revolution 2.0 archives — 3arabawy

Internet and Revolution in Egypt

3arabawy — Sun, 24 Jan 2021 11:05:24 +0000

I’ve written a critique of online activism in Egypt, which you can read in Arabic here.

Egypt: Strikes! Strikes! Strikes!

3arabawy — Sun, 16 Sep 2012 11:49:42 +0000

While international media coverage of Egypt is still largely obsessed with the Muhammad movie fallout, almost every sector in the country is going strike literally from Alexandria to Aswan, together with shutting down of a large number of schools due to a teachers national strike, simultaneously with shutting down the universities due to workers strikes joined by the students.

The revolution is by no means over. For continuous updates on the industrial actions and protests, follow our official twitter account, our Facebook page and website, as well as @EgyStrikes and the Diigo group.

Tweets from Tahrir

3arabawy — Sun, 19 Feb 2012 11:22:52 +0000

Telecommunication Revolution

3arabawy — Sun, 12 Feb 2012 18:24:43 +0000

In a country of roughly 85 million people, one third of whom are illiterate:

The number of mobile phone subscriptions in Egypt grew by 22 per cent to 81.7 million users in the year to November, government figures showed on Sunday.
The number of mobile phone subscriptions in October was 80.9 million.
In November 2010, Egypt’s three mobile operators, Etisalat Egypt, Mobinil and the Egyptian unit of Vodafone, had 66.87 million subscriptions.
Ahram Online

This is another example of Trotsky’s theory of the “combined and uneven development.”

Talk of the potential outreach one must strategize for as a political activist.

The telecommunication revolution does pose concrete questions as well as vast opportunities for the socialist movement.

Read! Learn! Struggle!

3arabawy — Sun, 27 Nov 2011 01:26:27 +0000

Graffiti in Talaat Harb Street publicizing the Revolutionary Socialists website.

Social media and the Tunisian revolution

3arabawy — Mon, 24 Jan 2011 19:19:19 +0000

The Activist Guide to Flickr (Arabic) دليل المدون الناشط للتصوير وخدمة فلكر

3arabawy — Mon, 23 Aug 2010 22:16:04 +0000

I wrote this manual in Arabic. Please circulate.

Blogging dissent

3arabawy — Tue, 01 Jun 2010 17:53:30 +0000

Leninism 2.0: A militant network of collaborating agents

3arabawy — Sat, 18 Jul 2009 23:51:30 +0000

The international socialist movement needs to open a serious debate on whether a print paper should continue to be the organ of the revolutionary party, or whether an online alternative is more suitable.

Web 2.0

3arabawy — Sat, 18 Apr 2009 18:12:41 +0000