NOVANEWS
I found this after tracking down the Statement of the “Coalition of the Youths of the Wrath Revolution” that Gabriel at JSF located, which ended with words calling for “democracy and social justice.”
Artists and Intellectuals Sign a Statement Demanding the Stepping Down of Mubarak
Under the title “The solution to the Crisis begins with the Stepping Down of Mubarak ” , a group of intellectuals, artists and writers signed a statement demanding the stepping down of Mubarak right now as the only solution to the current crisis and turmoil. The statement came as a response to a call from the “Coalition of the Youth of The Egyptian Revolution “affirms that Mubarak is “ the cause of all the hardship that Egyptians endured through the past 30 years, the cause of the current paralysis of Egyptian economy, and the consequent suffering of many of the Egyptian people – especially those who depend on a daily wage. Also, he it states that Mubarak “is inevitably responsible for the bloodshed that took place in the past few days through gangs of thugs, snipers, and security forces”.
The signatories point out that the stepping down of Mubarak is the first step towards a democratic system based on the abolition of emergency law and all freedom restrictive law, ensures the peaceful transfer of power, freedom to form political parties and syndicates, enabling all Egyptians to defend their interest in a decent life based on social justice, freedom and human dignity.
Signatories
Sayyed Hegab – Poet
Alaa Elaswany – Novelist
Ahdaf Souif – Guardian Columnist and Novelist
Fatheyya El Assal – Scriptwriter
Fahmy Howiedy – Journalist and Columnist
Ibrahim Eissa – Ex-Editor-in-chief of El-Dostoor newspaper
Sammi Ibrahem Unityfm Radio U.K
Khaled Abo Elnaga – Actor
Khaled El Sawy – Actor
Dawood Abdel Sayyed – film Director
Mohamed Khan – Film Director
Khaled Yousef – Film Director
Basma – Actor
Amr Waked – Actor
Mahfouz Abdelrahman – scriptwriter
Belal Fadl – Columnist in El-Masry Elyoum newspaper and script writer
Amina EL-Rashid – Professor of French Literature in Cairo University
Sayyed El-Bahrawy – Professor of Arabic Literature
Mohamed Abla – Artist
Nader Fergany – Ex- Lead author, Editor, Arab Regional Human development Report, UNDP
Khaled Elbalshy – Editor-in-cheif of El-Badeel newspaper
Mohamed Ali – Film Dirctor
Kamla Abo Zekry – Film Director
Nancy Abdel Fatah -DOP
Mohamed Khair – Novelist
And 50 other artists and intellectuals
Artists and Intellectuals Sign a Statement Demanding the Stepping Down of Mubarak
Under the title “The solution to the Crisis begins with the Stepping Down of Mubarak ” , a group of intellectuals, artists and writers signed a statement demanding the stepping down of Mubarak right now as the only solution to the current crisis and turmoil. The statement came as a response to a call from the “Coalition of the Youth of The Egyptian Revolution “affirms that Mubarak is “ the cause of all the hardship that Egyptians endured through the past 30 years, the cause of the current paralysis of Egyptian economy, and the consequent suffering of many of the Egyptian people – especially those who depend on a daily wage. Also, he it states that Mubarak “is inevitably responsible for the bloodshed that took place in the past few days through gangs of thugs, snipers, and security forces”.
The signatories point out that the stepping down of Mubarak is the first step towards a democratic system based on the abolition of emergency law and all freedom restrictive law, ensures the peaceful transfer of power, freedom to form political parties and syndicates, enabling all Egyptians to defend their interest in a decent life based on social justice, freedom and human dignity.
Signatories
Sayyed Hegab – Poet
Alaa Elaswany – Novelist
Ahdaf Souif – Guardian Columnist and Novelist
Fatheyya El Assal – Scriptwriter
Fahmy Howiedy – Journalist and Columnist
Ibrahim Eissa – Ex-Editor-in-chief of El-Dostoor newspaper
Sammi Ibrahem Unityfm Radio U.K
Khaled Abo Elnaga – Actor
Khaled El Sawy – Actor
Dawood Abdel Sayyed – film Director
Mohamed Khan – Film Director
Khaled Yousef – Film Director
Basma – Actor
Amr Waked – Actor
Mahfouz Abdelrahman – scriptwriter
Belal Fadl – Columnist in El-Masry Elyoum newspaper and script writer
Amina EL-Rashid – Professor of French Literature in Cairo University
Sayyed El-Bahrawy – Professor of Arabic Literature
Mohamed Abla – Artist
Nader Fergany – Ex- Lead author, Editor, Arab Regional Human development Report, UNDP
Khaled Elbalshy – Editor-in-cheif of El-Badeel newspaper
Mohamed Ali – Film Dirctor
Kamla Abo Zekry – Film Director
Nancy Abdel Fatah -DOP
Mohamed Khair – Novelist
And 50 other artists and intellectuals
I am not sure what to offer in terms of punditry; a lot of what I am reading is putting a bad taste in my mouth — uncritical, prematurely celebratory commentary which tends to tacitly suggest that even thinking about what sort of social horizon the Egyptian insurrection is oriented towards is some kind of colonial imposition. This is their Revolution. That’s pretty dumb. Since I subscribe to a mailing list full of sourpuss Marxists, I’m obliged to plagiarize their insights and point out that what we have so far is an insurrection, not a revolution. Mubarak’s retinue is still poised to maintain its hold on power. Even if it does not and a transitional government takes over, a revolution means change, and change must be manifest in policies or institutional transformation.
I am happy to see this statement from theRevolutionary Socialists, but there are very few of them, and as Richard Estes has pointed out American warships are steaming in to Egypt. We have not even seen the revolution and the counter-revolution is already in the cooker. This is a time for solidarity –protests, sit-ins, letters, phone-calls,pressure — but it’s also a moment for education: about the nature of the system in which we live and the nature of the system in which Egypt lives and the way they are systemically intertwined. It’s time for talk about class struggle, capitalism, imperialism. We can choose not to talk about such things too. And let’s not be shocked at all when the revolution here at home seems always on the horizon. Treat the horizon as unreachable and you can be sure that you will never reach it.
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