(I relayed this event, which runs on the Internet, which sheds light on the aspect of non-violent "modus operandi" of Egypt and, to some extent, Tunisian, but we do not see the other Also, how it would meet what some call the "American agenda", seeing all the "invisible hand" of "masters of the world".
Ahmed Bensaada
* There is nothing more moving to see people recover their freedom after being subjected to the yoke of despotism and regain his pride after years of humiliation.
Tides human parading through the streets, occupying seats, deploying scathing and irreverent slogans, wielding a word so long confiscated, wearing outrageously trampled dignity: the quintessence of divine happiness.
But the aftermath of these riots leave us somewhat perplexed. What have they done except the tops of regimes?
Let's see. Tunisia: a Ghannouchi which remains in place despite the mob and years to serve a mafia, a blogger who chooses to sit as a minister in a government that personally abused and thousands of young people who prefer harragas flee to the West instead of perpetuating the "revolution" in the land of jasmine. Side of the Nile, same scenario: an Tantawi, pure product of the system, which has passed the age of retirement for a long time, and without reference to the sovereign people, decides to maintain its relations with Israel even before s troubled about the fate of its own citizens, a government slightly modified and which key positions are still in the hands of apparatchiks of the system of cosmetic alterations to the constitution and a request to freeze the assets of the Mubarak family [1] after incomprehensible hesitations, long after those of former regime officials [2].
Is this a "revolution"? Is it possible that the elephant would give birth as a little mouse?
The mixed results of these revolts can not be understood by examining their genesis. Most experts "cathode" or officiating in the major media have agreed to the spontaneous nature of these movements. Roughly speaking, the people can be considered a kind of pressure cooker that could explode under the effect of a social and political pressure too great. This explosion produces a chain reaction in neighboring countries, culture or similar stories. So just wait quietly, to prepare the cameras and microphones to cover in times and places, events that stir the Arab streets. It is a simple and elementary analysis it is difficult to accept on behalf of learned people, Chairs, responsible journals, who have spent their lives scrutinizing the slightest of jolts that region of the world . A bit like the famous economists of our time who could not foresee the huge economic crisis that the world has known recently. What would you say if a meteorologist would not planned a massive hurricane?
In fact, what attracts attention since the early Tunisian riots, it's too big U.S. concern about new technologies. The multiple actions of President Obama and his secretary of state to defend the freedom of access to the Internet and their insistence that schemes engage with popular demonstrations do not interrupt navigation on the web was something suspicious.
Clinton even stated on 15 February, "the Internet has become the public space of XXI century" and that "events in Egypt and Iran, fueled by Facebook, Twitter and YouTube reflected the power of connection technologies as accelerators of political change, social and economic development "[3]. She even announced the release of 25 million dollars" to support projects or the creation of tools that work in favor of freedom of expression online, "and the opening of Twitter accounts in Chinese, Russian and Hindi after those in Persian and Arabic. On the other hand, the relationship" complex "between the department U.S. State and Google have been widely discussed in the press. Moreover, the famous search engine rated "weapon of American diplomacy [4].
But what is the relationship between the U.S. government and these new technologies? Why officials if they take high-level decisions in the management of companies that are supposed to be private? This is reminding us of the American intervention in similar events that followed the elections in Iran [5]. The U.S. Department of Foreign Affairs had asked Twitter to see a maintenance operation which led to an interruption of service, which would have deprived the Iranian dissidents as a means of communication [6].
These curious acquaintances between the American government and social networks in such sensitive regions of the world and during social events is also very delicate suspect is the least we can say.
Another element that attracts attention: the excessive media coverage of bloggers, their association with a revolution characterized as "Facebookien" and insistence on their non-membership in any political movement. So they are young and apolitical that use new technologies to destabilize entrenched autocratic regimes in the political landscape for decades. But where do these young people and how they can mobilize as much of people without having received adequate training or be connected to a specific organization?
thing is certain: the modus operandi of these rebellions has all the characteristics of the color revolutions that shook Eastern Europe in the early 2000s. The color revolutions
revolts that shook the political landscape of Eastern Europe or former Soviet republics have been called "color revolutions". Serbia (2000), Georgia (2003), Ukraine (2004) and Kyrgyzstan (2005) are examples.
All these revolutions, which have resulted in resounding success, are based on the mobilization of young pro-Western local activists, students fiery, engaged bloggers and dissatisfaction with the system.
Many articles [7] and a remarkable documentary by French reporter Manon Loizeau [8] have dissected the procedure and showed that these revolts were the United States who pulled the strings. In fact, the involvement of USAID, the National Endowment for Democracy (NED), the International Republican Institute, the National Democratic Institute for International Affairs, Freedom House, the Albert Einstein Institution, and the Open Society Institute (OSI) has been clearly established [9]. These organizations are all Americans, financed by either the U.S. budget, either by U.S. private capital. For example, the NED is funded by a budget approved by Congress and funds are managed by a Board of Directors with representation from the Republican Party, Democratic Party, the Chamber of Commerce of the United States and the union AFL-CIO, while the OSI is part of the Soros Foundation, named after its founder George Soros, the billionaire American financial speculator shows.
Several movements have been established to lead revolts colored. Among them, Otpor (Resistance in Serbian) is the one that caused the fall of the Serbian regime of Slobodan Milosevic. Logo OTPOR a closed fist, was taken by all subsequent movements, suggesting the strong collaboration between them. Conducted by
Drdja Popovic, Otpor advocates the application of the ideology of individual resistance nonviolent theorized by the philosopher and American political scientist Gene Sharp. Nicknamed the "Machiavelli of nonviolence," Gene Sharp is none other than the founder of the Albert Einstein Institution. His book "From Dictatorship to Democracy" (From dictatorship to democracy) has been the basis of all color revolutions. Available in 25 different languages (including Arabic of course), this book is available free on the Internet and its last edition dates from 2010. Its first edition, intended for Burmese dissidents in Thailand, was published in 1993.
The case of Egypt
is the movement of April 6 [10] which has been spearheading the protest popular Egyptian and the main architect of the fall of Hosni Mubarak. Consisting of young middle class, activists, enthusiasts of new technologies, this movement has, since 2008, supported the workers' demands. The first collusion between this movement and the U.S. government has been leaked by Wikileaks. There are 2 cables (and 08CAIRO2371 10CAIRO99) dating respectively from November 2008 and January 2010 which clearly show the close relationship between the U.S. Embassy in Cairo and the Egyptian activists [11, 12]. Israa Abdel Fattah blogger [13], co-founder of the movement of 6 April, is mentioned by name in the second document as part of a group of activists who participated in a training program organized by Freedom House in Washington. The program, named "New Generation", was funded by the State Department and USAID, was to form "political and social reformers.
These training of Egyptian activists in the United States could" represent a third way, moderate and peaceful "are not uncommon. Condoleeza Rice (May 2008) and Hillary Clinton (May 2009) met under the auspices of Freedom House (FH). These dissidents have even held talks with senior U.S. administration [14].
Otpor activists , strong experience in destabilizing authoritarian regimes, have founded a center for training aspiring revolutionaries. This institution, CANVAS (Center for Applied Non Violent Action and Strategies), is in the Serbian capital and its executive director is none other than Srdja Popovic [15]. A document circulating in the painting that illustrates the training provided by this center is "non-violent struggle in 50 points" which draws heavily on arguments by Gene Sharp. The book makes extensive reference to the site of the Albert Einstein Institution is cited as one of the best on the issue. CANVAS is funded, among others, by Freedom House, George Soros was [16] and the International Republican Institute, which has its office in none other than John McCain, presidential candidate 2008 U.S. [17]. Moreover, the latter is extensively interviewed in the documentary by Manon Loizeau and his involvement in the color revolutions is clearly established. In addition, the authors of the book (which Drdja Popovic) Thank length "their friend" Robert Helvey for having "initiated the amazing potential of strategic nonviolent struggle." Robert Helvey is a retired U.S. Army colonel, a partner at the Albert Einstein Institution through CIA covert action specialist and dean of the School for training military attaches in U.S. embassies [18].
The spokesman of the movement of April 6, Adel Mohamed, said in an interview to Al Jazeera (aired February 9, 2011), he completed an internship at CANVAS during the summer of 2009, well before the riots in Tahrir Square [19]. He became familiar with the techniques of organization and crowd behavior in response to police violence. Subsequently, he formed his trainers.
Ahmed Maher, the founder of the movement of April 6, told a Los Angeles Times that he admired the Orange Revolution in Ukraine and the Serbs who toppled Slobodan Milosevic [20].
Another similarity between the Serbian revolution and revolt in Egypt is the adoption of the logo Otpor movement by April 6, as have other color revolutions [21].
Moreover, the website of this movement contains a long list of behaviors to be adopted by the members if they are arrested by police. This indicative list is extremely comprehensive guide reminiscent of "non-violent struggle in 50 points" of CANVAS [22].
Among Egyptian activists, some were in the spotlight during the last days of the Mubarak regime. Among them, Wael Ghonim is a prominent figure who was imprisoned for 12 days after being released, gave an interview to Egyptian Dream Channel 2 where he describes his captivity and collapses in tears before leaving the platform. The audiovisual performance has made this a dissident hero despite himself.
Educated at American University in Cairo (coincidence?) Wael Ghonim is Egyptian living in Dubai, working as head of marketing at Google (another coincidence?) For the Middle East and North Africa and married to an American (one more coincidence?). Wael is a recently active in the movement of 6 April, but he worked closely with Ahmed Maher [23]. What draws attention in his televised speech, is his statement when shown images of young people killed during the protests: "I want to tell every mother, every father who lost a son, I'm sorry, it's not our fault I swear, it's not our fault, it's the fault of anyone who was in power and it was retained. This statement shows that the movement was highly organized and none of the members had expected such large losses in the ranks of demonstrators, mostly young people who were contacted through social networks.
Another surprising information: Google CEO said he was "very proud of what Wael Ghonim had done "as if to make the revolution was part of the job description of a marketing manager of any firm [24].
The Egyptian revolt, as the color revolutions, made the characters appear" internationally respectable "ready to be the figurehead of a democratic change in the country's political life. The candidate's preferred movement of 6 April is undoubtedly Mohamed El Baradei, Nobel Peace and former director of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). The Western media hype around her "inevitable" candidacy was ultimately a firecracker wet. The people of the street did not acclaimed, and he quickly disappeared from the landscape. It is interesting to note that El Baradei was the preferred candidate of the United States. Indeed, the former head of the IAEA is a member of the International Crisis Group and sits with many members, including George Soros (again!) [25]. The world is really small, it's the least we can say.
Finally, note that the NED, nicknamed the "Nebula" democratic "interference" by Thierry Meyssan was created by Ronald Reagan to pursue the secrets of the CIA [26]. The 2009 report shows that this organization has awarded about 1.5 million to more than 30 Egyptian NGOs "for growth and strengthening democratic institutions around the world" as claimed on their website [27].
The use of new technologies, though praised by the U.S. administration appears to be a tool of choice for non-violent struggle. She can contact an impressive number of people in record time and exchange digital data and information of great importance both inside and outside the country. The massive investments made by institutions and the U.S. State Department in this area are in to improve techniques to circumvent state censorship, geolocation activists during their arrest and sending images and videos that can show the face "inhuman" autocratic regimes. The recent announcement by the Swedish network for disseminating Bambuser free from a mobile phone, video footage and live online flash storage is a good example [28].
However, once in the street, crowds of mobilization techniques, socialization with representatives of the order, logistics management and conduct in cases of violence or use of weapons of dispersion Crowd require adequate training and time-consuming. In the case of Egypt, this was made possible through the assimilation of know-how of CANVAS and training provided and funded by various U.S. institutions.
It is clear that the revolt of the Egyptian street is not as spontaneous as claimed by the major media and commentators. This does nothing to the remarkable commitment of the Egyptian people that followed the leaders of the movement of 6 April and his noble sacrifice to get rid of a corrupt system to access a better life.
But hopefully, the historical Revolt of the Egyptian street and the heavy price he has paid in recent weeks are not confiscated by foreign interests. The recent U.S. veto against a draft resolution condemning the Israeli settlement policy is a bad omen. The motion of April 6 he was not sensitive to the suffering of the Palestinian people [29]?
Next: Part 2: Tunisia and other Arab countries.
* Doctor in Physics, Montreal (Canada)
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