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Egypt: Some background to today's revolt

A World to Win News Service. 21 February 2011. Following are excerpts from an interview by AWTWNS with Ray Bush, Professor in African Studies and Development Politics in the School of Politics and International Studies at the University of Leeds (UK).

- Could you tell our readers something about the nature of the Egyptian military, its role in Egypt, in the region, and its relationship to the U.S. and other Western powers?

There is m...

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Egypt: a great victory won, more to be done

14 February 2011. A World to Win News Service. The Egyptian people have accomplished something great. They are to be congratulated, admired and emulated. They have earned the right to a mighty celebration. Everywhere people are happy for them and for what their achievement may mean for the today's intolerable order in the region and the globe.

In a word, they have made their voices and their lives count. Because this is real, not...

"The 'grand' – and deadly – illusion"


7 February 2011. A World to Win News Service. Following are excerpts from an article in the issued dated 6 February 2011 of Revolution, newspaper of the Revolutionary Communist Party, USA. For the full text and other materials: www.revcom.us

"The army is with us!"

When a struggle gets to the point where state power itself comes into play, this cry almost always goes up among the people. Usually this happens when things are on a precipice, when things fee...

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Egyptians fight for springtime against the forces of winter

7 February 2011. A World to Win News Service. "The status quo in the region is clearly untenable," U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton told a gathering of representatives of the big powers in Munich 5 February. Speaking in blunt terms because she was addressing her fellow tormentors of the Middle East and the globe, she urged them to deal with what for them is an unpleasant truth.

Of course, what she did not s...

"We want our Egypt, not Mubarak"


1 February 2011. A World to Win News Service.  Whether or not Hosni Mubarak's reign will come to an end is no longer the question. How he goes, and what this transition leads to, is what is being fought out.

As men and women dressed in business suits as well as torn sandals jubilantly swelled the size of the demonstrations by a hundred-fold in a week, many people thought that the "march of a million" 1 February would end in victory. They thoug...