuilding policy for the country. "The IMF is ready to help in defining the kind of economic policy that could be put in place," IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn said.
Adrian's note: Interesting offer...Isn't the economic desperation the Egyptian people are rising up against not a consequence of IMF and World Bank neoliberal economic policy blueprints already? Not sure Egyptians want to invite the IMF to chart another 30 years of capitalist pillaging and inequality.
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