On the Anniversary of the Uprising in Egypt
Let’s Dig Into the Critical Need for a Core of Communist Leadership
February 1, 2016 | Revolution Newspaper | revcom.us
Tahrir Square, Cairo, February 11, 2011. AP photos
Dear Revolution,
In the winter of 2011, five years ago, the people of Egypt rose up in rebellion against decades of brutally oppressive rule by the Mubarak regime—a regime backed by and playing a key role in preserving the interests of the U.S. Empire. On February 11 of that year, Mubarak was driven from office. On that day, Bob Avakian issued a critically important message, “EGYPT 2011: MILLIONS HAVE HEROICALLY STOOD UP... THE FUTURE REMAINS TO BE WRITTEN.” Links to the message in English, Spanish, Arabic, German and French including printable PDFs are at revcom.us/avakian/Egypt/.
That message by BA bears restudy and new initiatives to get it circulated in the Middle East and beyond. Also, I have a specific suggestion for programs at Revolution Books stores, and other places where the movement for revolution gathers. That is, that they show the film The Square, which documents the activity of radicals within the uprising in Cairo (Revolution ran a “Check It Out“ for that film when it came out). And after the showing, and having people read BA’s message, have discussions of what would be the tasks of a vanguard party in a situation like that; again—utilizing BA’s statement as a basis for that discussion.
Read and distribute BA's message written at that time:
“EGYPT 2011: MILLIONS HAVE HEROICALLY STOOD UP... THE FUTURE REMAINS TO BE WRITTEN.” (Available in English, Spanish, Arabic, German, and French)
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