FLASHPOINTS

image by Al Jazeera English on 1-26-2011

Today on Flashpoints:Militant Protests across Egypt continue, as demonstrators ignore a government curfew, and apparently set fire to the Ruling Party Headquaters: Meanwhile President Hosni Mubarak addressed the country in the middle of the night, and announced he is sacking his entire government, but he will stay on as head of state. And acccording to remarks by President Obama today, The US of A is apparently standing by its Man. We’ll have a response to Mubarak’s speech, hear about the potential role unions in Egypt might play in the people’s uprising, and about a protest planned in support of the people of Egypt.

image by Al Jazeera English from 01-26-2011

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Seif Da’Na, Associate Professor of Sociology and International Studies, University Of Wisconsin

Dick Becker A.N.S.W.E.R
Omar Ali

Joel Beinin, Professor of Middle East History, Stanford University