Egyptians march in solidarity with ‘Occupy Oakland’

[one_voice]

Demonstrators marched on Cairo’s Tahrir Square on Friday, in a protest against the continuing military rule of their country and the perpetual state of emergency their government has maintained since 1958.

But there was another item on their agenda today: the recent violence in Oakland, California.

In the photos below, taken by Egyptian journalist Mohammed Maree and published on Twitter, demonstrators hold up signs showing solidarity with “Occupy Oakland,” urging President Barack Obama to intervene on behalf of the people, and echoing the generation-old meme, “Fuck the police.”







http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2011/10/28/egyptians-march-in-solidarity-with-occupy-oakland/

few more pics at link.

[Fire Walk With Me]

1. Beautiful! K&R!

[Blue_In_AK]

2. This is so awesome.

This truly is a global movement.

[woo me with science]

3. Okay, that made me tear up.

We are the 99 percent, and this is global.

[FirstLight]

4. I am so moved!

THANK YOU Egypt and All the other countries in Solidarity! :loveya:

[roguevalley]

5. Until all are one. They are beautiful. This is beautiful.

[Kaleko]

6. That gives me the chills.

Exclamation marks all over my skin. And tears in my eyes. Tears of appreciation for the consciousness that is rising.
We've waited so long for this global uprising - and now it has come.

[one_voice]

7. Kick

[redqueen]

8. Oh HELL yes!

That is so wonderful... global solidarity among the working class... could it be happening, finally?

[nadinbrzezinski]

9. Yup...that's what they fear

[nc4bo]

10. I just got a huge chill down my spine. Huge.

We're all in this together babe, all of us.

Occupy!

[MissDeeds]

11. Excellent

We are united against oppression.

K&R

[Celefin]

12. Egyptians demanding an end to the repression of US citizens.

That's just... I think I can die now.

I've seen it all.

...

If you needed a symbol of what the world has come to, there you are. Any MSM picked that up?

[redqueen]

14. "Any MSM picked that up?"

I would be so very surprised if they did.

[Little Star]

13. Wow!!! This is wonderful! k&r

[hifiguy]

15. Those are wonderful pictures.

Truly wonderful and inspiring. Hats off to our Egyptian brothers and sisters!

[Uncle Joe]

16. Kicked and recommended for the great Egyptian People.

Thanks for the thread, one_voice.:thumbsup:

[absyntheminded]

17. Wow is right...

K&R :kick:

[JuniperLea]

18. Oh damn... something in my eye...

This is beautiful. We are the 99%, and we are everywhere.

[anamandujano]

19. Thanks Egypt! Love you!

Speechless.

[Bryn]

20. Kick for Egyptians!

[MedleyMisty]

21. I like how IRL signs now have hashtags

If you're not on Twitter yet, you should be.

On the night the crackdown happened and Scott Olsen was injured, Egyptians were all over the #occupyoakland discussion, offering advice on dealing with tear gas and the police, expressing solidarity, telling the protesters to take the tear gas because it meant more people would be behind them the next day, and saying that we had moved up to Level 1 of protesting. I also remember one tweet saying that the US government had been messing around with their stuff forever, and that they had taken care of the tails and now we had to take on the masterminds.

They also reminisced about the smell of tear gas and said they missed those days, lol. :)

Editing because I'm a perfectionist.

[Kaleko]

23. Thanks for posting that, MM!

[Tsiyu]

22. Thank you Egypt!!!!

That means more than I can say really.

Our own politicians are silent cowards, waiting on their Focus Groups to tell them whether bloodying a veteran in a peaceful protest is going to hurt them or help them.

When they get a marketing answer, they'll crawl out of their hidey holes and condemn the violence. Or not.

But at least people in EGYPT Give a shit!!!!!!


:headbang: :loveya: Egypt :hi:

[CrispyQ]

24. THE SAME GOAL

:thumbsup: :thumbsup: