Forces Behind the Egyptian Revolution (hint, it's the unions)

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Forces Behind the Egyptian Revolution



By Michael Collins
DailyCensored.com

(Washington, DC) Two critical forces behind the Egyptian Revolution are missing from the front pages, or any pages, of the corporate media.. They are the critical role of Egypt's union movement and the universal desire of all people to live in peace, freedom and dignity. The grievances of Egypt's workers and their struggle to unionize effectively receive no attention. The connection between that struggle and the right to assemble to change conditions, the demonstrations, fails entered the public dialog. It is as though this were some aberration rather than an expression of a fundamental human aspiration suppressed in Egypt for decades.

The Egyptian people were poised for a mass celebration following what they hoped was the farewell speech by former President Hosni Mubarak. For seventeen days, the people massed in Cairo's Tahrir Square and protested throughout Egypt, including the boomtown of Port Suez <2>. No G-20 leader has provided unequivocal support for the peoples' demands for Mubarak and his entire regime leave immediately and for open and fair elections. Today, with signs of annoyance, President Barack Obama <3> said Mubarak needed a, "credible, concrete and unequivocal path to democracy." He isn't quite there yet. What does a "path to democracy" look like? How long does it take to walk that path? But the Egyptian military leaders may have acted already.



Link: http://dailycensored.com/2011/02/11/forces-behind-the-egyptian-revolution/

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1. Egyptian Federation for Independent Unions Constitutional Body Creation

Egyptian Federation for Independent Unions

Constitutional Body Creation


Egypt is going through historical moments… Its people is courageously struggling to defend the right to live a decent life… the right to dignity, freedom and social justice… to decent opportunities and just pay… to a democratic society for all, offering every single citizen a share in its wealth and GNP… a society that does not allow few to buy private jets whereas the rest of the population cannot even afford public transportation… a society that refuses to pay the top of the pyramid salaries higher thousand of time than minimum wage.

A society that allows its people to breathe freely… to freely speak, interact and express itself… a society that allows all people categories and classes to defend their interests and negotiate freely… a society that does not oppress its people, inhibits its ambitions and natural tendencies to develop workers capacities and improve their life conditions.

Workers and people struggled for decades and participated, especially since 4 years, in unprecedented recurrent protest actions to defend their legal rights. They succeeded in their endeavor despite the lack of independent union organization, stolen piece by piece for decades. They succeeded in attracting larges social sectors, and mobilizing greater sympathy among the Egyptian society, workers and union movements.

Workers defended their right to work to face unemployment specter – that devours youth – and demanded to set a new fair minimum wage that guarantees decent living for all workers. They fought courageously to defend their democratic right to organize and create independent union organizations.

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Egyptian Federation for Independent Unions
The “Constitutional Body”
30/01/2011

http://www.unionbook.org/profiles/blogs/egypt-founding-declaration-of

[CTyankee]

2. quel horreur!

RWingers have their fingers in their ears! They don't want to hear this!

[boppers]

3. I expect a great number of folks to "take credit".

A very large number of interests aligned for this to take place.

[The Magistrate]

4. Quite True, Sir

Union actions were a crucial factor.

[autorank]

12. Thank you Magistrate

Mahalla, the birthplace of the independent union movement looks like a very tough town.

The Egyptians knocked off a 5,000 year run of tyranny. God bless them.

[flpoljunkie]

5. Yes, the unions were a large factor.

[autorank]

11. They remind me of the early days of the US union movement

You had to risk your life to have a chance at life. It was deadly serous. So was this. Amazing!

[avaistheone1]

6. Bravo!

Well done.

:kick:

[formercia]

7. When the shooting started today

The Army decided it was time for Mubarak to get out of Dodge.

[EFerrari]

8. K&R

[maryf]

9. Solidarity!

Walk like those Egyptians!! K&R

[autorank]

10. It's a good way to go!

This is a turning point. Lots of power among those people.

[maryf]

13. and just the beginning...

people power is contagious!

[myrna minx]

14. Kick for this exellent article.

[Kurovski]

15. Kick

Lessons for American people all over the world these days.