Links 21-23 January 2011
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Disturbing news - no one else has been charged with "high treason" yet, and it's the first TV channel to be shut down. (p.s. the channel later resumed broadcast.)
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Jack Shenker talks to Egyptian youths about reproducing the Tunisian revolution.
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Amel Boubakeur: "After having lost 20 years exclusively looking for the consideration of the state, the Algerian opposition now needs to get on the ground and seek the recognition of the people. Whatever their ideology, all Algerian reformers should focus on the people's need to get better organized politically in the coming days. Indeed, agreeing on basic demands for change without getting lost in partisan politics is definitively the main lesson of the Tunisian success story."
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“His arrest is a clear indicator that authorities in Sudan are fearful of a popular uprising turning into a reproduction of what actually happened in Tunisia,” Essam says. Turabi, however, has stressed since 1999 his total rejection to a regime change by means of a military coup. “Popular uprising” is his only choice.
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This is the guy who might be starting a revolution in Belgium.
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Profile of Jonathan Pollak, the Israeli activist sentenced to jail for participating in non-violent protests to protect Palestinians whose land is endangered by settlement expansion.
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Critique of French media coverage of Tunisia.
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Dan Murphy on the REAL new Middle East.
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The arguments against a repeat of Tunisia in Egypt.
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Olivier Roy: "The Tunisian revolt helps clarify a reality about Arab life: The terrorism we’ve seen over the past few years, with its utopian millennialism, doesn’t stem from the real societies of the Middle East. More Islamic radicals are to be found in the West than at home."
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Jokes about Tunisia's revolution - such as "Ali Baba has gone, but not the 40 thieves." [French]
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Exum draws attention to the fact that Republicans want to cut USAID entirely, but won't touch Defense. Reform and reduce both I say!
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Hesham Sallam is pessismistic on prospects for change both in Tunisia and in the region.
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Borzou on the debate on whether the RCD should be abolished or not (notably echoes of de-Baathification.)
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Sex columnists Dan Savage gives Silvio Berlusconi advice. Hilarious.
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I think that question is too vague, it should mention specific groups and movements.
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Steve Cook warns that "Tunisia's officers may very well get sucked into the political arena despite themselves."