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Occupy Cyberspace in Solidarity with the Egyptians

Join Occupy DC in cyberspace on Friday 23rd to show solidarity with the protesters bravely fighting for democracy in Egypt. Help use your social networks to raise awareness of the movement in Egypt and the government’s brutality against it...  Read more:  Occupy DC

Egyptian Military Kills 14 Protesters, Attacks Journalists in Brutal Crackdown in Tahrir Square

A new wave of violence in Cairo’s Tahrir Square began Friday when one of several hundred peaceful protesters staging a sit-in outside the parliament building was reportedly detained and beaten by troops...  Read and watch video:  Democracy Now

The Pictures From Egypt That Have Shocked a Nation

By now you might have seen this latest disgrace from Egypt, more brutality that we've come to expect from the the military which still runs Egypt, despite former dictator Mubarak's departure last February. The video below has been viewed a million times at YouTube, and the photo has made frontpages of newspapers around the world. What has shocked Egyptians, even those who still give these thugs the benefit of the doubt, are their attacks on women... 
Read and watch video:  Crooks and Liars

Tahrir square reoccupied as Eygpt fights to defend the revolution

We are in the midst of a decisive battle in the face of a potentially terminal crackdown. Over the past 72 hours the army has launched a ceaseless assault on revolutionaries in Tahrir Square and squares across Egypt. Over 2000 of us have been injured. More than 30 of us have been murdered. Just in Cairo alone. In the last 48 hours... 
Read more:   Take the Square