Feb 11 2011
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This week on Uprising:
* A momentous day in Egypt as the revolution wins and President Mubarak steps down. We’ll spend the hour on this historic day.
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Feb 11 2011
We’ll return to Egypt to see how things have progressed since the momentous resignation of President Hosni Mubarak. And, how events have been unfolding in Tunisia since the revolution there succeeded in ousting President Ben Ali, plus a focus on Iran where the Green revolution may be reviving. And, Republicans have proposed deep spending cuts in the U.S. – we’ll examine the details. …
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Feb 11 2011
Vice President Omar Suleiman announced this morning as Uprising was airing live that President Hosni Mubarak has stepped down as President after 30 years in power. Finally relenting to weeks of pressure on the streets of Egypt, the U.S. backed dictator has ended the stalemate.
In a strange turn of events in Egypt yesterday, the military issued a Communique which aired on the pro-Mubarak …
Feb 11 2011
“When dictatorship is a fact, revolution becomes a right.” — Victor Hugo …
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Feb 11 2011
Hosni Mubarak, the Egyptian president, has resigned from his post, handing over power to the armed forces.
Omar Suleiman, the vice-president, announced in a televised address that the president was “waiving” his office, and had handed over authority to the Supreme Council of the armed forces.
Suleiman’s short statement was received with a roar of approval and by celebratory chanting and flag-waving from a crowd of hundreds of thousands in Cairo’s Tahrir Square, as well by pro-democracy …
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Feb 10 2011
Hundreds of Thousands of pro-democracy Egyptians are expected to march onto the streets of Cairo and other cities on Friday, in what could become the largest—and some fear the most violent—protests thus far, as the demonstrators’ wishes for the ouster of president Hosni Mubarak were dashed on Thursday.
In a 17-minute address televised to the nation, Mubarak told jubilant crowds, who expected an end to his 30-year authoritarian rule, that he transferred some of this authorities …
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Feb 10 2011
Former U.S. President George W. Bush this week canceled a trip to Switzerland citing security concerns. The cancellation was in response to a preliminary indictment by the U.S.-based Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) in conjunction with a European group based in Berlin, the Center for Constitutional and Human Rights. The two organizations detail in a 42-page document their case that …
Feb 10 2011
If “enhanced interrogation techniques” are a euphemism for torture, is it fair to ask if the “enhanced screening” at airports by the Travel and Security Administration is a euphemism for racial profiling. About a year ago the TSA implemented so-called “enhanced screening” procedures for all passengers on international flights traveling to and from, “nations that are state sponsors of terrorism …
Feb 10 2011
Within the first 29 days this year, General Petraeus ordered 284 sorties into Afghanistan. NATO aircraft make about 10 bombing missions a day—double the amount of aircraft sent last January. January marks the beginning of the tenth year that coalition forces have spent in the country attempting to oust the Taliban and establish a democratic state – it is …
Feb 10 2011
Glen Ford is a writer and radio commentator and the Executive Editor of The Black Agenda Report. This week’s commentary is on a free Egypt.
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