Eyewitness report of Egyptian protests

Contact Phone: 
0413-377-978
Date and Time: 
Tuesday, February 15, 2011 -
6:00pm to 8:00pm
Contact Email: 
peterson_err@hotmail.com
Contact Name: 
Sue
Location: 
Resistance Centre, Level 5, 407 Swanston St, city (opposite RMIT)
Website: 
www.socialist-alliance.org

Public meeting

Eyewitness report of Egyptian protests

Tunisia, Egypt …

People’s power shakes US regimes

6pm (for 6.30pm start)

Speakers:

Ahmed Huwait, former student activist from Egypt and president of Federation of Australian Muslim Students and Youth. Ahmed recently returned from Egypt

Amelia Taylor, Socialist Alliance

Khalil el Rassi, Lebanese Communist Party

Ahmed Huwait will give an eyewitness account of the protests in Tahrir Square, Cairo. His first post about the protests after arriving in Egypt is at

The inspirational examples of people's power in Tunisia and Egypt demonstrate that dictators aren't invincible when people unite. The speakers will discuss the situation in Egypt which sparked the amazing demonstrations and the implications of the Egyptian uprising for other countries in the region.

Phone: 9639-8622 or 0413-377-978

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