via Al Jazeera liveblog of the Libyan uprising, originally uploaded by @rutevera to Twitpic
Things are moving so fast around Northern Africa and the Middle East right now. History in the making. I’m in awe of the people power, and if it’s terrifying a few of the kleptocrats and their political puppets in other countries, I’m grateful.
Update: I’m designating this as an open thread on the uprisings and the attempts to suppress them.
It really is amazing — such amazing people.
Very interesting Al-Jazeera article about how neoliberal economic ideology deforms the State, and how framing the problems of Egypt as simple “corruption” paints it as a cluster of individual aberrations instead of as the systemic drain that it is.
It is an incredible time in history, isn’t it?
Pressure mounts on Security Council to end Libya deaths
It is an incredible time in history, isn’t it?
That it is.
COLONEL Gaddafi secretly deposited 3 billion pounds ($4.8bn) with one of London’s Mayfair private wealth managers last week as he sought to protect his family’s fortunes.
Just revisiting this thread because recent headlines are moving away from describing events in Libya as an “uprising” to describing it as a “civil war” 😦
Fuck. Now the Saudis have sent troops into Bahrain to assist the monarchy there against the protestors.
P.S. a former British Ambassador to Uzbekhistan reckons that the US has agreed to look the other way while Bahrain suppresses its citizen uprisings:
The morning news out of Libya is also that Gaddafi is using his control of the air to re-secure major routes too.
Good news following the UN resolution – looks like Gaddafi and his mates are willing to talk ceasefire, and have already said that they’ve halted the advance of their troops on Benghazi.
He’s blinked. Thank sweet FSM for that, and long may it last.
Shoulda known:
There are small-scale (so far) uprisings beginning in Syria over the last week.