pink floyds roger waters speaks out in support of gaza freedom march
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democracy now tuesday december 30 2009in a democracy now exclusive interview british musician roger waters of the iconic rock band pink floyd speaks out about the gaza freedom march i actually would be very interested to hear what the president of the united states has to say about this nonviolent democratic demonstration of ordinary people from forty-two countries all over the world says waters they feel solidarity with their brothers and sisters other human beings who are living in conditions that none of us would stand for for a single second in any of our countries

egypt revolution - wave your flag
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to the brave revolutionaries of egypt who inspire the world

the assassination of anwar el sadat
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on 6 october 1981 the month after the crackdown sadat was assassinated during the annual victory parade in cairo a fatw approving the assassination had been obtained from omar abdel-rahman a cleric later convicted in the us for his role in the 1993 world trade center bombing sadat was protected by four layers of security and the army parade should have been safe due to ammunition-seizure rules however the officers in charge of that procedure were on hajj to meccaas air force mirage jets flew overhead distracting the crowd a troop truck halted before the presidential reviewing stand and a lieutenant strode forward sadat stood to receive his salute whereupon the assassins rose from the truck throwing grenades and firing assault rifle rounds the attack lasted about two minutes photographer bill foley captured one of the last shots of a living sadat the photograph is titled quotthe last smilequot the lead assassin khalid islambouli shouted quotdeath to pharaohquot as he ran towards the stand and shot sadat after he fell to the floor people around sadat threw chairs on his body to try to protect him from the bullets eleven others were killed including the cuban ambassador a omani general and a coptic orthodox bishop and 28 were wounded including james tully the irish minister for defence and four us military liaison officers sadat was then rushed to a hospital but was declared dead within hours this was the first time in egyptian history that the head of state had been assassinated by an egyptian citizen two of the attackers were killed and the others were arrested by military police on-site islambouli was later found guilty and was executed in april 1982in conjunction with the assassination an insurrection was organized in asyut in upper egypt rebels took control of the city for a few days and 68 policemen and soldiers were killed in the fighting government control was not restored until paratroopers from cairo arrived most of the militants convicted of fighting received light sentences and served only three years in prison

colbert report: 2111 in :60 seconds - the colbert report - 2111 - video clip comedy central
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colbertnationcom video - two million egyptians gather to go to hardee

clinton meets egypt039s new president
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us secretary of state hilary clinton arrived in egypt for a 2 day visit where she started by meeting newly elected president mohamed morsi follow our facebook on: https:wwwfacebookcompresstvchannelfollow our twitter on: http:twittercompresstv

cycle of impunity in egypt
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http:wwwamnestyusaorgpagephpid=1541amnesty international is urging the egyptian military to respect the rights of protesters as cairo demonstrators held their biggest protest yet amid ongoing nationwide unrest media reports said hundreds of thousands of people had gathered for what organisers dubbed a 039million man039 protest calling for president hosni mubarak to step down and corruption poverty and police abuses to end

keiser report: messy democracies e128
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this week max keiser and co-host stacy herbert report from cairo about markets loving tyranny a former prime-minister visiting dictators in the desert for jp morgan and a central banker running over bicyclists in the second half of the show max talks to investigative journalist lina attallah about the role of social media women and youth in the egyptian revolutionkr on fb: http:wwwfacebookcomkeiserreport

thousands in cairo egypt protests and demonstrations on tuesday january 25 2011
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streets of cairo egypt as demonstrations and protests spark all over the country january 25th 2011 is a new day in history

young boy leads chants at feb 5 2011 solidarity rally for democracy in egypt - toronto canada
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young boy leads chants at feb 5 2011 solidarity rally for democracy in egypt - toronto canadajust weeks after a revolution in tunisia toppled its decades-old dictatorship a similar movement in egypt is poised to overthrow the 30-year old regime of hosni mubarak please join us for a city-wide family-friendly rally and march in downtown toronto in support of the egyptian people039s struggle for freedom and democracy and to support all freedom struggles across the region please bring your placards banners and noise-makersorganized bycanadian coptic associationegyptian national association for changetoronto egypt solidarity campaigncanadian arab federationcanadian peace alliancetoronto coalition to stop the warmore information:http:wwwnowarca

military prevents confrontation between protesters and police in cairo
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around 9am saturday january 29 2011 egyptian police attempted to clear a street leading to cairo039s tahrir square police fired shotguns into the air to announce their presence following a night of massive civil unrest in cairo a group of protesters moved towards them from tahrir square three egyptian military armored vehicles moved in to obstruct police fire seemingly to protect protesters the follow raw footage shows what happened next

watch president obama039s full speech on mideast policy
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for more: http:topbsorglwu6qbin what was described as a major policy speech at the state department president obama pledged aid to arab nations that are shifting toward democracy and renewed calls for an israeli-palestinian two-state settlement the president said quotpeople of the middle east and north africa are casting off the burdens of the pastquot in what is now known as the arab spring

riz khan - tariq ramadan and slavoj zizek on the future of egyptian politics
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the revolutionary chants on the streets of egypt have resonated around the world but with a popular uprising without a clear direction and an unpopular leader refusing to concede egypt039s future hangs in the balance riz khan talks to muslim scholar tariq ramadan and slovenian philosopher slavoj zizek about the power of popular dissent the limits of peaceful protest and the future of egyptian politics

quotalkebulanquot by nickodemus afrika bambaataa amp the spy from cairo
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when i got a call from afrika bambaataa asking to collaborate on a song in the studio i rode my bike right through a red light ampamp the car missed me by about the thickness of my old 03984 parachute pants so here it is we took it back to africa with the spy from cairo on oud ampamp afrika bambaataa on the mic the video manifested as another beautiful surprise when i met arturo almanza over sharing music on facebook here it is from the album quotmoon peoplequot the official video for quotalkebulanquot produced ampamp mixed by nickodemus vocals by afrika bambaataa oud ampamp bass by the spy from cairo programming by nickodemus sax by jay rodriguez recorded by amon the hook studios brooklyn special thanks to blue video by arturo almanzahttp:wwwnickodemuscomhomehtml

anonymous: occupy solidarity march 2272012
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to all occupy movements please spread this message far and wide worldwide day of solidarity to be planned on february 27th we will all join together in unity from occupywallstreet and occupyoakland to occupynigeria and occupyathenswe are anonymoustranscript____________in the light and expansion of the recent occupy movements we have witnessed the solidarity between north america latin america europe africa asia the middle east and australia every time our occupying families are raided or attacked by brutal police force we show little to no solidarity between ourselves as such this march will be dedicated to demonstrate the solidarity and strength that we hold dear we now live in a world where we hold human rights to a very high regard no matter the nationality the world has seen us suffer so much as we have seen them become martyrs for the political agenda they try to overthrow on february 27th 2012 the march will begin at the original occupy camps and march towards the capitol buildings in each state town or county once arriving at the destination we will have a candlelight vigil to show solidarity if you cannot keep a candle lit due to weather restrictions you can use your cell phone lights lighters andor flash lights as a source of light this march is to show worldwide solidarity with all occupations including the occupations people rarely speak of let us make this a special march and as always solidarity with our brothers and sisters all around the worldwe are anonymouswe are legionwe are the 99 percentwe are freedomwe are justiceexpect us____________________twitter: wwwtwittercomtheanonmessage

mubarak verdict: justice served- news analysis 06-02-2012
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a 30-year dictatorial rule undone by an 18-day revolution reached its climax for the man who was once on top: former egyptian president hosni mubarak was given the life sentence for his role in the killing of protesters his sons gamal and alaa were cleared of corruption charges and several senior security officials were found not guilty of murder the verdict sparked anger amongst egyptians in this news analysis we will look closer at the political ramifications in a country that will presidential elections in about 2 week039s timefollow our facebook on: https:wwwfacebookcompresstvchannelfollow our twitter on: http:twittercompresstv