Last 31 January, I, together with my graduate students in International Political Economy (IPE) at the University of the Philippines, tried to deliver a letter to the Egyptian Embassy in the Philippines. The letter expressed our solidarity with the Egyptians struggling for freedom and human dignity and our concern on the violent police crackdown on [...]
Archive for the ‘Hosni Mubarak’ Category
Where’s the Egyptian embassy in Makati?
Posted: February 12, 2011 in Arab people power, Egypt, Hosni Mubarak5
Viva Egypt! Viva Bouazizi! Viva the Egyptian 300+!
Posted: February 12, 2011 in April 6 Youth Movement, Arab people power, Barack Obama, Egypt, Hosni Mubarak, Jordan, Kefaya, Muslim Brotherhood, Non-violent politics, People power, Tahrir Square, Tunisia, YemenViva Egypt! After 18 days of non-stop, non-violent protests, marches, and general strikes, former air force general and supreme leader of Egypt for the last 30 years, Hosni Mubarak, skedaddles to a Sinai peninsula resort town while his designated VP Omar Suleiman announced that Mubarak has resigned as Egypt’s president. The chairman of the Grand [...]
body politics, ver. 1.2
Posted: February 4, 2011 in Arab people power, Arlo Mendoza, Body politics, Corruption, Corruption in the military, Egypt, Hosni Mubarak, Jordan, Mocha Girls, Mocha Uson, Non-violent politics, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, People power, PETA, PPSA, Tweet, Twitter, Vene Rallonza, YemenIn December last year, a humiliated fruit vendor, Mohamed Bouazizi, burned himself and sparked what is now known as the Jasmine Revolution in Tunisia that sent long-entrenched dictator Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali, his family and cronies packing their bags and ill-gotten loot and skedaddling to Saudi Arabia and to parts unknown after that. And Tunisia proved to be the [...]
War of attrition in Tahrir Square, Cairo
Posted: February 3, 2011 in Arab people power, Barack Obama, Egypt, Hosni Mubarak, Kefaya, People power, Tahrir SquareAs I write this blog entry, a pitched battle between pro- and anti-Mubarak forces is raging in Tahrir Square (aka Medan Tahrir or Midan Tahrir) in central Cairo and nearby surroundings, including the Museum of Antiquities. It started yesterday afternoon as pro-Mubarak forces mounted on horses and camel charged into the ranks of anti-Mubarak demonstrators [...]
