I've been tweeting my coverage of the protest/revolt/revolution in Egypt. Follow: @johnrobb
More:
- Not sure most Americans get what's going on in Egypt. We've been supporting the dictator there for all our adult lives.
- w/o a march to the Presidential Palace (it would have forced a crisis and a resolution of the conflict), success is completely reliant on behind the scenes maneuvering against Mubarak.
- WashPo: Human rights watch confirms Egyptian security members loyal to Mubarak were posing as looters to create a climate of fear. Looting was used as a counter-insurgency tactic.
- The big signs in Tahrir square are a great example of the simplicity of the plausible promise of an open source protest/revolt: "Get out" or "Mubarak out"
- Is access to the Internet now a basic right? An essential element of free speech?
- Excellent map mashup of Egyptian/regional tweets.
- Al Jazeera video stream (if you weren't watching it already). Some excellent (smart) reporters, given enough air time to actually make an intelligent observation.
- I was going to write about how an open source protest can swarm the Presidential Palace (a trigger that could end this protest successfully). Seems premature.
- Important lesson for youth in the ME and the Arab world: You don't need to be a religious radical to force political change and rid yourself of dictators.