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Hi this is Tarek. On the 25th of January, 2011
We, the Egyptian youth, we took to the streets demanding and end to a 30 year dictatorship.
We were met with such force that the rest of the Egyptians joined us and in 18 days
we toppled the head of the regime. it was beautiful
it was romantic and everything, but the rest of the regime is still here and
it is waging a vicious counter revolution, led by SCAF or the supreme council of the
armed forces, that actually took over after mubarak left.
its killing activists its arresing activists, its raiding human rights organizations, its
raiding independent media its simply punishing the people for mutiny,
because they don't want to make any concrete steps to transfer power we are taking to the
streets on the 25th of January 2012 demanding an immediate
transfer of power from SCAF to the democratically elected representatives
of the peole to hold election in 60 days. I know some people are scared because they
think removal of SCAF will give power to islamists. No more [scared] than a secular liberal like
myself. But how can we strip the rights of the people
to choose? How? If you really believe in democracy, then you know that democracy
is a process of natural selection. Even if they [the people] were "wrong" this time,
you can't just bring them a military dictatorship. They will learn.
The only way to learn democracy is actually by praciticing it, so i don't really see the
point in opressing people and supressing people just because you don't like their choice.
Some people might wonder why i am talking to you in English, its actually because
of what happend last year. The Occupy movement the Arab Spring, we were in solidarity with
you in Greece, now in Russia, in Spain, in the States. And you were in solidarity
with us in Tahrir. I am very proud to be part of this generation that has the strength in
numbers and the strength of justic on its side and
i believe that together we will make all the difference.
Thank you very much, speak out with us on the 25th of January.