Frederick Douglass

"Power concedes nothing without a demand. It never did, and it never will. Find out just what people will submit to, and you have found out the exact amount of injustice and wrong which will be imposed upon them..." Frederick Douglass

Friday, May 6, 2011

Beyond the Media Radar, Egypt’s Arab Spring Pushes Forth

Good piece.

A few weeks ago, Egypt's transitional authorities struck a blow against the labor movement and all activists, with legislation that would make it a crime, punishable by fine or imprisonment, “for anyone who organizes a protest or an activity which may result in preventing or slowing down the work of a state institution, a general authority or a public or private workplace.”

http://inthesetimes.com/working/entry/7269/beyond_the_media_radar_egypts_arab_spring_pushes_forth/