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in title, tags, annotations or urlBoston Review - Madawi Al-Rasheed: No Saudi Spring - 0 views
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Unlike Egypt and Tunisia, Saudi Arabia has no civil society of any significance. As a result, online calls to protest—beloved of so many “cyber-utopians”—had no place to take root.
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The protests reflected a growing sense of disappointment with King Abdullah, who has failed to implement a single political demand from previous petitions. However, in spite of their disappointment, reformers from a wide range of political ideologies—Islamists, nationalists, leftists, and liberals—are being cautious because the future could be worse. Many intellectuals and professionals are haunted by the prospect of losing their positions when Crown Prince Nayif becomes king. Abdullah has developed a quasi-liberal constituency and cultivated its interest in the state, business, and media. Reformers nonetheless loyal to Abdullah fear that Nayif’s iron fist will come down on them: functionaries of the ancien régime to be replaced.
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Another group, the National Coalition and Free Youth Movement, formed on Facebook and Twitter in spite of having no offline organizational presence. Their Web pages would disappear amid government censorship only to reappear at different addresses. Many pages gathered thousands of supporters, but it is difficult to claim that all were authentic. Cyber-warfare pitted activists and non-ideological young men and women against regime security, complicating the headcount.
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The Libyan Rorschach - 1 views
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in a post-9/11 world, any non-state actor caught throwing a stone, be it the first stone or the thousandth, risks total warfare under the guise of counterinsurgency
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Mass, sustained civil disobedience at the corporate headquarters of insurance 'providers' and banks and petrol companies remains a long way off. Instead, Koch-funded campaigns continue to succeed at electing Republican governors who then refuse federal money to build high-speed rail networks . (See Wisconsin, Ohio, Florida, and more to come. Special shoutout to New Jersey.) When Americans begin to thirst for health care, re-pedestrianised cities, and the return of usury laws with the same fervor that Egyptians have shown in clamouring for democracy and the rule of law, only then will we know the revolution is here.
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The coming constitutional showdown between human law and divine law in the revolutionary Arab states may turn on the question of gay rights and sexual freedom generally
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ouest-france.fr - Protéger le peuple libyen - 0 views
Le Figaro - International : La guerre civile libyenne déborde en Tunisie - 0 views
Islamic Relief USA Increases Aid To Libyan Refugees In Tunisia - TheStreet - 0 views
Arab Spring Fatigue: Western Countries Struggle with Crises - Global Spin - TIME.com - 0 views
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the worst thing is, we're not just seeing Europeans getting lazy and cynical in starting to change their earlier bets against authoritarian regimes in the face of popular revolt. Now we're seeing them look at places like Tunisia and Egypt — where dictators have already been toppled by the people — and figuring we'll probably wind up dealing with new authoritarian regimes once democracy fails to pan out.
Taking care of Libyan refugees strains generosity of Tunisians - Washington Times - 0 views
BBC News - Inside Tripoli's Rixos hotel as rebels close in - 1 views
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Outside the Rixos hotel we still don't believe the streets are safe. And Gaddafi men are outside with guns, waiting. We still can't leave. Elsewhere I can hear gunfire - not in celebration, but in battle.
L'Expression - Le Quotidien - «Le CNT représente l'Otan et non le peuple libyen» - 0 views
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le régime bâti et instauré par Ben Ali est toujours aux commandes. Ce sont les hommes de Ben Ali qui dirigent la Tunisie.
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tous les procès qui se sont déroulés jusqu'ici, à commencer par celui de Ben Ali et son épouse, constituent un défilé de carnaval
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l'appareil judiciaire de Ben Ali n'a connu aucun assainissement
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How Revolution Turned Sour in the Birthplace of the Arab Spring | Common Dreams - 1 views
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a Western instinct to personalize and, in the process, trivialize the Tunisian revolution – only to ignore it as the focus moved on to later rebellions in countries deemed more important
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"Now they are offering all kinds of help to Libya, which is already a rich country. Here, we get nothing. The economic situation just gets worse, and we wonder why we risked so much in rising up against Ben Ali and his gangsters."
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They are angry because things are not improving fast
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Italy is failing north Africa's refugees | Simon Mcmahon | Comment is free | guardian.co.uk - 0 views
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