Paterno After days of discussion sometimes heated and dramatic, the leadership of the La Citta civic movement in Paterno had come to the crossroads where they had to make decisions. The right-leaning party had chosen a candidate for mayor and attracted some support from the center as well. This meant that if La Citta could come …
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Egyptian Military Crackdown on Government Funded Civic Groups
New Orleans There seems little argument left that the Egyptian military is aggressively pursuing a counter revolutionary program. The latest evidence was shocking in its boldness when a coordinated shutdown three U.S. Government funded civic and democracy groups, the National Democratic Institute, the International Republican Institute, and Freedom House, as well as a similar …
Egyptian Misogynous and Brutal Military must be Stopped
New Orleans Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has this exactly right when she says the beating of bystanders, protestors, and women in Cairo’s Tafhir Square are “shocking.” Furthermore she added in a speech at Georgetown, “This systematic degradation of Egyptian women dishonors the revolution, disgraces the state and its uniform and is not worthy of …