Citind şi văzînd Egiptul online (televiziunea e încă o dată penibil de depăşită). Ce-am găsit eu interesant. Şi aştept de la voi lucruri şi mai interesante… Mulţam.
Foarte tare e această perspectivă: preamărirea mişcărilor politice în cadrul mişcărilor revoluţionare şi uitarea aproape completă a ultraşilor din galeriile cluburilor de fotbal:
Everyone from the Muslim Brotherhood, to labor unions, to Wikileaks are being credited for contributing to Egypt’s uprising. But what about hardcore soccer fans? These guys are better at tangling with cops than just about anyone.
When asked about the role of political groups in organizing protests, prominent Egyptian blogger Alaa abd El-Fatah told Al Jazeera today: “The ultras – the football fan associations – have played a more significant role than any political group on the ground at this moment.”
Chief among these are supporters of the team Al Ahly (“The National”). Al Ahly’s history is intertwined with the protest of oppressive regimes: It was founded as a sports club in 1907, in part to give student unions a place to gather at a time they were organizing against British colonial rule. According to Middle East soccer expert James Dorsey, today’s Al Ahly supporters are notorious for overwhelming police barriers at matches and their general toughness—in other words, they’re well-suited to cut through tear gas in the streets, or to join the human chain protecting the Egyptian Museum from looters. (sursa gawker)
În Slate se pune întrebarea “cum opreşti internetul, există un buton pe care apeşi şi gata?”. Nu, totul se negociază cu companiile distribuitoare, Vodafone de exemplu. Mai sînt unii însă care au net pe acolo – nu neapărat partea bună a baricadei.
Evidence suggests a government official called Egypt’s four biggest Internet service providers—Link Egypt, Vodafone/Raya, Telecom Egypt, and E
