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What we saw happen in Egypt over the past few weeks and the final joyous hours was a citizen-led movement. It was a worker-led movement as well, with female beneficiaries of micro-finance and youth entrepreneurs and the working class taking to the streets to air their grievances about their personal conditions. It was not a Western-led coup, or something the West even had a whole lot of leverage to… Broadcasting platform : YouTube Source : Firedoglake Discovery Date : 11/02/2011 20:14 Number of articles : 4
Obama Offers Credit to People of Egypt for Mubarak Ouster