Egypt Update #39- The Junta's Repression Intensifies, 2 Dead in Tahrir Square

As I said, I would not stop producing the updates as necessary. Last night's tragic events show how far the struggle for freedom in Egypt has been setback by the military junta's tight grip on power.

The news piece I include is from the Sydney Morning Herald: Click here

Below is a brief analysis piece submitted here as a comment by compañero Mahdi to my prior update.I felt it critical enough to be released here in this separate update. AB

By M.A. Al Mahdi
APIC(APICONG)

Tonight's events at Tahrir Square are a very strong illustration of Adrian's analysis on Update #38.

Throughout the night Armed Forces, police and security combined in an assault on popular resistance, which has left 2 dead and over 15 injured.

Palestinian flags had been replacing the Egyptian ones in solidarity with Palestine, as the brutal assault on Gaza unfolded, simultaneously with the escalation of army violence in Cairo.

Although the protests were dispersed with the utmost brutality, the protesters gathered again and returned to Tahrir, calling for the ouster of Tantawi. Most significantly, this night has seen the first attempts at armed resistance.

Circa 2000 people are gathered at Tahrir at this moment. Violent scenes are still taking place.
The people, however, are shouting: WE WON'T LEAVE!

APIC (APICONG) is calling on the workers and peasants of Egypt, on the Trade Unions and on Egypt's Communist Party to unite in a nationwide general strike to oust not Tantawi but the regime itself and its cornerstones; neo-liberal economy and the New Order.

We are calling upon the revolutionary people of Egypt to rise to a full-scale revolution, eliminating oppression, mental and economic slavery, neo-colonial dependence and the exploitation of man by man.

We are calling every man, every woman and every child in Egypt to organise themselves as a bulwark against reaction and counterrevolution, and as an army of the revolutionary people's struggle for liberation and socialist rebirth.

This is the moment when political leadership crystallises itself, and when friend and enemy become manifest.

There are those who seek to halt the developments that have become inevitable. There are those that seek to create division and disorientation among the people. And there is Al Baradei, who, in the face of the present onslaught proclaims: "Continued trust between army and people vital to national unity. Dialogue is the only option."

A dialogue between sheep and butcher. A dialogue between the whip and the back it ploughs with scars.

Here too we see the Egyptian uprising in all its strength. Here too we see the Egyptian uprising in all its weakness.

In this crisis too there is a cohesion born of an iron determination, and yet, there is, even today, the confusion and ideological insecurities of old.

There must now emerge, as in every crisis everywhere, a leading power that carries the line, capable of meticulously planned revolutionary action. For the enemy is strong, ruthless and determined. For the actions taken now will result in the crushing or the victory of the people's cause.

For Egypt, socialist and free!

M.A. Al Mahdi
APIC(APICONG)