Tunisia.

[LibertyOrMartyrdom]

Does anyone know anything about a Revolution in Tunisia? I was told by a Tunisian comrade there was something going down.

[Dimentio]

The government has started to release prisoners. That is a sign of extreme weakness. The President also sacked the Minister of the Interior.

[LibertyOrMartyrdom]

Interesting, I'll be following the developments with interest.

[Hoipolloi Cassidy]

Not promising. I've been following discussions in the French-speaking press and had an interesting chat with a Tunisian comrade. The general idea I get is, that:

a) Because government repression in Tunisia is so thorough (and has been for a long time), there is no organized political opposition whatsoever, so there's really no-one ready to step in and replace Ben Ali. One should beware that the so-called "coups" being announced may be little more than a cosmetic head-change.

b) The repressive governments in Tunisia, Algeria and Morocco (which last country hasn't exploded yet, but has been simmering for a long time) are totally dependent on US and especially French interests, and the French Gov't is obviously not going to lift a finger to allow more than a cosmetic change, unless thoroughly embarrassed by the violence of the repression. Me,personally, I would prefer to see these governments thoroughly embarrassed by progressive groups in France and elsewhere, slightly less bloodshed involved. And that was a hint.

[graymouser]

According to the AP, there is a government imposed curfew in Tunis (http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5ioo0B0nXH1BTLRcX2fwJ3G0CvaqQ?docId=a8c64f473 d1746238fd7a2e4ef62a9bd). It reads like the situation there is pretty unstable. I know diddly about the internal politics of Tunisia but the article seems to have some interesting basics.

[Dimentio]

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/jan/11/tunisia-algeria-riots-failure-arab-governance

[freepalestine]

there are 2 threads on tunisia in the workers srtuggles section,and also on 1 on algeria.

[INI]

The media is not doing very well to provide footage of our Brothers and Sisters resisting in Tunisia.

I found a good channel on youtube showing the resistance for those who are interested.




Power to the People

Edit: Sorry, since I am a new member I cannot post the link, but it is under the username leakspinner on youtube.

[The Local Loser]

There were two Tunisian men marching with che guevara scarfs held up.

[blake 3:17]

This is URL for the Guardian's coverage of the situation in Tunisia: http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/tunisia They've got a live feed and some backgrounder and editorial comments worth reading.

This is Al Jazeera's http://english.aljazeera.net/category/country/tunisia

I'd consider them the two most reliable English language sources.

[Blackscare]

Just a heads up, there's some threads in the Worker's Struggles subforum about this.

http://www.revleft.com/vb/tunisia-protests-continue-t147995/index.html

http://www.revleft.com/vb/unemployed-protests-tunisia-t147210/index.html

[LibertyOrMartyrdom]

Thank you all for the links and comments, you have been very helpful. Now I should get busy reading them.