The democratic, nonviolent citizens of the Arab and Middle Eastern world congratulate the courageous people of Egypt for writing the future of the region in Nonviolence. Today, 11 February 2011, the Nile Revolution joins the Tunisian Jasmine Revolution in showing that Nonviolence makes change happen at the top. The success of the Nile Revolution is […]
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Tim Cavanaugh | February 11, 2011 Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak is clearly not going down without a fight. With last night’s late speech, in which he refused to leave office immediately and vowed to spend the rest of his life in Egypt, Mubarak embarrassed his American patrons and made it clear that he just won’t take a hint […]
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The democratic, nonviolent citizens of the Arab and Middle Eastern world congratulate the courageous people of Egypt for writing the future of the region in Nonviolence. Today, 11 February 2011, the Nile Revolution joins the Tunisian Jasmine Revolution in showing that Nonviolence makes change happen at the top. The success of the Nile Revolution is […]
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nonviolence,
Revolution
With scenes of Cossack-like Mubarak supporters on horse- and camel-back whipping unarmed, nonviolent demonstrators, the repeated appeal for a gentle change of regime at the top is proving insufficient. From my experience with the Lebanese Cedar Revolution, and the history of popular revolutions in the modern age, one does not persuade dictators to step down. […]
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