Protesters, on 25 January, in front of the NDP headquarters on the Nile corniche, chanting: “These are the thieves! These are the thieves!”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Toi92xMPhRI
The central headquarters was torched down later on the Friday of Anger.
On Sunday evening, around 2000 protesters marched against the proposed law by Essam Sharaf’s cabinet banning strikes and protests. We started from the Press Syndicate in Abdel Khaleq Tharwat street, marched through Maarouf St, Champlion St, then Tahrir Square, finally ending up in front of the parliament and the ministerial cabinet headquarters.
Participants in the march ranged from independent trade unionists and labor activists, to youth activists from different organizations. The chants were quite militant, taking on Field Marshal Tantawi and the army. Protesters called for overthrowing Tantawi, accusing him of being a dictator, crony, part of the Mubarak’s regime. At some point, the chants were even calling for executing Tantawi and Mubarak in public squares. The demonstrators also unleashed their wrath on the military police denouncing the torture of activists in the Egyptian Museum and Military Prison. The state-run media also was the target of the chants, with persistent calls for purging it from NDP elements.
This coming Friday will hopefully witness a big turn out for the protests called to purge the state-run media. And in the meantime, we still have to pursue our fight for free unions and taking Tahrir to the factories.
Video by Gigi Ibrahim:
January 28th, 2011, Kasr El Nile bridge at 6:20 pm. This was the moment I found out the NDP headquarters was on fire, and I started chanting “long live Egypt!” I almost couldn’t believe my eyes. First, it wasn’t clear because I was standing so far on Kasr El Nile bridge and there were multiple of police cars on fire along the Cornish. I was confused. My brain couldn’t fathom the fact that it was happening, but the power of the people did it, and we are still dismantling the corrupt NDP. Long live the revolution.