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Ed Webb

AP News: Analysis: Egypt still in turmoil after 16 months - 0 views

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  • The leftist and secular revolutionaries, particularly reform leader Mohammed ElBaradei, argued that elections supervised by the military would be a farce and any constitution would be tainted. Instead, they proposed a civilian leadership grouping the "revolutionary powers" immediately start to rule and oversee the constitution.Divided and politically inexperienced, they were resoundingly overruled. The Muslim Brotherhood and other Islamists - who had joined the revolt against Mubarak - broke with the revolutionaries and backed the military-run transition. They had no time for worries over military rule or talk of a revolutionary government, keeping a laser-like focus on elections in which they were confident of vaulting to power on a strong popular base.Now the revolutionaries are saying: We told you so.
  • A turning point was a referendum in March 2011 in which the public overwhelmingly approved the military's plan for the transition. The Islamists strongly backed the plan, even proclaiming a "yes" vote to be required by God. The public trusted the military, was enamored at the promise of free elections and saw the revolutionaries' alternative as vague. The plan passed with 70 percent of the vote.From then on, the military pointed to that referendum as proof of legitimacy for whatever it did.
  • there was no move to dismantle the system that Egyptians had risen up against
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  • commanders of the feared security forces and intelligence agencies remained. Regime cronies kept their hold on state TV and newspapers. Mubarak-appointed judges and prosecutors made only superficial efforts to investigate or prosecute members of the regime, leaving the vast legacy of corruption and political skullduggery intact
  • The generals "played this well," Ashour said. As for the Brotherhood, he added, "all their gains are gone. ... Their chance of (being significant players) is very much minimum."The Brotherhood is also now largely without allies. Its former leftist and secular partners accused it of selling out the revolution. Repeatedly, it resisted concessions to work with other parties
  • The highly organized Islamists largely stayed out of anti-military demonstrations, isolating the revolutionaries. In turn, the military paved the way for parliamentary elections - and the Islamists won big
  • State TV, firmly in the generals' hands, depicted revolutionaries as troublemakers or worse - agents paid by foreign powers to spread chaos. That fueled resentment of the activists among some in the public, frustrated with the instability and an economy sliding downhill fast
  • Some revolutionaries joined new liberal political parties to contest elections. But their ideologies were indistinct, their efforts to build popularity fumbled, and they won no more than 6 percent of the seats in parliament.Others turned to street action and long-term organizing on the neighborhood level. Many of them feel vindicated, saying that while elections have proven futile, they have managed to mobilize some in the public against the military.
  • Ed Webb on 19 Jun 12
     
    Really solid compilation of key events and analysis of balance of forces.
Vincent Mimir

Le soulèvement de la jeunesse en Tunisie est une vraie révolte politique - LeMonde.fr - 0 views

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tunisie lemonde

shared by Vincent Mimir on 13 Jan 11 - No Cached
  • Vincent Mimir on 13 Jan 11
     
    "Cinquante morts au bas mot. Des immolés par le feu chaque jour. Des villes entières, partout le pays s'insurge. L'armée entre en lice. Un couvre-feu décrété sur le grand Tunis. Quels contre-feux pour éteindre la révolte ?"
  • Vincent Mimir on 13 Jan 11
     
    Cinquante morts au bas mot. Des immolés par le feu chaque jour. Des villes entières, partout le pays s'insurge. L'armée entre en lice. Un couvre-feu décrété sur le grand Tunis. Quels contre-feux pour éteindre la révolte ?
gabrielle verdier

democracyarsenal.org: When Pro-Western Regimes Fall: What Should the U.S. Do? - 0 views

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tunisia SidiBouzid

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  • This is why US policy in the Arab world has always struck me as fundamentally untenable in the long-run. Autocracies,
Vincent Mimir

YouTube censure-t-il les vidéos des massacres en Tunisie ? #sidibouzid | ReadWriteWeb France - 0 views

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shared by Vincent Mimir on 11 Jan 11 - No Cached
  • Vincent Mimir on 11 Jan 11
     
    Censure automatique ? Peu probable, d'autant qu'on imagine mal un algorithme faire la différence entre l'extrait d'un film d'action bien sanglant et cette vidéo, qui nous est parvenue via Facebook, l'un des derniers espaces pas totalement censurés du web social auquel ont accès les Tunisiens.
Vincent Mimir

Tunisie : Bruno Le Maire prend la défense de Ben Ali - LeMonde.fr - 0 views

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  • Vincent Mimir on 11 Jan 11
     
    Bruno Le Maire, le ministre français de l'agriculture, est le premier membre du gouvernement à réagir aux émeutes en Tunisie.
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