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Arab Spring: the path of protest

Toriko said:
That first link is excellent.

I'm rather perplexed by the name "Arab Spring"--- it has crossed multiple seasons and doesn't seem to be limited to the Arab world. What's up with this name?
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It's alluding to the Prague Spring. A period of political liberalisation by Alexander Dubcek in Czechoslovakia in 1968. It was crushed by the Warsaw Pact.

The Arab World includes North Africa.
 
Anyone who thinks the current unrest in that part of the world will yield the same results as Czechoslovakia, is someone severely out of touch.

Don't trash me today, for saying so, come back in about a year. :-)
 
Does anyone on this thread know anytihing about the group called Kefaya.. the group that is behind the Egyptian uprising?

The national US meda does not seem to report anything about them.
I have some info but was wondering about those that have posted above...
Seems to me you guys know more about all this than me..

Please share.
 
EastMed said:
Pronunciation problems with Arabic place names appears to be widespread.
CNN. or what I've seen of it, is utterly appalling.
France24 is right on the button.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2011/mar/24/arabic-middle-east-placenames-language
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That's an excellent read. ..|

tonyboy said:
Does anyone on this thread know anytihing about the group called Kefaya.. the group that is behind the Egyptian uprising?

The national US meda does not seem to report anything about them.
I have some info but was wondering about those that have posted above...
Seems to me you guys know more about all this than me..

Please share.
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All I know is that the only thing that held them together was opposition to Mubarak. Now that he's gone, I don't know what's become of them.
 
^ Excellent!

A pointed paragraph:

It is simplistic to assume that protests in the west and the Middle East are fundamentally different because "they" are fighting "blood-soaked" despots while "we", after all, live in liberal democracies. Without obscuring real political differences, let us reflect on some overlaps between the open despotism of Arab regimes and our politicians' behaviour. While our defanged democracies provide ballot boxes, elected representatives feel free to ignore mass demonstrations and work against the general wellbeing, deploying lies and hysteria where necessary (from WMDs to "we are broke"). As Truthout's Richard Lichtman argues, "managed" democracies can avoid the appearance of suppression while substantively "terminating democracy". It is perfectly possible to crush collective demands, push millions into unemployment and deprive people of fair wages and benefits while adhering to democratic letter if not spirit.
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And it's not just the Republicans, either -- how many Democrats would really vote to end corporate largesse purchasing politicians?
 
Kulindahr said:
I saw nothing about religious freedom -- that's worrisome.
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Probably because they couldn't agree on it. I think Libya is going to be an awful mess. It just doesn't have the political infrastructure for change.
 
EastMed said:
Robert Fisk on war reporting and Al Jazeera.

And please, people, stop quoting the BBC as some template of objective reporting: it isn't, and can't be. It's still required watching, but not the whole story.

http://www.independent.co.uk/opinio...ages-of-war-speak-for-themselves-2260019.html
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Good column. The related story about Syria is worth reading, too, though he commits the error of suggesting that if the US can't solve every problem it shouldn't try to solve any.
 
Kulindahr said:
Good column. The related story about Syria is worth reading, too, though he commits the error of suggesting that if the US can't solve every problem it shouldn't try to solve any.
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Yes, that's true. I think people are so fed up with US involvement in the recent past that they are suspicious of ANY involvement even when it might be the right thing to do.
 
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