Tag Archives: Tahrir Square

This rock could change the world if thrown through the right window

Posted on March 2, 2013 by Eric Verlo

By “power the world” does Time Magazine mean HEAT IT?! To a rolling boil? –How incredibly inane. This piece of rock’s jagged asymmetry (probably to differentiate it from a lump of coal – the other fossil fuel) and its other-earthly … Continue reading →

Posted in That's Rich | Tagged Bear, children, Coal, Crisis, Crow, DNA, Earth, Energy, Evolution, forest, Fracking, ISIS, Israel, Left, MAGA, Masses, Occupiers, Ordnance, PLO, POW, power, Propaganda, Revolution, Rock, Tahrir Square, Time Magazine | Leave a comment

Occupy Wall Street mentor Adbusters issues latest tactical briefing. Chicago. May. Occupy.

Posted on January 28, 2012 by Eric Verlo

Vancouver’s Adbusters Magazine sent the initial callouts to occupy Wall Street, to be the natural successor to unfinished revolutions in Tahrir Square and Madrid. Quickly enough it escaped their grasp. Adusters has issued two dozen “Tactical Briefings” since before September … Continue reading →

Posted in Activism | Tagged 1968, Adbusters, Barricades, Bear, Business, camps, Chicago, CIA, climate, Climate Change, Constitution, Convention, Corporate, courage, criminal, Criminals, Cult, Culture, Democratic National Convention, demonstration, demonstrations, EPA, Evolution, Exercise, First Amendment, G8, G8 Summit, Gandhi, Globe, initiative, internet, IRS, Journalist, Journalists, Madrid, MAGA, March, Middle East, Military, Natural, North Atlantic Treaty Organisation, Nuclear, Occupation, Occupy, Occupy Wall Street, occupywallstreet, Peace, Pies, police, Police Repression, Protest, protests, radicals, rebellion, rebels, Representatives, Repression, Revolution, Rights, Robin Hood, Strike, Strikes, Tahrir Square, Tax, Trading, Uprising, USA, Vancouver, Wall Street, Winter | 1 Comment

Egypt- Revolution not yet made

Posted on January 27, 2012 by Tony Logan

The conventional corporate media scribble is that Egyptians made a revolution a year ago when they overthrew the dictator Mubarak. However, Mubarak was not alone what oppressed Egypt and made their country one of poverty and lacking in human rights. … Continue reading →

Posted in Perspective | Tagged Army, Barak, Cairo, Convention, Corporate, corporate media, Defense, DIA, Dictator, Egypt, Evolution, human rights, Killing, March, Media, Military, Mosque, Mubarak, Pentagon, Poverty, POW, power, Protest, Rally, Reds, Revolution, Rights, slogans, Tahrir Square, The Dictator, trial, Uprising, USA | Leave a comment

All in

Posted on November 3, 2011 by Steve Bass

When i first set out to write this blog i had no intention of writing about geopolitics, or anything any bigger than my own little world, or to develop any sort of readership at all, let alone to kick up … Continue reading →

Posted in Local News | Tagged 1%, 99%, Absolut, Acacia Park, Adbusters, AIG, America, American, Americans, Argument, ARN, Art, Banking, BBC, Beast, Belgrade, BSE, Cairo, Campaign, Camping, Censorship, Christ, Christian, Christians, CIA, College, Colorado, Colorado College, Colorado Springs, Competition, Conspiracy, Constitution, Corn, Corporate, Corruption, Cult, Culture, Democracy, DIA, Earth, Easter, Egypt, Empathy, EPA, Euro, Europe, Evolution, exploitation, Facebook, First World, GM, Government, Guardian, Headlines, Health, History, Hong Kong, House of Saud, Humanity, Interest, IRA, IRS, liberty, Libya, Literature, MAGA, marijuana, Media, Middle East, Muslim, Muslims, Nationalism, Natural, Nature, Nepal, New World Order, NFL, nothing, NPR, Occupiers, Occupy, Occupy Colorado Springs, Occupy Movement, Occupy Wall Street, occupywallstreet, Opera, Origin, Original Intent, Passion, Permit, Petition, Piracy, PLO, Politics, Pot, POW, power, RAW, reason, Religion, Resist, Resistance, Respect, Rhinoceros, Sessions, Songs, Sovereignty, Spain, Spanish, Statistics, Syria, Tahrir Square, The Beast, U.S., Uprising, US government, Vatican, Vote, Voting, Wall Street, War, Washington, Writing, Yemen | 2 Comments

NY #OccupyWallStreet protest is going to be this generation’s Woodstock. Are you going to miss it?

Posted on September 25, 2011 by Eric Verlo

If you can’t bum a ride to New York City, you are going to miss out, it’s plain as that. But you can make the revolution happen where you are. The Egyptian victory in Tahrir Square wasn’t achieved without simultaneous … Continue reading →

Posted in Activism | Tagged AIG, Art, banker, Bankers, Banks, Bigots, Booz Allen Hamilton, Cairo, Campaign, Capital, Capitalism, Casualties, Colorado, Colorado Springs, cops, Corporate, corporate media, Democracy, Denver, DIA, Downtown, Education, Egypt, Emos, Evolution, FBI, Health, High School, Intel, Intelligence, Investment, liberty, liberty plaza, Lincoln, Media, Music, New York, New York City, nothing, NYC, Obama, Occupy, Occupy Wall Street, occupywallstreet, President, President Obama, Protest, Retirement, Revolution, School, Stealing, Tahrir Square, TB, Thinking, Uprising, Wall Street, War, War profiteers, warmonger, Warmongers, youth, Zionists | Leave a comment

The revolution will not be televised, emailed unfiltered, or allowed to trend on Twitter, but it’s starting without you

Posted on September 24, 2011 by Eric Verlo

OCCUPYWALLSTREET- Eighty nonviolent #OWS protesters arrested Saturday by NYPD, some penned in and maced, others manhandled, as they marched in NYC against America’s bankster oligarchs. Wall Street proper remains fortified by anti-invasion barriers preventing pedestrians and demonstrators from getting anywhere … Continue reading →

Posted in Perspective | Tagged ALF, America, American, American imperialism, American Revolution, Americans, Argument, Arrest, Art, Banks, brutality, Capital, Capital Punishment, Censorship, Chicago, Cleveland, Congress, Corporate, Corruption, email, Equality, Evolution, Fascism, Fruit, Georgia, Gilded Age, Health, Health Insurance, Imperial, Imperialism, inequality, Insurance, Intimidation, Invasion, joblessness, Levis, liberty, London, Los Angeles, Madison, Madrid, Mail, March, Military, Military Bases, Montreal, Murder, NYC, NYPD, Occupy, occupywallstreet, Pedestrians, police, police brutality, population, Poverty, Profiteering, Protest, reason, Regime Change, Revolution, Rove, San Francisco, solidarity, spam, Tahrir Square, Tel Aviv, Toronto, Troy, Troy Davis, Twitter, Wall Street, Wall Street Protest, War, Wealth | 1 Comment

The Wall Street protest needs PIZZA!

Posted on September 18, 2011 by NMT

The #OCCUPYWALLSTREET protesters are pulling their second overnight, anticipating a showdown when traders and bankster return to the financial district on Monday, and especially as international delegates arrive for the UN General Assembly. So you’re not there, what can you … Continue reading →

Posted in Activism | Tagged Assembly, Banks, Chicago, CIA, Corporate, demonstration, Egypt, Food, Gates, Gold, IAM, Madison, New York, Occupy, occupywallstreet, Pizza, Protest, solidarity, Tahrir Square, USO, Wall Street, Wall Street Protest | 5 Comments

Will occupying the streets Sept 17, Oct 6 and 15 precipitate an American Fall?

Posted on August 29, 2011 by Eric Verlo

“American Fall” would be a pun, yes. A pan-Arabian-like Spring causing the US anti-democracy to tumble, being the objective. The English riots have put a dark spin on what might be Middle America’s reception to popular uprising, but mark the … Continue reading →

Posted in Activism | Tagged 1968, actions, Activism, activists, America, American, Arabia, arks, Arrest, Art, BART, BIA, brutality, Budget, Chicago, CIA, Convention, courage, Days of Rage, Democracy, demonstration, demonstrations, DIA, Egypt, enforcement, Fire, freedom, GIs, Global Democracy, Government, Graphic, History, Iago, Insurance, internet, Invasion, Justice, kettling, Madison, March, National Mall, New York, New York City, Occupy, Occupy Wall Street, ordinance, ordinances, Peron, police, police brutality, Popular Uprising, Pot, Protest, protestors, protests, Rap, Revolution, Rights, Riots, San Francisco, Sept17, Settlements, Sherman, Social Justice, Spain, spin, Tahrir Square, TB, The Nation, Thinking, Tunis, Tunisia, Uprising, USG, Voice, Vote, Wall Street, War, Washington DC, White, White House, Wisconsin | 1 Comment

Yahoo empire blinks on Libya!

Posted on March 18, 2011 by Eric Verlo

Saddling up, out of the shadows of covert participation in the Libyan rebellion against bogeyman Gaddafi might be the US misstep which the Arab movement has been looking for. It’s not enough that Barack Obama’s active suppression of public uprisings … Continue reading →

Posted in Headlines | Tagged Africa, Al jazeera, America, Arabia, arrogance, Art, Bahrain, Barack Obama, Barak, BIA, Bogeyman, bombs, Civilian Deaths, Convention, Days of Rage, Death, Dictator, Egypt, Empire, Evolution, Fire, Headlines, Hosni Mubarak, House of Saud, IRA, Iraq, Islam, Libya, Muammar al-Gaddafi, Mubarak, Obama, PLO, POW, power, prayer, rebellion, Revolution, Tahrir Square, The Dictator, The West, Tunisia, Uprising, Uprisings, USA, War, War on Islam, Western, Yemen | Leave a comment

At the feet of Pan-Arabian Revolution, US activists show their stripes: yellow

Posted on February 22, 2011 by Eric Verlo

So-called respected activists in the West are weighing in on what’s next for the pro-Palestinian struggle. Based on their informal survey of comments and tweets of unknown provenance, the conclusion being reached is that Egypt needs a breather, that Egypt’s … Continue reading →

Posted in Activism | Tagged Activism, activists, Africa, America, American, Americans, Arabia, BIA, Contras, courage, Egypt, Euro, Europe, Europeans, Evolution, Gaza, Jan25, Palestine, Race, Respect, Revolution, Rove, Strike, Tahrir Square, The West | Leave a comment

American tv viewers outraged at rape of white blond woman by dark horde

Posted on February 16, 2011 by Eric Verlo

You’ll think I’m minimizing the rape of CBS reporter Lara Logan by of a mob of Egyptian “celebrants” at the height of the Mubarak-departure delirium, as reported so far, but I want to point out that hers is not even … Continue reading →

Posted in Headlines | Tagged America, American, Art, Barak, Cairo, CBS, children, CIA, Crime, Death, Defense, DIA, Egypt, EPA, Lara Logan, Media, Medical, medical care, Military, Mubarak, Pagan, Propagandist, propagandists, Racism, Rap, sex, Tahrir Square, Troy, US military, USA, White | 13 Comments

If you have to ask for whom the fat lady sings, it is not for Tahrir Square.

Posted on February 14, 2011 by Eric Verlo

–And to really mix my malaprops, she sings for them that bought her. If there was one variable which got away from the underdogs of Egypt’s Jan25 Revolution, it was who would referee the endgame. While Hosni Mubarak’s stunning defiance … Continue reading →

Posted in News | Tagged Africa, AIG, America, American, Americans, April 6 Youth Movement, Army, ARN, Art, Barak, Beast, BIA, Bling, Bolivia, Campaign, Chaos, CIA, College, Colorado, Colorado College, Competition, coup, Cult, Dance, Death, Democracy, DIA, Dictator, Dictators, Dissent, Egypt, Empire, EPA, Evolution, FARC, Fire, firing, Football, forest, freedom, Fun, funeral, Gambling, Genghis Khan, Hegemony, Hosni Mubarak, Insurgent, Insurgents, Interest, Interrogation, IRA, Iran, Jan25, Labor Unions, Left, Levis, Lugo, Map, Mars, Media, Middle East, Military, Mixed Metaphors, MOSSAD, Mubarak, Natural, Nonviolence, Opera, Otpor, Petition, Popular Uprising, Pot, POW, power, Protest, protests, Rally, Rap, RAW, reality, rebellion, rebels, reform, Representatives, Revolution, Revolutionaries, Robert Fisk, Rodeo, School, Semantics, Serbia, Slavoj Zizek, Slobodan Milosevic, Sport, Strike, Surge, Tahrir Square, TB, The The, The West, Tiananmen, Tibet, Tribute, Tunis, Tunisia, Underdog, Union, Unions, Uprising, Uprisings, USA, Venezuela, Violence, Wealth, youth | Leave a comment

Poetry of Barack Obama invokes MLK but pays true homage to Rod McKuen

Posted on February 13, 2011 by Eric Verlo

Jesus what a bore! Remember when SNL lampooned Sarah Palin’s first prime time TV interview by reenacting it verbatim? They could do that with Obama’ humorless addresses, I think it would make great theater, but the joke’s already abysmally old. … Continue reading →

Posted in Semantics | Tagged Al jazeera, America, American, American People, ARN, Art, Barack Obama, Barak, Bush, Business, Cairo, children, Christ, Christian, Christians, CIA, Constitution, Cult, Democracy, DIA, Divorce, doctor, doctors, Egypt, Election, elections, Evolution, faith, Fire, freedom, Fun, Gandhi, George, George Bush, Germans, Ghana, Government, here's M, History, humanitarian, Humanity, Humor, hunger, Indonesia, Inspire, IRA, IRS, Jesus, Jobs, Justice, Killing, Latin, leadership, Liberation, Martin Luther King, Media, Military, MLK, Mubarak, Muslim, Muslims, Nonviolence, nothing, nurses, Obama, Palin, Pathetic, Peace, Poetry, Pot, POW, power, President, President Obama, Protest, protestors, Rap, RAW, reform, Revolution, Rights, Rod McKuen, Sarah Palin, Semantics, SNL, Soul, St George, Star Trek, students, Tahrir Square, Technology, Tennis, terror, Terrorism, thank you, Trains, Transcript, Transit, United States, Violence, Voice, Volunteers, War | Leave a comment

Egypt revolution is victory 4 Democracy but credit for Tahrir goes to Anarchism

Posted on February 11, 2011 by Eric Verlo

For a few interminable minutes there, okay– days –and bloody, millions of Egyptians had taken to the streets rejecting the legitimacy of Egypt’s authoritarian regime. The despotic Mubarak refused to budge and experts deemed the outcome a “stalemate.” Really? A … Continue reading →

Posted in Info Virus | Tagged activists, Anarchism, Art, Banned, Barack Obama, Barak, Democracy, Egypt, Epiphany, Evolution, freedom, Government, Hosni Mubarak, Jan25, Mubarak, Muslim, Muslim Brotherhood, Obama, Pot, President, President Obama, Protest, RAW, Revolution, Tahrir Square, The West, Transit, Vote, youth | 1 Comment

Egypt’s protesters are owed 302 lives

Posted on February 11, 2011 by Eric Verlo

After Hosni Mubarak did his best last night to bite his thumb at his gaping-mouthed subjects, the heart of humanity aches in anticipation of the potential of angry bloodshed Friday in the streets of Cairo. Egypt’s JAN25 organizers have so … Continue reading →

Posted in News | Tagged Art, Barak, Cairo, demonstration, demonstrations, Egypt, Evolution, Fire, Forward, freedom, Hosni Mubarak, Humanity, Interrogation, Jan25, Mubarak, Nonviolence, Pagan, Pathetic, PLO, police, Pot, Propaganda, Protest, Provocateurs, Repression, Revolution, Revolutionaries, Riot Police, Rove, Science, Security, Tahrir Square, torturer, Torturers, Violence, War, youth | 1 Comment

Remember the Maine? Egyptians will.

Posted on February 9, 2011 by Eric Verlo

Remember the Maine? In 1898 a popular uprising was threatening Spanish rule in Cuba. The US Navy cruised to the rescue. The rescue of whom, we never got the chance to find out. An explosion aboard the USS Maine gave … Continue reading →

Posted in Info Virus | Tagged Alamo, America, American, Americans, Arab World, Barak, Blasphemy, BOA, Cairo, Cuba, Dance, Defense, Democracy, demonstration, demonstrations, DIA, Dictator, Egypt, Empire, explosion, False Flag, Fire, Flag, FLAME, freedom, General Strike, GM, Government, Gulf, Gulf of Tonkin, Gunboat Diplomacy, guns, Hosni Mubarak, Hospital, hospitals, Hungary, Imperialism, Indigenous, Intel, Intelligence, Interest, internet, IRA, Iraq, Israel, Jan25, Jesus, Labor Unions, Language, Levis, liberty, Marines, Media, Medical, medical care, Military, Mohammad, Mubarak, Muslim, Navy, NFL, nothing, OAS, Peace, PLO, Popular Uprising, population, POW, power, Prophet Mohammad, Protest, RAW, Remember the Maine, Resist, Resistance, Rove, Security, Soviets, Spain, Spanish, Strike, Tahrir Square, Television, Transit, Union, Unions, Uprising, US Navy, USS Cole, USS Liberty, USS Maine, War, Washington, Yemen | 1 Comment

Egypt = Gaza

Posted on February 5, 2011 by Eric Verlo

It’s an open air prison, a police state where all opposition voices are arrested. Our press is reporting the arrest of foreign journalist, what about the murder or disappearance of the #Jan25 organizers. On Thursday after a leadership consultation with … Continue reading →

Posted in Info Virus | Tagged Arrest, Cairo, Egypt, Gaza, internet, Israel, Jan25, Journalist, leadership, Left, Mohamed ElBaradei, Murder, Palestine, police, Police State, prison, Revolution, Tahrir Square, Uprising, Voice, youth, Zionism | Leave a comment

Crowd builds in Al Tahrir Square, Cairo, two million defy Mubarak intimidation

Posted on February 4, 2011 by Eric Verlo

Al Jazeera has reasserted live footage in Cairo today, for the Friday demonstration billed as “Day of Departure” meant to depose dictator Mubarak. Already gone are the US major network talking heads, fleeing in advance the predicted mayhem as if … Continue reading →

Posted in News | Tagged 2012, activists, Al jazeera, ALF, America, American, Arrest, Art, Assange, Barak, Barbarity, BUILDS, Bush, Cairo, Celebrities, Chaos, CIA, Civilians, civilians killed, College, Commentary, Community, Constitution, Corporate, corporate media, Crow, Cult, Culture, Democracy, Democracy Now, demonstration, Detention, DIA, Dictator, DOT, Egypt, EPA, Evolution, Facebook, faith, Family, Harassment, IAM, Intimidation, Killing, leadership, Love, March, Media, Meow, Mubarak, Obama, Orientation, Peace, PLO, police, Police State, poll, Polls, Pot, POW, power, Protest, protests, RAW, reality, Reds, Respect, Revolution, Rights, Riots, Safety, School, Security, Snipers, Switzerland, Tahrir Square, thank you, War, Washington, Wikileaks, Working | 3 Comments

Egypt passes point of no return, for Mubarak and besieged pro-democracy

Posted on February 3, 2011 by Eric Verlo

Point of no return in Egypt. Mubarak is overseeing crimes from which he will not be able to walk away. Pro-Democracy demonstrators cannot leave Al Tahrir Square. Not because it is barricaded and besieged by plain-clothed “Pro-Mubarak protesters” but because … Continue reading →

Posted in News | Tagged activists, aljazeera, ambush, America, American, Americans, Apple, Army, Arrest, Art, Assassination, Banks, Barak, Barricades, bombs, Bush, Business, Cairo, Capital, Chaos, children, CIA, Civilians, Conspiracy, coup, courage, Crime, cruelty, Curfew, Death, Democracy, demonstration, demonstrations, DIA, Dictator, Dictators, dictatorship, disappeared, Economic Meltdown, Egypt, EPA, Evolution, Facebook, Family, Fire, firing, freedom, Fun, Government, Hamas, heroes, Hosni Mubarak, human rights, Human Rights Watch, idiots, Infiltrators, internet, IRA, Iran, IRS, Israel, Israelis, Jan 25, Jew, Jews, Love, Media, Medical, Military, Molotov Cocktail, Money, Mubarak, Muslim, Muslim Brotherhood, Muslims, Nature, nothing, Odds, Opera, Paralyzed, Peace, Piracy, police, POW, power, prison, Prisoner, Prisoners, Prisons, Protest, protests, Public Safety, RAW, Recall, Reds, reform, Revolution, Rights, Riot Police, Rome, Safety, Soul, Stand With Us, Tahrir Square, tear gas, terror, testing, uniforms, USA, Voice, Working, Writing, youth | 7 Comments

The Egyptian equivalent of TeaBags…

Posted on February 2, 2011 by Brother Jonah

Anderson Cooper was attacked in Egypt while reporting by Mubarak supporters. Anderson Cooper talked to The Huffington Post from Cairo on Wednesday night, and described what happened to him this morning, when he and his crew were attacked by a … Continue reading →

Posted in Perspective | Tagged America, American, anti-American, Army, Barak, Cairo, Crow, Egypt, Hosni Mubarak, IRS, Journalist, Kentucky, Lauren Valle, Left, Mubarak, President, Right Wing, soldier, Soldiers, St Paddy's Day Massacre, Tahrir Square, Teabag, TeaBags, U.S., U.S. Army, Water, Wednesday | 3 Comments

Mubarak supporters demonstrate with camels, whips, swords and police IDs

Posted on February 2, 2011 by Eric Verlo

At least Hosni Mubarak knew better than to deploy US military hardware against the pro-democracy demonstrators of Al Tahrir Square. The thug astride this camel was pulled off his mount, but nonviolent organizers intervened before the victims of his whip … Continue reading →

Posted in News | Tagged Army, Barak, Cairo, Democracy, Egypt, Hosni Mubarak, Military, Molotov Cocktail, Mubarak, Peace, PLO, police, Protest, Revolution, Tahrir Square, The Nation, US military, War | 1 Comment

Liberating Egypt over Hosni Mubarak’s dead body, if they must

Posted on February 2, 2011 by Eric Verlo

Besieged Egyptian dictator Hosni Mubarak refuses to step down. He told the 2 1/2 million strong demonstration in Tahrir Square that he intends to die in Egypt. If the protesters likewise promised to accede only over their dead bodies, I’m … Continue reading →

Posted in Headlines | Tagged agreement, Army, Arrest, Arrests, Art, Barak, Bastille, Cairo, Chaos, Corruption, D-Day, demonstration, demonstrations, Detention, DIA, Dictator, Disinformation, Egypt, EPA, Evolution, Hosni Mubarak, Interest, Interrogation, IRS, leadership, March, Media, Mohamed ElBaradei, Mubarak, Peace, Petition, police, Police State, Pot, President, Protest, protests, Revolution, Rome, Saboteur, Security, soldier, Soldiers, Strike, Tahrir Square, The Dictator, The West, Thinking, Twitter, Video, visits, Voice, War, Western, youth | 1 Comment

Tag Archives: Tahrir Square

This rock could change the world if thrown through the right window

Occupy Wall Street mentor Adbusters issues latest tactical briefing. Chicago. May. Occupy.

Egypt- Revolution not yet made

All in

NY #OccupyWallStreet protest is going to be this generation’s Woodstock. Are you going to miss it?

The revolution will not be televised, emailed unfiltered, or allowed to trend on Twitter, but it’s starting without you

The Wall Street protest needs PIZZA!

Yahoo empire blinks on Libya!

At the feet of Pan-Arabian Revolution, US activists show their stripes: yellow

American tv viewers outraged at rape of white blond woman by dark horde

If you have to ask for whom the fat lady sings, it is not for Tahrir Square.

Poetry of Barack Obama invokes MLK but pays true homage to Rod McKuen

Egypt revolution is victory 4 Democracy but credit for Tahrir goes to Anarchism

Egypt’s protesters are owed 302 lives

Remember the Maine? Egyptians will.

Egypt = Gaza

Crowd builds in Al Tahrir Square, Cairo, two million defy Mubarak intimidation

Egypt passes point of no return, for Mubarak and besieged pro-democracy

The Egyptian equivalent of TeaBags…

Mubarak supporters demonstrate with camels, whips, swords and police IDs

Liberating Egypt over Hosni Mubarak’s dead body, if they must

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