http://arabist.net/arabawy/2006/11/12/fsu-elections/ Tue, 06 Jan 2009 11:31:13 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.5 http://arabist.net/arabawy/2006/11/12/fsu-elections/#comment-1234 Clashes at Ain Shams University at 3arabawy Mon, 13 Nov 2006 14:04:29 +0000 http://arabist.net/arabawy/2006/11/12/fsu-elections/#comment-1234 [...] I don’t have details yet, but it seems for the second day on the row, Ain Shams University’s campus in Abbassiya was the scene of clashes between the Free Student Union activists and those who belong to the government-appointed official Student Union, backed by criminal thugs who were allowed into campus with wooden sticks and sharp objects. The intimidation campaign is ongoing, while the university’s security personnel are absent from the scene, making sure the crackdown on the FSU to be portrayed as a students vs students affair. [...] [...] I don’t have details yet, but it seems for the second day on the row, Ain Shams University’s campus in Abbassiya was the scene of clashes between the Free Student Union activists and those who belong to the government-appointed official Student Union, backed by criminal thugs who were allowed into campus with wooden sticks and sharp objects. The intimidation campaign is ongoing, while the university’s security personnel are absent from the scene, making sure the crackdown on the FSU to be portrayed as a students vs students affair. [...]

]]> http://arabist.net/arabawy/2006/11/12/fsu-elections/#comment-1224 Hossam el-Hamalawy Mon, 13 Nov 2006 10:40:41 +0000 http://arabist.net/arabawy/2006/11/12/fsu-elections/#comment-1224 The Socialists, as leaders and base cadres, have been pushing for that coordination. Of course there were always debate within the Socialists about that, but the outcome was in favor of coordination on tactical anti-regime issues. In the case of the MB, there were initiative on the ground from some of their students, which necessarily were not blessed by their leadership. But things have improved dramatically on the leadership level since the launch of the National Alliance in the summer of 2005. The Socialists, as leaders and base cadres, have been pushing for that coordination. Of course there were always debate within the Socialists about that, but the outcome was in favor of coordination on tactical anti-regime issues. In the case of the MB, there were initiative on the ground from some of their students, which necessarily were not blessed by their leadership. But things have improved dramatically on the leadership level since the launch of the National Alliance in the summer of 2005.

]]> http://arabist.net/arabawy/2006/11/12/fsu-elections/#comment-1189 SP Sun, 12 Nov 2006 10:50:33 +0000 http://arabist.net/arabawy/2006/11/12/fsu-elections/#comment-1189 Are the respective Socialist and MB leaderships supportive of their student wings cooperating, or are the student groups acting autonomously, do you know? Good for them, anyhow. Are the respective Socialist and MB leaderships supportive of their student wings cooperating, or are the student groups acting autonomously, do you know? Good for them, anyhow.

]]>