Moncef Marzouki: We got rid of the dictator, but the dictatorship is still there. I mean the secret police is still there, the party of the dictatorship is still there. Nazanine Moshiri: . . . Rachid Ghannouchi was also exiled under Ben Ali. With many members of his Islamic al-Nahda movement imprisoned or tortured, […]
Subjects Archives: Media
Media, Communications, and Literature
Documenting Mubarak’s Attacks on the Press
Carlos Latuff is a Brazilian cartoonist. | Print
The Right to Housing for Internally Displaced Haitians
While the eyes of the world are on Haiti’s illegitimate elections and the return of the deposed dictator Jean-Claude Duvalier, about 1.5 million displaced earthquake survivors continue to live in sub-human conditions. In the absence of large-scale or systemic responses by the government, international community, or aid organizations, progressive civil society organizations are evolving […]
Iran Is Neither Egypt Nor Tunisia
What explains the diametrically opposed stances of the imperialist powers and corporate media: promoting regime change in Iran while endeavoring to preserve the fundamentals of the regimes, with or without modification, in Egypt and Tunisia? In part, the increasingly anachronistic legacy of the policy and ideology about Israel developed in the wake of the […]
Nawal El Saadawi: “I’m 80 Years Old But I’m Ready to Fight”
“They gave them bribes to beat us, to beat us here. . . . My friends here, my friends, my daughter and son, who are here among the people, who are here together, they want me to go home. I said no. I have to stay here, because . . . we have to […]
Egypt: Mubarak Bans Al Jazeera
Carlos Latuff is a Brazilian cartoonist. Cf. “Egypt Shuts Down Al Jazeera Bureau” (Al Jazeera, 30 January 2011). | Print
In Solidarity with the People of Egypt
“We need more protests abroad in front of Egyptian embassies.” — Hossam el-Hamalawy Ann Arbor Atlanta Austin Boston Chicago Cincinnati Columbus, Ohio Dearborn Kansas City Los Angeles Manhattan Portland, Oregon Queens San Francisco Seattle Washington, DC Auckland, New Zealand Berlin, Germany Beirut, Lebanon Caracas, Venezuela Copenhagen, Denmark Dublin, Ireland Edmonton, Canada Istanbul, Turkey London, […]
What Hillary Rodham Clinton Really Meant to Say on Egypt
Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton: We are deeply scared about our empire in the region and slightly embarrassed that we fund the Egyptian security forces to repress their own people, and we call on the 30-year dictatorship in Egypt to do everything in its power to protect our interests. . . . As […]
Mubarak Addresses the Egyptian People
Mubarak: Leave, stay, leave, stay, leave, stay. . . . God damn you, Zine Ben Ali. May you burn in hell. It’s impossible to fix things now. Damn it. I think I’ll go make a speech — maybe things will quiet down a little.
Egypt: Fighting for Freedom
Carlos Latuff is a Brazilian cartoonist. See, also, <twitter.com/3arabawy/status/30662957587234817> and <twitter.com/3arabawy/statuses/30747797716209664>. | Print
Egypt: Mubarak Shuts Down Internet, But Struggle Is Still Online
Carlos Latuff is a Brazilian cartoonist. See, also, <twitter.com/3arabawy/status/30662957587234817> and <twitter.com/3arabawy/statuses/30747797716209664>. | Print
Egypt: The Day of Wrath
Tahrir Square Amr Waked: “Change Is Coming” Shubra Matariyyah In Front of the Parliament In Front of the Dar Al Hekma Hospital Qasr El Aini Street Alexandria Smashing the NDP Headquarters, Mansoura The videos above were released by Al-Masry Al-Youm on 25 January 2011 under a Creative Commons license. Cf. “After violent clashes with […]
What Kind of Media Does Tunisia’s Interim Government Allow?
Only the kind that puts a new democratic mask on the old dictatorship. . . . Carlos Latuff is a Brazilian cartoonist. Cf. “Tunisia’s interim government abruptly shut down the country’s oldest and most popular private television network [Hannibal TV] on Sunday evening, in an apparent violation of its pledges to respect freedom of expression […]
Egypt: 25 January 2011
This cartoon was first published by Dostor (Egypt); it is reproduced here for non-profit educational purposes. Cf. We Are All Khaled Said; “#Jan25 Is Official Menace to the Regime” (Egyptian Chronicles, 23 January 2011). | Print
Fox News’s Glenn Beck Incites Threats against Professor Frances Fox Piven
January 20, 2011, New York — Today, the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) issued a written appeal to Fox News president Roger Ailes to help put a stop to the increasing threats against progressive Professor Frances Fox Piven, largely incited by Fox News host Glenn Beck. In the letter, co-written by Legal Director Bill Quigley […]
Tunisia: Major Opposition Parties Issue Statements Rejecting Unity Government
20 January 2011 19 January 2011 As 4 opposition ministers announced their resignation from the Unity Government, protesters once again took to the streets to express their rejection of any RCD involvement in the interim government. Protesters shouted “RCD, Out Out!” and were greeted by tear gas, water cannons, and even live ammunition fired […]
The IMF and Ireland: What We Can Learn from the Global South
This paper highlights a number of concerns about the nature of the EU-IMF loan agreement with Ireland. It is based on the experience of global justice organisations that have long monitored the impact of IMF policies in the Global South. The paper first takes up that experience and highlights the pernicious impacts the IMF — […]
Tunisia: Notes on the Army
Saturday, January 15, 2011 On the way downtown our cab had to stop. The army and police were both outside the town liquor store arresting looters. The army was arguing with the police and eventually made them leave. Then this happened. . . I wrote in the last page that, despite what I would […]
The Diary of Zine El Abidine Ben Ali, Former Tunisian President
Mubarak to Ben Ali: “I’m coming to stay with you in a few days. Get me reservations at a good place.” Le journal du ZABA / يوميات زين العابدين بن علي The videos above were released by Kharabeesh on 19 January 2011, 27 January 2011, and 3 February 2011. For more information about Kharabeesh, […]
YouTube Censors CubaDebate
No more censorship on YouTube! Restore CubaDebate! Iván Lira is a Venezuelan artist. This cartoon was published in Rebelión on 16 January 2011. Translation by Yoshie Furuhashi (@yoshiefuruhashi | yoshie.furuhashi [at] gmail.com). Cf. Javier Rodríguez, “Censura de Youtube a Cubadebate desató movimiento solidario” (CubaDebate, 13 January 2011); Ellery Biddle, “Cuba: Cubadebate’s YouTube Channel Taken […]
