Egyptian Workers Deserve Share of Uprising Credit
The Washington Times › February 09, 2011
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The extensive press coverage of the evolving situation in Egypt, though seeming to cover every angle from the use of social media to the nuances of the American administration's approach to the maneuverings of the Muslim Brotherhood, is overlooking one key element - the role of Egyptian workers and labor unions in the uprising.
While neglected by the U.S. media, labor has been pivotal in terms of laying the groundwork for the political explosion that seemingly came out of nowhere in the Middle East's most populous country.See the full content of this document
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Egyptian Workers Deserve Share of Uprising Credit
"I don't think that the key thing in launching the Egyptian movement - or revolution if it's going to be a revolution - was Facebook or the Tunisian example," Stanford University Middle East specialist Joel Bein...
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