"Revolution is not something fixed in ideology, nor is it something fashioned to a particular decade. It is a perpetual process embedded in the human spirit. When all today's isms have become yesterday's ancient philosophy, there will still be reactionaries and there will still be revolutionaries. No amount of rationalization can avoid the moment of choice each of us brings to our situation here on the planet. I still believe in the fundamental injustice of the profit system and do not accept the proposition there will be rich and poor for all eternity." -- Abbie Hoffman

Monday, February 07, 2011

The Egyptian Revolution, Monday, February 7, 2011

- Day 14 of the revolution: protests continue in Cairo, at Tahrir Square, and in several other cities. At Tahrir, where the army has been letting people into the Square only after checking their IDs, supposedly to prevent thugs from entering the Square, a photo was taken of protesters, in Mostafa Hussein's words, "queuing patiently for freedom":

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Photo by Mostafa Hussein

- The regime seems to be willing to sacrifice some former officials as scapegoats, including ex-police chief who appeared today before prosecutors.

- Wael Ghonim, a Google MENA executive and the up-till-now anonymous admin of the Facebook page "We are all Khaled Said" which hosted the call for the January 25th protests, had been illegally detained by State Security and was released today. He gave an interview to the popular 10 p.m. show on Dream 2 Satellite Channel, in which he talked about the experience of his detention and what had inspired the Egyptian youth to rise up.





- I had a few words to say to The Harvard Crimson.
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