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<p class="MsoNormal" style>BLOOMINGTON-NORMAL COALITION FOR
PEACE AND JUSTICE</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE<span style> </span><span style> </span>CONTACT: COREY MATTSON (309) 620-5702<br>
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 18, 2012</p>
<br><br><font size="4">LABOR JOURNALIST TO REPORT ON THE EGYPTIAN REVOLUTION</font>:<br><font size="4">Egypt, One Year On: An Eyewitness Report</font><br><br>NORMAL - The Bloomington-Normal Coalition for Peace and Justice, the
Common Action Free School, and Latinos United for Change are sponsoring a slide show and talk with Carl
Finamore, Wednesday, May 2, 6:30 p.m., at the Normal Public Library
Community Room, 206 W. College, Normal.
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<br>Carl Finamore, a labor journalist, will present a first hand report about Egypt since the beginning of the revolution.
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<br>The revolution one year ago toppled the dictatorship of President
Hosni Mubarak. But Mubarak has been replaced by a military
dictatorship. This regime is openly hostile to the rights of women, to
the desires of youth and to the needs of millions of impoverished
workers – all evidence the basic issues remain unresolved, just as the
basic power structure remains intact. This is the reality behind the
much ballyhooed parliamentary elections – a reality that can only be
changed by the removal of the military that still retain the real power
in Egypt.
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<br>Can Egypt ’s youth leaders and working class create genuinely
independent trade union and political organizations to halt the military
counterrevolution and create a broad, democratic movement in Egypt that
will be a model for the entire Middle East?
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<br>This is the crucial challenge for the popular Egyptian movements.
It led Carl back to Egypt recently to see for himself how it is all
unfolding and this is the subject of his first-hand report.
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<br>Carl Finamore is a delegate to the San Francisco Labor Council,
AFL-CIO, and former President (retired), of Air Transport Employees
Local 1781. He visited Egypt in early 2012 and during the uprising in
2011 where he met with workers and student activists. Carl writes for <i>Counterpunch, Beyond Chron, In These Times,</i> and other publications.<br><br>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style>What: Slideshow presentation and talk by Carl Finamore, "Egypt, One Year On: An Eyewitness Report"<br></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Where: Normal Public Library (Community Room), 206 W. College, Normal, IL<br></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style>When: Wednesday, May 2, 6:30 pm</p>
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