Tag: Egypt
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Calling Revolutionary Cairo
I have loads of pictures to upload, but here’s a taster of what it was like being in Cairo during the recent Tahrir Square protests – here’s a protest along the Sharia Talaat Harb heading into the square. It was a heady and scary time to be in Egypt and in the square…I took photos…
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Merry Creepmas! I’m Dreaming of a Black Black Xmas…
Just back from Egypt and South Africa (hey they put on a revolution just for me! So nice!) but I’ve still been busy in my absence. DJNoNo’s spooktastic Xmas mashup ‘BlacKmas Dub’ went up yesterday as part of the inaugural post for the 13 Days of Creepmas – a Halloween protest against the creeping of…
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Occupy Wall Street owns Fox News
I’ve been hearing dribs and drabs about the Wall Street (and now other places) protests about the 1% controlling the 99% and corporate interest trumping the people. I say dribs and drabs as there’s very little coverage in the mainstream media, over here anyway. Long may the protests continue – others may be cynical but…
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This knife of Sheffield steel: British arms in Libya and Bahrain
(Video is not for the squeamish; then again this is real unlike the Tyler video…) Sorry to interrupt the music but unless you’re totally immersed in your XFactor/Gaga/CowellWorld you’d have heard of the successful peaceful protests in Egypt – and the more violent ones still going in Libya and Bahrain. The video above is gruelling;…