Egypt’s Civilian Government Offers to Step Down

Staff / Truthdig Nov 22, 2011 Egyptians staged another mass protest Monday as the interim civilian government faced another major transition The day before, the whole cabinet submitted its resignation, but the ruling military council had yet to accept it by nightfall Meanwhile, more than 30 people were (more). Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Tahrir Square All Over Again

Staff / Truthdig Nov 20, 2011 Egyptian security forces killed at least three demonstrators in Cairo's Tahrir Square on Sunday as troops moved against huge crowds protesting the military’s attempts to grant itself permanent governmental powers a week before the first post-Mubarak parliamentary elections. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Egyptians Take On Military Council in New Protest

Staff / Truthdig Nov 19, 2011 Last February, ushering in the storied Arab Spring, Egyptians poured into the streets to clamor for change -- regime change, which led to the ousting of longtime leader Hosni Mubarak On Friday, protesters again flooded Cairo's Tahrir Square, this time to call on the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (more). Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Protest Planet: How a Neoliberal Shell Game Created an Age of Activism

Juan Cole / Truthdig Nov 13, 2011 If you are wondering why outraged young people around the globe are chanting such similar slogans and using such similar tactics, it is because they have seen more clearly than their elders through the neoliberal shell game. Dig deeper ( 11 Min. Read )

Globalizing Dissent, From Tahrir Square to Liberty Plaza

Amy Goodman / Truthdig Oct 26, 2011 The winds of change are blowing across the globe. What triggers such change, and when it will strike, is something that no one can predict. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

From Tahrir Square to Zuccotti Park: Lessons in Inequality

Staff / Truthdig Oct 17, 2011 Nicholas Kristof writes in The New York Times that, although there are parallels between the revolutionary protests in Egypt and the occupation of Wall Street, Americans actually experience worse income inequality than Egyptians. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Bloody Sunday Shakes an Egypt in Transition

Staff / Truthdig Oct 10, 2011 What started as a peaceful demonstration in downtown Cairo took a violent turn later Sunday when Coptic Christians protesting last week's attack on one of their churches clashed with military forces and other civilians. (more) Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Dispatches From Cairo: A Poignant Celebration

Lauren Unger-Geoffroy / Truthdig Oct 8, 2011 This year's Oct 6 holiday in Egypt's victory was more poignant and significant as current events rappel the historical environment of the Arab Spring, another turning point in world and Middle East sociopolitical demographics 6 holiday in Egypt was more poignant and significant in light of the Arab Spring. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Author and Academic Comments on Wall Street Protests

Staff / Truthdig Sep 19, 2011 Protesters continued to occupy Manhattan's financial district Monday. "Democracy Now!" has footage of the demonstration and interviews with activists, including a conversation with distinguished anthropologist, author and protest-goer David Graeber. (more) Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Bread and the ‘Tropic of Chaos’

Staff / Truthdig Jul 21, 2011 Christian Parenti, who writes regularly for The Nation magazine, has published a book detailing some of the present and future social impacts of climate change. In an essay on Tom Dispatch.com, he connects the rising cost of bread to the revolutionary uprisings in the Middle East and Northern Africa. (more) Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

A New Egypt on the Brink of Being Born

Lauren Unger-Geoffroy / Truthdig Jul 16, 2011 "No [political] parties, no Muslim Brotherhood! The Egyptian people are in the square! La ahzab, la Ikhwan! Al-Sha’b al-Misri fi al-Maydan!” "The blood of the martyrs won't be wasted," the crowds chanted. "No parties, no Muslim Brotherhood! The Egyptian people are in the square!” Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

10 Warnings for Arab Democracies

Staff / Truthdig Jul 10, 2011 Truthdig columnist Juan Cole has some sobering words of caution for those in the Arab world with a "once-in-a-century" shot at making their nations into thriving, functional democracies. (more) Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )