Category: Social Movements
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A Path Leading to Failure
Egypt’s post-2011 rulers—from SCAF to Morsi to the 2013 roadmap—misread the uprising’s core demands for bread, freedom, and social justice, preserving coercive structures and neoliberal policy while recasting dissent as “terrorism,” a trajectory that ensures failure.
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Egypt’s Ultras: No More Politics
Swinging between politics and football, the Egyptian “Ultras” football fans have spent the two years since the beginning of the 25 January Revolution trying to discover, redefine, and highlight their collective identity as youths who came together to express their love for sport in general, and for their chosen football clubs in particular. Before the…
