Revolution Follow

An official banner celebrating Egypt’s Revolution at Cairo Airport tells of "Egyptians making history again… what else is new?"

Over 200 activists met last Saturday at a conference on the "war on terror" organised by the Stop the War Coalition as the tenth anniversary of the Afghanistan war approaches.

There is a rising tide of struggle internationally. This kind of generalisation is not easy to make because the struggle is always at different levels and taking different forms in different countries.

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has moved in on Egypt. It has agreed a $3 billion loan with the military council government.

The revolutionary process in Egypt is deepening. There is now a protracted struggle going on to shape Egypt's future, as the ruling Military Council seeks to counter militancy from below. Phil Marfleet looks at Act II of the Egyptian Revolution

Egyptian socialist Sameh Naguib looks at the role of Islamists in the Egyptian Revolution

Hossam el‑Hamalawy, a leading voice in the revolution, was summonsed to appear before a military tribunal. He had appeared on television and named a senior military commander responsible for the torture of activists.

"The Revolution will not be Televised", perhaps Gil Scott-Heron’s most famous song, is an attack on passivity.

From the Arab revolutions to the protests sweeping Spain, militant mass mobilisations have had a tremendous impact this year. New activists have been brought into struggle.

THE G8 summit gathered last week in the French resort of Deauville. Apart from endorsing Barack Obama’s attempt to co-opt the Arab revolutions, it’s not clear what it did.

Opposition to Egypt’s ruling military council (Scaf) is growing following revelations of widespread torture of activists seized by military police and huge demonstrations on Friday of last week.

The wave of uprisings inspired by the Tunisian and Egyptian revolutions is continuing across the Arab world.