Are DUers watching that massive crowd in Tahrir Square

[malaise]

My fear is that the real trouble will begin away from the square by the State TV station or the Presidential Palace.

http://english.aljazeera.net/watch_now/

[Hissyspit]

1. Yes. It is amazing. Massive.

[malaise]

6. They have answered Dennis Brown's question

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m0wx_-dOnfg&feature=related

Do you know what it means to have a revolution?
And what it takes to make a solution?
Fighting against oppression
Battering down depression

Are you ready to stand up and fight the right revolution?
Are you ready to stand up and fight it just like soldiers?
Many are called, few are chosen
Many are called, few are chosen

Got to fight the right fight in this time

Are you ready to stand up and fight the right revolution?
Are you ready to stand up and fight it just like soldiers?
Many are called, few are chosen
Many are called, few are chosen

If you wanna live a, live a, live a, live a, live, live forever
You got to love a, love a, love a, love a, love, love each other
Say you gotta live, live, live, live on, live on forever
And love, love, love, love, love, love one another

Got to fight the right fight in this time

Living and loving and sharing and caring

A man is paid according to his work

Say we gotta live a, live a, live, live, live, live on forever
Love, love, love, love, love, love each other
We got to live, live, live, live on, live on forever
And love, love, love, love, love one and other

Living and loving and sharing and caring, well

Revolution, revolution
Revolution, revolution
Revolution, revolution
Revolution, revolution

[Nuclear Unicorn]

34. wow...2nd amendment solutions slathered with christianist rhetoric

on DU even

[Solly Mack]

2. Yes

[Kolesar]

3. Video currently unavailable

[malaise]

5. Use the YouTube link

I'm watching live

[Kolesar]

9. Dennis Brown sounds like Bob Marley singing a Clash song

the closest I found was the AJ newscast http://english.aljazeera.net/video/

[malaise]

8. AJE video is on M$NBComcast now n/t

[Kolesar]

10. ok

they just went to commercial

[DLnyc]

4. Yes, huge numbers and energy.

One day, perhaps, the slumbering people of the United States of America will learn about democracy from the brave people of Egypt.

[malaise]

7. You mean the slumbering people of the world

It's not just the US.

[DLnyc]

32. True that.

US are a bit under the average though, I would say.

But I like that point. When people of the world rise up together , things will really change.

[DLnyc]

11. Tahrir absolutely packed; demos also at Palace and State TV

per AJE:

http://english.aljazeera.net/watch_now/

[malaise]

12. The tweets on Catherina's thread

state that there are protests everywhere.

[Hissyspit]

13. Bigger than ever: Lawyers, Faculty, Laborers

[malaise]

16. I'm betting that the real stand off will be the State TV station

and I don't see how the demonstrators can lose there - just the numbers.
What's more word is that some senior army men have joined the demonstrators. If the Youth of the Revolution seize the TV station it's over unless the army open fire and then all hell breaks lose.

The demonstrators have no intention of backing down - they have won every small battle so far.

[Hissyspit]

25. State TV:

[malaise]

31. Hundreds of thousands heading for the Presidential Palace

in Alexandria.

Wow the chant in Alexandria is 'he doesn't understand Arabic so speak to him in Hebrew'.

[OneGrassRoot]

19. awesome :) n/t

[malaise]

23. Check this out

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=439x393675

[OneGrassRoot]

27. LOL, I saw that! Rock on, Egyptians!!! :)

:hi:

[malaise]

35. Barbed wire torn down, military stand aside

at State TV in Cairo. Bye Bye regime!!

[malaise]

33. This is a revolution

There is no turning back these crowds.


The regime will fall.

[Delphinus]

36. This is

what I am sensing too. There's absolutely NO WAY it can stay.

[malaise]

38. It's simple

The army joins the people or opens fire. If they open fire all hell breaks lose.

[jannyk]

14. It's a truly beautiful thing to behold (pic from this am)

[malaise]

18. Wow

That's beautiful. :hi:

[jannyk]

20. It is indeed, and that was taken pre morning prayers. nt

[OneGrassRoot]

22. omg, gives me major goosebumps....

Thanks for sharing this. :hug:

Godspeed, People of Egypt!!!!

You are the change and are inspiring the world!!!!

Egyptians ----> :yourock:

:grouphug:

[era veteran]

24. Great image

If the tea partay was estimating crowd size it would be around ten million.

[malaise]

30. Glen Beck would say

20 million :evilgrin:

[DLnyc]

37. Very beautiful

Thank you

[barbtries]

15. i am

now have to get to work. i'm on pins and needles for the people in egypt.

[global1]

17. Power To The People......

Just some observations:

If the people can only continue to turn out in such ever increasing numbers and do it peacefully.

Are we watching a textbook example of how to hold a revolution?

How can an army of men turn against their own people? The army comes from the people. They are the sons, fathers, uncles, friends of the people. (I'm assuming here that the army is all male - if it includes females then they are also the daughters, mothers, aunts and friends of the people too).

People of Egypt - keep the pressure up on the government.

The governments/dictatorships of the other Middle East countries have a vested interest in wanting Mubarak to win here - so as to show their respective people that they won't let this happen in their country. BUT - such a revolution can virtually happen anywhere where the people are angry enough.

Seems to me that the people have the momentum on their side. There's more of them then there are of the government/army. Seems to me that this is the worry and the actual realization that all governments have. They only know how to oppress (bully) their people and the realize that if they can't keep that oppression (bullying) on their people that they are grossly outnumbered.

How do you take down a bully? You stand up to them. That is what the people of Egypt are doing and they are teaching other oppressed (bullied) people around the world.

If the government turns on the people and resorts to violence - it can totally turn the world's sentiment against them and they would lose support.

It appears to me that it is a no-win situation for the government (in this case Mubarak) and if he wants to save face and not be disgraced - he needs to step down.

The people of Egypt have the carrot of democracy/freedom just within their reach. We are watching history being made before our eyes. Even if a rogue government tries to hijack Egypt - the people know how to deal with them. They wouldn't tolerate anything less than democracy/freedom.

Power to the People!!!!!!!

As an aside. How do governments counteract this? Hmmmm......

Maybe by keeping the people divided - do ya think? As long as you can have the people 50/50 or as close to that as possible - the government can maintain some semblance of control. Sound familiar? Use the media to maintain that control - Hmmmm.... sound familiar?

Another observation on Egypt. Think back at who were the first to flee the country as this uprising started to take flight?

The wealthy of Egypt - right. They saw the balance starting to tip against them. They're only as strong as their government is and when the illusion of protection looked like it was fading - they fled. They're in bed with the bullies maybe - Hmmmm.....

Really watching Egypt has been really educational.

Message to Oppressed people all over the World: Learn - baby - Learn.

[malaise]

21. Good post

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wos-dDxpJlQ
Power to the People

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JuMlHdxiIZ8
Get up Stand Up, Stand Up for Your Rights

[barbtries]

26. here's another

one of my favorites
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2fFMPnzqfAg
give me justice Lee Scratch Perry

[malaise]

28. LOL

We were talking about Lee last night :hi:

[barbtries]

40. i love that song.

see my sig line
:hi:

well i've been working for the past several hours and what do you know? mubarak stepped down. i hope for peace and justice for egypt.

reggae's the perfect soundtrack to an egyptian revolution!

[OneGrassRoot]

29. +1000 :) n/t

[Javaman]

39. And here I thought you were going to say...

Look at the power that a determined people can have and look how it can be effectively it can be been applied.

We have forgotten so much.

[Dappleganger]

41. Watching since early this morning.

I had a deep feeling that something was going to happen and ditched the computer to watch history. Turns out I was right.

It's a step in the right direction but the tears are flowing for non-violent solidarity.