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Pro-resistance Tahrir demo on Wednesday
Hossam el-Hamalawy
National Forces For Palestine and Lebanon--a united front of leftist, Islamist political groups, and NGO activists--have called for a demonstration in Tahrir Square, Wednesday 26 July, at 6pm, in solidarity with the Palestinian and Lebanese resistance. Wednesday also coincides with the 50th anniversary of the nationalization of the Suez Canal.
If you are attending, please bring Lebanese or/and Palestinian flags.
And here's the demo banner, designed by the organizers. It adresses Arab leaders saying "Your Majesties, Your Excellencies... Spit on You!"
Activism Calendar
If you are attending, please bring Lebanese or/and Palestinian flags.
And here's the demo banner, designed by the organizers. It adresses Arab leaders saying "Your Majesties, Your Excellencies... Spit on You!"
Activism Calendar
Reader Comments (6)
Can I bring an Iraqi flag? Over 50 Iraqis were killed today by suicide bombers. Or Iraqi lives are just fish shit since American and Israel are not involved?
I think you should also bring Iraqi flags...but I'm a bit biased. Ya Hossam, your thoughts?
The focus of the protest is the current Israeli attack on Palestine and Lebanon. Many (if not all) of the organizers of that demo were figures from the anti-war movement that campaigned against the war on Iraq, anticipating the situation was gonna go down the drains in a US occupied Iraq like it is today. So there is no need for "mozayda" as we say in Arabic.
For those who wanna bring Iraqi flags, they are more than welcome. All causes are connected, as many in the movement for change believe.
" Many (if not all) of the organizers of that demo were figures from the anti-war movement that campaigned against the war on Iraq, "
Awesome. But who will campaign against the suicide bombers' war against Iraqi civilians? Or we're just concerned only when america is involved.
"anticipating the situation was gonna go down the drains in a US occupied Iraq like it is today. "
OK and it went down the drain..so what do we do now, we forget it simply because americans are not the main killers there?
Some of the attendees of the IAMCR conference being held at AUC this week and comprised of media experts from all over the world, from Taiwan to Australia to the States to Lebanon, plan on demonstrating on Wed. in Tahrir Square in protest to the ongoing Israeli onslaught on Lebanon. Think the security services will have the balls to beat up a bunch of foreigners that include journalists and those with close ties to the media?
Hi i was at the demo today, as an IAMCR participant from Holland. Besides me were two others from GB. And we also met two Americans and a Canadian and probably there were others to. Of course it was great to see so much solidarity. And yes it did help to wave our badges and talk with the officers standing by that were coordinating the assault on the protestors, if only to confuse and embarres them. But for most of us the experience was especially one of shock. It was hard to get into the group that was formed but quickly closed of by what seemed thugs and of course many many police men and special forces. Outside we tried to play our role as witness or supporters of all of you who were inside and continuing the protest. The shock we felt was about the amount of force and violence against protesters who were doing their duty as antiwar activists and citizens, for a cause so obvious and legitimate and practiced all over the world as we speak. It confirmed again how scared the regimes are when they support war mongering oppressive systems and states like the US and ISrael. It seemed like the last thing they wanted is your spirit to be spread on Tahrir square and beyond, because they know how many people potentially support you and can be mobilised. For us the demo today seemed like a fight between the state and the street, as much as silencing a call for solidarity and condemnation of israeli agression. We tried to mobilize for an official solidarity motion with lebanon and Palestine from IAMCR, but it seems they too are scared. It was dissapointing that the motion did not make it in the general assembly. But the mood and spirit is there, even amongst us 'academics'. Our experience has strengthened our sense of international solidarity and we will remember the courage and sacrifice of our egyptian fellow activists with us when we go back. Demonstrating in Amsterdam will surely feel much more easy thus obligatory after what we saw in Tahrir today. Hasta la victoria...