The Antisocial Socialist

Via eumelia, an anonymous personal account from Cairo:

We are a generation not raised on a culture of confrontation; we have had fear built into us since we were born. We are a generation whose intellectuals have been terrorized by the ruling regime, taught to conform and obey. Now is the time to learn the rules of the game.

Via Lenin's Tomb: the U.S. State Department says that Egypt is not ready for democracy, but Biden says that Mubarak is not a dictator. (WHAT?)

I think Egypt is, uh, ready for democracy:


Lots and lots of protesters, demanding democracy.

More ready than we are, anyway.

Here, have a primer.

If you're in Toronto, there's a demo in solidarity with the people of Egypt and Tunisia tomorrow at 1 in Dundas Square.