IRISH ANTI-WAR MOVEMENT SUPPORTS THE REVOLUTION IN EGYPT AGAINST THE REPRESSIVE MUBARAK REGIME – PROTEST AT EGYPTIAN EMBASSY, CL

IRISH ANTI-WAR MOVEMENT SUPPORTS THE REVOLUTION IN EGYPT AGAINST THE REPRESSIVE MUBARAK REGIME – PROTEST AT EGYPTIAN EMBASSY, CLYDE ROAD, DUBLIN TODAY AT 12.00PM.
The uprising against Mubarak’s regime in Egypt is hugely significant. Pressure for a change of regime through a mass popular protest movement on the streets in a country that has been a staunch ally of the US may open a new phase in opposition to the so-called ‘war on terror’.
The uprising will also have repercussions for Egypt’s support for Israel, its ignoring of the rights of the people in Gaza and its obstruction of the free flow of Palestinians through the Rafah border crossing. The mass movement in Egypt that is part of a new wave against the autocratic regimes in Tunisia, Yemen, Jordan puts revolution led by new political forces on the agenda across the Middle East.

IRISH ANTI-WAR MOVEMENT SUPPORTS THE REVOLUTION IN EGYPT AGAINST THE REPRESSIVE MUBARAK REGIME – PROTEST AT EGYPTIAN EMBASSY, CLYDE ROAD, DUBLIN TODAY AT 12.00PM.
The uprising against Mubarak’s regime in Egypt is hugely significant. Pressure for a change of regime through a mass popular protest movement on the streets in a country that has been a staunch ally of the US may open a new phase in opposition to the so-called ‘war on terror’.
The uprising will also have repercussions for Egypt’s support for Israel, its ignoring of the rights of the people in Gaza and its obstruction of the free flow of Palestinians through the Rafah border crossing. The mass movement in Egypt that is part of a new wave against the autocratic regimes in Tunisia, Yemen, Jordan puts revolution led by new political forces on the agenda across the Middle East.
The US’s strategy both towards bolstering Israel against the Palestinians and the occupation of Afghanistan rests on support from the Arab states. The fact that Mubarak’s regime was brutally repressive mattered little to Washington who, as WikLeaks has revealed, gives Cairo $1.3bn annually in foreign military finance (FMF) for the purchase of US weapons and defence equipment.
The Irish Anti-war Movement
1) supports the protest movement of students, workers and unemployed people in Cairo, Suez Mahalla, Giza and Alexandra who have so bravely confronted repression from the police state
2) Will continue to mount solidarity pickets at the Egyptian embassy in Dublin and calls on its supporters to support the picket there today at 12.00pm
2) calls on the Irish Department of Foreign Affairs to sever diplomatic relations with the Mubarak regime
3) calls for an end to military support from the west for the Mubarak regime
For more info contact:
Richard Boyd Barrett, CHAIR IAWM: 086 781 4520
Jim Roche, PRO IAWM: 087 6472737