My book The Blogging Revolution was recently released in India in an updated edition.… Here’s a pretty good review of it by J Jagannath in a leading Indian newspaper, Business Standard: The little spark that the Tunisian fruit vendor Mohamed Bouazizi ignited in December 2010 to torch himself in retaliation against corruption has engulfed the…
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Thanks Tom Friedman for telling Egyptians what their revolution should be
The New York Times foreign affairs columnist is rightly ridiculed for pontificating as if he sees himself the spokesperson for America itself. What’s good for the US often seems to be his priority. He recently spoke in Cairo (in between interviewing Muslims he didn’t think the West should bomb, yet), and found some people less…
Egypt, where is your revolution?
As the US and Israeli backed Egyptian regime escalates its rhetoric and violent actions against those pushing for democracy (something deeply feared by Washington and Tel Aviv), local blogger Sand Monkey unleashes on those who helped spark the revolution: One of the biggest mistakes of this revolution, and there are plenty to go around, was…
US and Israeli backed Egyptian state thugs causing mayhem 17 December
Washington and Tel Aviv must be so proud:
Egypt, before the revolution
A beautiful short film, Maydoum, by Omar Robert Hamilton: Maydoum [short film, 2010] from Omar Robert Hamilton on Vimeo.
The Blogging Revolution updated and released in India
My 2008 book The Blogging Revolution detailed the role of internet censorship in non-democratic nations and Western firms assisting repressive regimes monitor the web. It was released in an updated e-book edition in August and focused primarily on the Arab revolutions. I’m proud to announce it’s now being released in an updated print edition in…
What’s a senior Murdoch editor to do apart from slam Muslims?
Another week and another column by a Melbourne Herald Sun editor Alan Howe on just how dysfunctional is the Middle East, Arabs, Muslims, Palestinians, Islamists etc. The man has form. Yes, this is what countless Zionist lobby trips to Israel do to a Murdoch man. Hatred Inc: In Arab lands, like-minded, militant Islamists abound. Some…