Links 8 February 2011

• Steven Cook's Blog » Blog Archive » Reading Gramsci in Tahrir
  Steve gives a personal account of experiencing Egypt's uprising, as opposed to analyzing it.
• Resentment Finds a Target In Ahmed Ezz - NYTimes.com
  In which I am quoted, arguing that while Ezz may be guilty, he is also being scapegoated.
• Egyptian VP holds firm, says only alternative to dialogue is 'coup' | Al-Masry Al-Youm: Today's News from Egypt
  Suleiman panicking...
• Steven Cook's Blog » Blog Archive » “Why He Must Go Now”
  A good piece by Hassan al-Sawaf.
• Obama's Still Trying for Egyptian Change | Marc Lynch
  Lynch makes the case that Obama is not backing Suleiman. I beg to digger, various officials seem to have made that clear even Obama himself hasn't. Still, there's still time for a course correction.
• Wrongly choosing Egypt's generals over the democrats
  Good op-ed by Jackson Diehl, even though he's still can't help himself to make about Obama (even if this case he's right.)
• This is Egypt's revolution, not ours | Mohammad Mursi | Comment is free | The Guardian
  Op-ed by MB leader.
• China's reaction: Build a wall | The Economist
  "Egypt" is a banned word in Chinese search.