From: Jewish Peace News <jpn@jewishpeacenews.net>
Sent: Mon, Jan 31, 2011 10:57 am
Subject: EGYPT! – The Uprising.
The uprising in Egypt has caught most – if not all – of us by surprise.
The material provided below should give a glimpse into events on the ground;
some analysis regarding who the participants are; the US role in the propping
up of the Mubarak regime, and further resources and links for the reader to consult.
First, a deeply moving youtube piece: Waseem Wagdi, Egyptian protester.
Egyptian Embassy, London. 29.1.11 I think it’s important to get clued into
the emotional significance of the unfolding events, and this piece does an
especially good job at conveying this. Waseem Wagdi, Egyptian protester. Egyptian Embassy, London. 29.1.11
Next, links to two pieces by Joel Beinin (Salon). The first provides a short history of
US-Egypt relations, and the second elaborates on Obama’s position, so far, in
regards to the the ongoing events in Egypt:
How did the US get in Bed with Mubarak?
Whose side is Obama on anyway?
Jewish Peace News received permission to post an email from Shana Minkin,
a professor of Middle East history at Swarthmore College. Read Minkin HERE
Overviews of Jan 28th:
Egyptian troops let protests proceed as Mubarak names vice president
Robert Fisk: A people defies its dictator, and a nation’s future is in the balance
Egyptian troops let protests proceed as Mubarak names vice president
Egypt Revolution: Inside a Cairo Street Protest Egyptians gather for ‘day of departure’
In Alexandria, Protesters Rout the Police, for Now
Videos of Jan 25th and 28th:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oHBzdLSneDc
http://www.euronews.net/2011/01/25/from-tiananmen-square-to-cairo/
