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CAIRO: Revolving Door in Tahrir Square?
In 2011, Russia's PUSSY RIOT praised Egyptian rebels.
What remains in 2014?
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What remains in 2014?
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Around three years ago, the Arab Spring movements
were inspiring freedomseekers globally.
In Putinistan, on 07 November 2011,
art-polit-provos PUSSY RIOT proclaimed:
"...Free the cobblestones! Free the cobblestones!
Egyptian air is good for the lungs!
Turn Red Square into Tahrir,
Spend a full day among strong women...." [*]
......................
In the USA, as in the "former" USSR,
many admired Egyptian women,
mostly young and somewhat "secular",
who dared to speak truth to power.
One could hope to see men and women moving toward equal rights,
a daring new idea in Egypt.
Now look at Tahrir Square in 2014! [ ** ]
Has the "revolution"
been like a revolving door?
Sadly,
Tortuga Bi LIBERTY
San Francisco, CA, USA
June 2014
.................
FOOTNOTES:
* [ Pussy Riot group;
quoted [and translated?] by Masha Gessen, WORDS WILL BREAK CEMENT....]
... please see also:
https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2014/06/10/18757199.php
[partial review of:
WORDS WILL BREAK CEMENT:
The Passion of Pussy Riot ]
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** [ Tahrir, June 2014:]
http://www.dailynewsegypt.com/2014/06/09/sexual-assault-reported-tahrir-square-al-sisis-inauguration-anti-harassment-group/
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http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/1/64/103444/Egypt/Politics-/ElSisi-visits-Tahrir-sexual-assault-victim,-apolog.aspx
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were inspiring freedomseekers globally.
In Putinistan, on 07 November 2011,
art-polit-provos PUSSY RIOT proclaimed:
"...Free the cobblestones! Free the cobblestones!
Egyptian air is good for the lungs!
Turn Red Square into Tahrir,
Spend a full day among strong women...." [*]
......................
In the USA, as in the "former" USSR,
many admired Egyptian women,
mostly young and somewhat "secular",
who dared to speak truth to power.
One could hope to see men and women moving toward equal rights,
a daring new idea in Egypt.
Now look at Tahrir Square in 2014! [ ** ]
Has the "revolution"
been like a revolving door?
Sadly,
Tortuga Bi LIBERTY
San Francisco, CA, USA
June 2014
.................
FOOTNOTES:
* [ Pussy Riot group;
quoted [and translated?] by Masha Gessen, WORDS WILL BREAK CEMENT....]
... please see also:
https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2014/06/10/18757199.php
[partial review of:
WORDS WILL BREAK CEMENT:
The Passion of Pussy Riot ]
............................................
......................................................
......................
** [ Tahrir, June 2014:]
http://www.dailynewsegypt.com/2014/06/09/sexual-assault-reported-tahrir-square-al-sisis-inauguration-anti-harassment-group/
....................................................
http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/1/64/103444/Egypt/Politics-/ElSisi-visits-Tahrir-sexual-assault-victim,-apolog.aspx
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For more information:
https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2014/06/...
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