[lbo-talk] Reuters: Egypt's Brotherhood declares its candidate president

[ken hanly]

 Democracy and the revolution are dead in Egypt. Do not expect the U.S or other western powers to mourn. There will probably not even be much of a pretense of mourning. The last remnants of choice in Egypt a former Mubarak functionary or a representative of the Muslim Brotherhood. Even if the latter wins he will be stripped of most powers. Perhaps he is just happy to be out of jail.

Cheers, ken

 
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 From: Joseph Catron <jncatron at gmail.com>
To: LBO <lbo-talk at lbo-talk.org>; Activists and scholars in Marxist tradition <marxism at greenhouse.economics.utah.edu>; Progressive Economics <pen-l at lists.csuchico.edu> 
Sent: Sunday, June 17, 2012 9:55:33 PM
Subject: [lbo-talk] Reuters: Egypt's Brotherhood declares its candidate president

 
"Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood declared on Monday that its candidate Mohamed
Morsy won the country's first free presidential race, beating Hosni
Mubarak's last prime minister and ending six decades of rule by presidents
plucked from the military.

"But shortly before the final result the generals who have run the country
since the overthrow of Mubarak issued new rules that made clear real power
remains with the army ..."
http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/06/18/us-egypt-election-idUSBRE85G01U20120618

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