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arab-protests_008 (Photo credit: Crethi Plethi)Social media abetted if not enabled the historic region-wide uprisings of early 2011, according to new report.
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NOT so long ago in the pre-Internet era and at a time when print media reigned supreme, members of the chattering class in the West were looking forward to reading the cover story of the new issue of Time magazine to find out how the political and cultural zeitgeist was shaping up.
Today's young readers and the media in general continue to pay some attention to whom Time chooses as its 'Man' - oops! - ' Person of the Year'. But in mid-20th century America, the magazine had an enormous power to shape the nation's agenda - and, by extension, that of the rest of the world - by constructing the Current Narrative.
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Demographers and Arab analysts glimpsed the coming turmoil 10 years ago, when the United Nations’ Development Project produced a scathing 2002 Arab Human Development Report that portrayed the Arab world as backward, ignorant and severely challenged, politically, socially and economically.
Burdened with 65 million illiterate adults, two-thirds of whom are women, it was economically stagnant, plagued by unemployment, corruption and falling living standards — a dangerous combination in a region that has the world’s highest concentration of young people, with 60% of the population under 25.
“The relentless critique of the status quo, the generational desire for political change, the yearning for democratic freedoms, the intense pan-Arab identification — these had all been in circulation for more than a decade,” said Marc Lynch, an international affairs expert at George Washington University and editor of the online magazine Foreign Policy.
“What changed with the fall of Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali in Tunisia [and Mr. Mubarak in Egypt] was the recognition that even the worst tyrants could be toppled,” he said. “It shattered the wall of fear.”
Not since the 1950s, when calls for Arab unity helped define the post-colonial world, has a single rallying cry echoed across the Middle East.
But this year, in country after country, Arabs, fed up with political and economic stagnation, authoritarianism, corruption, crumbling public services, police brutality and unemployment, shouted, “The people want to overthrow the regime.”
“Suddenly, Arabs everywhere saw people just like their own, defying vast autocracies just like those they lived under, toppling regimes that had once seemed impregnable,” said Mr. Pollack.
The protesters used innovative tactics, such as posting videos of police brutality on the Internet and harnessing social media like Facebook and Twitter to organize protests and rallies and to avoid police roadblocks.
“Where old regimes survive, they will be weak. Where new ones come in, they will be weaker, because old institutions can be destroyed more quickly than new ones can be built.
“Both new and old leaders must play to public opinion, and this may lead to rash, incoherent foreign policies, as politicians make campaign promises that are not in their countries’ interest to fulfill.”
The Arab Spring may not bring freedom to much, or even most, of the Arab world.
Instead there could be “chaos, stagnation and misrule” — an Arab Winter.
This interactive map provides a timeline of events for each country involved in the ArabSpring movement. BBC News: Arab Uprising This news page features all of BBC News
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The Arab Spring Uprising
Since the December 2010 uprising in Tunisia and the January 25th Revolution in Egypt nearly a month later that led to the fall of both regimes, the political impact has continued. However, since then the vast majority of the Arab states have experienced people protesting against their own governments demanding political reforms and an end to the corruption. In some states, the people have demanded the resignation of their governments, to be replaced by freely elected ones. The two Arab states that have experienced the most violent response from their governments are Yemen and Libya.
In Yemen, the protestors’ movement is in its 11th week of continuous protests by millions of people in all cities in Yemen. The government’s violent response against the protestors led to the killings of hundreds of people in addition to the many injuries. The Arab Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) has offered to mediate the Yemeni conflict and to end the violence. The council suggested that the Yemeni president Ali Saleh resign and turn over his authority to his deputy and allow the opposition group to form their cabinet and call for an election. Also, GCC suggested that President Saleh leave office without holding him for trial. The opposition group rejected the GCC suggestion and insisted on trying the president for the crimes he committed and the corruption that took place during the past three decades of his rule.
Aug 14, 2012
President Morsi Facing Challenges
The turns of political events during the past few days in Egypt reflect very significant and important changes.
First, President Morsi’s new strategy, by sending new troops and military equipment to Sinia as a result of the terrorist attack against an Egyptian Military post which led to the killing of 16 soldiers, was an important and strategic decision. The president promised to clear Sinia from the terrorists. He visited the area twice during the past few days and met with the people and Egyptian troops to enhance their moral. President Morsi’s action enhanced his image especially among his opponents.
Second, President Morsi’s political action to dismiss nearly a dozen of his army’s top generals and replace them with new ones was important. The military positions, such as the Secretary of Defense, the Military Chief of Staff, and others positions being filled by new, young generals reflects an end to the remnants of the old, previous regime.
Third, the military changes that took place also reflect very important strategies. The military changes mark the end of the Egyptian Military influence over the civilian political leadership which has been going on for more than six decades. This signifies the beginning of a new and real democracy in Egypt.
Fourth, at the present time, President Morsi is in control of the executive power as well as the legislative one until a new election of parliament takes place after the writing of a new constitution.
The new political accomplishment of President Morsi was welcomed by brood segments of the political and civil groups. The removal of the military influence from the political stage was a major demand by the revolutionary forces since the fall of Mubarak on February 11, 2011.
However there are still many challenges facing the president, such as:
First, President Morsi’s new strategy, by sending new troops and military equipment to Sinia as a result of the terrorist attack against an Egyptian Military post which led to the killing of 16 soldiers, was an important and strategic decision. The president promised to clear Sinia from the terrorists. He visited the area twice during the past few days and met with the people and Egyptian troops to enhance their moral. President Morsi’s action enhanced his image especially among his opponents.
Second, President Morsi’s political action to dismiss nearly a dozen of his army’s top generals and replace them with new ones was important. The military positions, such as the Secretary of Defense, the Military Chief of Staff, and others positions being filled by new, young generals reflects an end to the remnants of the old, previous regime.
Third, the military changes that took place also reflect very important strategies. The military changes mark the end of the Egyptian Military influence over the civilian political leadership which has been going on for more than six decades. This signifies the beginning of a new and real democracy in Egypt.
Fourth, at the present time, President Morsi is in control of the executive power as well as the legislative one until a new election of parliament takes place after the writing of a new constitution.
The new political accomplishment of President Morsi was welcomed by brood segments of the political and civil groups. The removal of the military influence from the political stage was a major demand by the revolutionary forces since the fall of Mubarak on February 11, 2011.
However there are still many challenges facing the president, such as:
1. The shortage of electrical power
2. The absence of security and the spread of violent acts all over Egypt
3. The shortage of clean drinking water
4. The continuous increases in the daily cost of living
5. The problems of poverty and unemployment
6. The problems of poor health care services and frequent attacks on physicians and hospitals
7. the problems of poor education and the illiteracy rate especially among the younger generations (15-30 years old), is estimated at 17 million illiterate
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2011-12-03 · Middle East analyst, Roger Hardy, exposes some of the misconceptions surrounding the uprisings in Arab countries.
In the early 1960s Czechoslovakia suffered an economic recession. Antonin Novotny, the president of the country, was forced to make liberal concessions and in 1965 he introduced a programme of decentralization. The main feature of the new system was that individual companies would have more freedom to decide on prices and wages.
During what became known as the Prague Spring, Dubcek announced a series of reforms. This included the abolition of censorship and the right of citizens to criticize the government. Newspapers began publishing revelations about corruption in high places. This included stories about Novotny and his son. On 22nd March 1968, Novotny resigned as president of Czechoslovakia. He was now replaced by a Dubcek supporter,Ludvik Svoboda.
In April 1968 the Communist Party Central Committee published a detailed attack on Novotny's government. This included its poor record concerning housing, living standards and transport. It also announced a complete change in the role of the party member. It criticized the traditional view of members being forced to provide unconditional obedience to party policy. Instead it declared that each member "has not only the right, but the duty to act according to his conscience."
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Czechs at either end of the political spectrum disagree about the value of the 1968 reforms.
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But the period - that came to be known as the Prague Spring - ended when Warsaw Pact troops invaded on the night of the 20-21 August 1968.
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Despite fierce resistance, a protocol was issued within days of the invasion that banned all parties and organisations which "violated socialist principles
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