Tag: left
Egypt’s 1968: The revival of street politics
Above is Chapter IV of the MA Thesis I wrote 10 years ago, when studying at the American University in Cairo’s Political Science department. This chapter discusses the revival of the student movement following the 1967 defeat.
Of course reading it today I wish if I would have edited some parts, changed the lingo here and there, and added more resources and info I’ve been learning over the past years.
But in general I still think the thesis stands, and could help shed some light on this critical period in the history of the left in Egypt.
‘There is a strong return to socialism and leftist sentiments between the young people who did the revolution’
Lol, Sawiris is really worried! Explaining why he launched his liberal party, Sawiris was very frank as always. It’s not the Salafis or the Brothers that Egypt’s Rockefeller and his liberal buddies are worried from. What worries him, as he explained clearly in that interview with Bloomberg: “There is a strong return to socialism and leftist sentiments between the young people who did the revolution, which why we went to establish our political party.”