Tourism Boycott for Egyptian Reforms by Joel S. Hirschhorn

by Joel S. Hirschhorn
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Dandelion Salad
www.foavc.org
February 13, 2011

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How wonderful that the Egyptian dictator Mubarak has finally stepped down.  But there are considerable uncertainties about when and how a fully functioning democracy that benefits ordinary Egyptians, especially the poorest, will be formed.  Restoring the Egyptian economy and ensuring that it benefits not just the existing upper class that supported Mubarak is a key challenge.  Economic reforms, however, are hardly mentioned by all those talking so much about the wonderful transformation in Egypt.

Once Upon a Time in the Evil Empire by Cindy Sheehan

by Cindy Sheehan
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Dandelion Salad
Cindy Sheehan’s Soapbox Blog
Cindy Sheehan’s Soapbox
February 13, 2011

America is a Nation with a mission – and that mission comes from our most basic beliefs. We have no desire to dominate, no ambitions of empire. Our aim is a democratic peace – a peace founded upon the dignity and rights of every man and woman. — Emperor George the III

Once upon a time in the Evil Empire, there arose to the Most Powerful Office in the Land, a very stupidly evil man named, George Walker Bush (the III George of the Empire).

Rachel Corrie’s mom, Cindy Corrie, interviewed by Cindy Sheehan

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by Cindy Sheehan
Featured Writer
Dandelion Salad
Cindy Sheehan’s Soapbox Blog
Cindy Sheehan’s Soapbox
February 13, 2011

(SOAPBOX #87) – Cindy Sheehan welcomes a most honored guest, Cindy Corrie.  (Note: That link goes to Part 1 of an interview with Rachel Corrie’s parents.  Part 2 is here.)  Both of these ladies suffered a mother’s worst nightmare: the loss of her precious child – to the forces of empire! 

Gilbert Achcar: The History of Military Dictatorship in Egypt

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Gilbert Achcar: Military rule in Egypt began with Nasser’s overthrow of King Farouk and increasing independence from the US.

Gilbert Achcar grew up in Lebanon, and is currently Professor at the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) of the University of London. His books include The Clash of Barbarisms: The Making of the New World Disorder, published in 13 languages, Perilous Power: The Middle East and U.S. Foreign Policy, co-authored with Noam Chomsky, and most recently the critically acclaimed The Arabs and the Holocaust: The Arab-Israeli War of Narratives.