Where are they now?

[Rosa Lichtenstein]

Has anyone else noticed how the historic struggle muslim workers and others are staging in N Africa and the Middle East right now has silenced those who post derogatory remarks about muslims and their religion at Revleft, and who allow their hatred of religion to distort their politics?

[Rafiq]

I think that when faced with Religious workers, especially hardcore ones, you have to be kind to them and do not bash their religion, but after a while they will see that religion in general is bullshit.

Well that's what happened to me at least.

But criticizing Islam does not mean posting derogatory remarks about muslim workers themselves.

[Rosa Lichtenstein]

Has anyone noticed how women are at the forefront of this revolt?

I am just watching the scenes from Pearl Square in Bahrain, and women are there at the front, leading a crowd of men, speaking at the front of mass meetings!

[Tim Finnegan]

Has anyone noticed how women are at the forefront of this revolt?

I am just watching the scenes from Pearl Square in Bahrain, and women are there at the front, leading a crowd of men, speaking at the front of mass meetings!
Yeah, that's been really cool. Did anyone see Nawal el-Saadawi on Aljazeera? She has some interesting stuff to say on the topic:

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[Ocean Seal]

Rosa makes an excellent post here. The workers are struggling for their rights in places we once thought were too locked down to break free. And these are religious workers living in very religious countries. This is truly an inspiration to all workers no matter where they live that they can be free. In fact the protests in the Middle East, are what is inspiring the protests here in the United States, which is something that truly causes the corporate establishment to shake in its boots.

Workers of the world: both religious and non-religious unite.

[Rosa Lichtenstein]

^^^And, Christians in Cairo stood guard while their 'muslim brothers' (their words, not mine) prayed. And the TV cameras showed crowds of muslims chanting "We love our Christian brothers and sisters!"

Revolts like this force the mass of the population involved to change their ideas.

[Tim Finnegan]

^^^And, Christians in Cairo stood guard while their 'muslim brothers' (their words, not mine) prayed. And the TV cameras showed crowds of muslims chanting "We love our Christian brothers and sisters!"
That was probably the most inspiring part of the whole revolution, for me; not only were the Egyptians able to put class solidarity before religious sectarianism, but they were able to do so without having to awkwardly dance around the issue of religious identity. That, I think, is true solidarity.