World-News

http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2011/11/18

US Firm s Teargas Used Against Tahrir Square Protesters
http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2011/11/21-5

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Lessons We Can Learn From Egypt

Mehrdad Azemun, Truthout: 'The most valuable organizing nugget I carried back with me is the continual necessity for acting and thinking boldly. As an organizer here in the US, I was taught to be pragmatic and practical - go for what you can win in a specific time horizon?. Before Egypt, I was taught that politics is the art of the possible. After Egypt, I question whether we should all be reaching for the impossible and ludicrous. Who knows who else might agree? A common call for the laughable and ridiculous widens the possibility for what can and should happen.'

http://www.truth-out.org/lessons-we-can-learn-egypt/1321473560

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US Backs Egypt s Military as Tahrir Square Crackdown Continues

By Kristen Chick

Security forces have killed at least 29 as Tahrir Square protests enter their fourth day. The US has come under attack for backing the military junta despite vows to support democracy and human rights.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article29788.htm



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