GOP Peanut Gallery Sounds Off on Egypt

Staff / Truthdig Feb 3, 2011 In case you were losing sleep wondering what Newt Gingrich thinks about President Obama's handling of the Egyptian protests, well, he doesn't approve. Nor does 2012 GOP all-star Mike Huckabee, but Mitt Romney is more supportive. And as for Sarah Palin? (more) Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Violence in Cairo Draws Fire From Abroad

Staff / Truthdig Feb 3, 2011 Reports of machine gun fire and Molotov cocktails lobbed at anti-government demonstrators in Cairo by pro-Mubarak forces sparked a flurry of disapproving commentary from the West on Wednesday and stoked concerns about Egypt's volatility in the Middle East. Among those speaking out was British Prime Minister David Cameron, above. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Mubarak Plans His (Eventual) Exit

Staff / Truthdig Feb 2, 2011 Claiming he "did not intend to seek re-election" this September, Egypt's embattled President Hosni Mubarak made the vague announcement on state television Tuesday night that he planned to stay put "for the next few months" before leaving office. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Raw Video: Cairo, Tuesday Night

Staff / Truthdig Feb 2, 2011 On Tuesday night in Cairo, it was clear that the protests calling for the end of Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak's three-decade rule had not lost momentum over the course of a week This raw video clip from the Associated Press shows . Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Egyptian Leading Man: ‘We Are Very Disappointed With America’

Staff / Truthdig Feb 1, 2011 Over the weekend, The Wrap's Sharon Waxman checked in with one of Egypt's top TV and movie actors, Khaled Nabawy, who was using his star power to draw attention to the ongoing clash between Egyptians and President Hosni Mubarak's regime . Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Watch the Egyptian Revolt in Real Time

Staff / Truthdig Jan 29, 2011 Friday brought news of more demonstrations around Egypt on the fourth day of protests against President Hosni Mubarak's regime More deaths were reported, but protesters also made some gains in their struggle against state power . Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Hundreds Arrested as Egypt Protests Continue

Staff / Truthdig Jan 27, 2011 Despite the Egyptian government's forceful response -- including mass arrests, a ban on protests and the use of batons and tear gas -- to demonstrations around the country against President Hosni Mubarak's administration, the clashes continued . Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Egyptian Protesters Rail Against Mubarak’s Regime

Staff / Truthdig Jan 26, 2011 The recent Tunisian uprising has apparently had an effect on nearby Egyptians, as thousands took to the Internet and then to the streets of Cairo and around Egypt on Tuesday to demonstrate against President Hosni Mubarak's long-standing government. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

U.N. Combats Violence Against Women, With Help From Men

Staff / Truthdig Nov 26, 2009 On Wednesday, the 10th anniversary of the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women, U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon announced the creation of a network of men tapped to serve as male role models in the fight against gender-based violence. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Being Obama Matters

Eugene Robinson / Truthdig Jun 9, 2009 I used to fear that the president was overestimating the power of his personal history as an instrument of foreign policy. Now I wonder if he might have been underestimating. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Hold Your Applause

Chris Hedges / Truthdig Jun 8, 2009 We may thrill to Obama’s rhetoric, but very few of the 1.3 billion Muslims in the world are as deluded. They grasp that nothing so far has changed for Muslims in the Middle East under the Obama administration. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Naysayers

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