Gregg Lombardi - Executive Director
The events of the last three weeks in Egypt have shown the power that brave people can have when they band together.
For 30 years, the Egyptian people lived in fear of their government and the police. On January 25, thousands of them took to the streets to deliver a clear message: they had had enough.
Every one of the demonstrators was risking being beaten, jailed or worse. And while the final chapter of the uprising won’t be written until free and fair, new elections have taken place and the rightfully elected government has taken power, it looks like the Egyptian people have brought an end to 30 years of oppression.
In my book, this is the most awesome and inspiring demonstration of the power that the masses have when fighting for what’s right since Tiananmen Square.
For 30 years, the Egyptian people lived in fear of their government and the police. On January 25, thousands of them took to the streets to deliver a clear message: they had had enough.
Every one of the demonstrators was risking being beaten, jailed or worse. And while the final chapter of the uprising won’t be written until free and fair, new elections have taken place and the rightfully elected government has taken power, it looks like the Egyptian people have brought an end to 30 years of oppression.
In my book, this is the most awesome and inspiring demonstration of the power that the masses have when fighting for what’s right since Tiananmen Square.
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