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The U.S formally condemned the bloodshed, but Egypt's military is striving for the same thing the U.S. would like to see—a return to a stable client state.
More than 600 were killed and thousands wounded in a single day as Egypt's military declared martial law. Brian Becker, National Coordinator of the ANSWER Coalition, analyzes the orientation of U.S. imperialism toward Egypt's military.
Egyptian soldiers may be the ones pulling the trigger but the bullets and guns are paid for by the government in Washington.
Given the long history of U.S. invasions, occupations and other forms of intervention in the region, one must ask whether this was a U.S.-engineered coup.
U.S. mass media tell us in that demonstrations are a waste of time and protests do not change anything. Egypt gives a resounding rebuttal to this lie.
Once again, the Egyptian people have shown the world that the masses of people can alter the course of history.
Two ANSWER organizers, Salma Elshakre and Omar Ali, both Egyptian nationals recently returned from a visit home, offered their assessments of the ongoing struggle at an ANSWER forum.
Los oponentes del presidente Morsi convocaron una huelga general para manifestarse en contra del apresuramiento en la elaboración de la propuesta constitucional y los decretos emitidos por Morsi para fortalecer su mandato.
Protests continue against Morsi not only because of the new constitution and his sweeping powers, but because many of Mubarak’s policies have continued under the new government.
For the first time, a member of the Muslim Brotherhood, banned since 1948, has become president of Egypt, but the Mubarak regime survives through the SCAF.