Dance! The people of Egypt are dancing all throughout the night. They are waving their flag with pride. They are happy to be Egyptians again. Hosni Mubarak has fled. Nelson Mandela is happy that he showed the world how to fight and use non-violent means to foster change in an unjust society!
Revolutions happen when the lowest groups rise and change things at the top. Countries such as Haiti, France, Russia, Egypt, and Tunisia and many others have known and gone through real revolutions.
The Egyptian revolution is largely facilitated by the emerging power of Social networks which allow many groups of people to meet up and organize themselves. Wael Ghonim, a Google Executive on leave, has known and witnessed the power of the Social networks. Imprisoned and released, he came back to energize the crows massed at Tahir Square. Twitter, Skype, Facebook, and Google allowed communications when the Eyptian government ended Internet connections.
Friday, February 11, 2011
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