Egyptian Revolution Notes

June 2013: demonstrations

o Military coup ousts Morsi
-Egyptians started referring to him as the new Mubarak
because he was making governmental choices contrary to the
wishes of the majority
-Morsi had come to believe that it was him against everyone
else and so he no longer communicated with the majority
-he cut off all dialogue and involvement with liberal Egyptregressing to more of a dictatorship Egypt had hope to abolish
with the takeover of Mubarak
-During protests, Some people got dragged into the presidential
palace where they were beaten and tortured for objecting to it
- as far as the amount of people congregated, this was at least
as big as the 2011 revolution itself.
-the army intervened and advanced a transition plan, which was
verbatim the plan the protestors had proposed two weeks prior.
morsi was removed from office
-revolution of military coup? Contrary to what the army did in
the first revolution, this time it established a civil president and
cabinet instead of assuming power. But they still intend to play
an important role in Egypt as they always had

Aug 2013: military clashes

o Muslim Brotherhood
-The Muslim brothers were outraged with the ousting of Morsi, who
had actually been a brother himself
-during the protests, the army took violent actions. They shot live
rounds and fired tear gas into the crowds, five were killed and others
injured including policemen

-The Brotherhoods main point was to ask the army to stop interfering
in the politics- big thing to ask because they had always been
involved in this sort of power struggle
-they were angered that the military government seemed to want a
country without religion, which is what they emphasized on

Wider Arab Spring

o Tunisia, Egypt, and Libya
-Tunisias success in ousting its president gave Egypt hope about what they
could achieve
-demonstrations, marches, occupations, riots, non-violent resistance and
disobedience and labor strikes against both Mubarak and Morsi. Millions of
protesters influenced other Arab countries to act
-Libya followed in Egypts steps as they sought to oust their president
muammar gaddaf

Social Media
o Facebook, Twitter, YouTube
-most remarkable about the Egyptian revolution is that thousands of ordinary
citizens used the power of networking to focus the worlds attention on their
intentions and quickly bring the Egyptian government down.
-mainly Twitter and Facebook, they were able to network with hundreds and then
thousands and tens of thousands of other Egyptians who felt as they did.

-important to note that without the power of networking they would not have been
able to develop the critical support necessary to push sufficient action for their
motives

More Egyptian Revolution Notes:

Presidents Mubarak although supported by an elite few, was hated by
much of Egypt. He was exposed for rigging elections and censoring the
press and the Internet, which hid his people from the truths they had
every right to know about.
Demonstrations and protests against him
It was called a Revolution out thin air because it only took a mere 18
days for the president to resign. but there were plenty of long-time
lingering factors that contributed to the eventual rage that broke out.
The military intervened but they were just blocking democracy which is
what the people were striving to gain.
After the uprising in Tunisia in December, the Egyptian people began
actively protesting in January with the confidence that they would be
heard.
Legacy of activism using Facebook and Twitter, putting videos up on
YouTube, spread the awareness but brought the people of movement
together and strengthened support
February 11th, President Mubarak resigned and the military came into
power. The military has always been connected and held power in the
government and the economy
President Morsi was democratically elected in June 2012. Just a year
later, he was pushed out of power by the military in August the
military attacked and thousands of people were killed
Although Egypt struggled back and forth with democracy and military
takeover, their initial success of overthrowing Mubarak seemed to give
other nations like Syria the confidence to do just the same.

Tunisia,Egypt,Libyawereallinefforttotakeadvantageofsocialmediaandtechnology
tospreadawarenessoftheirmovementsandmotivesbehindthem.