(2011/02/17) Revolution in Egypt Part 1 In support of self-determination
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🗓️ 18 February 2011
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Revolution in Egypt Part 1 In support of self-determination
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Act 1: Wikileaks revolution in Tunisia - Young Turks
Song 1: I'm looking through you - Steve Earle
Act 2: My arm is starting to hurt - Wait wait don't tell me
Song 2: Walk Like An Egyptian - The Bangles
Act 3: Fight like an Egyptian - The Bugle
Song 3: The first - Tegan and Sara
Act 4: Obama and Clinton revert to form - The Progressive
Song 4: Handlebars - Flobots
Act 5: Allies of empire - Mumia Abu-Jamal
Song 5: Daylight - Matt and Kim
Act 6: Egypt episode of Clinton Something - Le Show
Song 6: Something Good Can Work - Two Door Cinema Club
Act 7: Egypt protesters vs. Al Qaeda - Young Turks
Song 7: We Are Nowhere And It's Now - Bright eyes
Act 8: When puppets fall - Mumia Abu-Jamal
Song 8: Soul to squeeze - Red Hot Chili Peppers
Act 9: History jumps to life - The Progressive
Song 9: I choose - The Offspring
Act 10: The Obama Doctrine - Common Sense
Voicemails:
Dave from Olympia - Response on the Progressive Slate
Scott from San Antonio, TX - March 12 protest, www.SaveTXSchools.org
Matthew from Providence - Call cable provider to get Current TV
Voicemail song: Ghostwriter - Rjd2
Final comments on Austin rally for schools, Olbermann on Current TV, 11 episodes per month and update on DonateYourAccount.com
Bonus iPhone/iPod Touch App Content:
The Rule of the Nile - Daily Show
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| 0:00.0 | This program is made possible by members and donors to the show. |
| 0:05.4 | For details, visit the membership tab at BestOfLeft.com. |
| 0:09.0 | Now welcome to the award-winning BestOfLeft podcast with clips today from the young Turks. |
| 0:13.3 | Wait, wait, don't tell me. |
| 0:14.3 | The Bugle, Mumia Abu Jamal, the Progressive, Lesho, and Common Sense with Dan Karlin |
| 0:19.8 | with a bonus video clip for our Apple iOS and Android app users from the Daily Show. |
| 0:30.0 | Now let's talk about the WikiLeaks revolution in Tunisia. |
| 0:34.0 | Now some object to calling it that, but I'm going to show you why I think that is largely true. |
| 0:39.2 | Of course, everything is more complicated, but I'll give you all the details. |
| 0:42.4 | First, what happened in Tunisia and how was it set off by WikiLeaks? |
| 0:46.9 | Well, there was an uprising in Tunisia and it was initially sparked by a man named |
| 0:53.4 | Mohamed Al-Bwazizi, a young Tunisian who set himself on fire and died in mid-December |
| 1:01.0 | because they had taken away his cart that he was selling and made demands of him and he |
| 1:07.1 | was desperate, etc. |
| 1:09.4 | And then that sparked a lot of protests that eventually took down the government. |
| 1:13.1 | But where did it start even before that? |
| 1:15.7 | Well, the reason that the whole country was mad and they knew they had a leader who had |
| 1:20.5 | been corrupt for 23 years. |
| 1:23.4 | But WikiLeaks revealed US cables that let us know specifically how corrupt they were and |
| 1:30.9 | what exactly they did. |
| 1:31.9 | For example, in June of 2008, the US Embassy in Tunisia or in Tunis particularly wrote |
| 1:39.0 | whether it's cash, services, land, property, or yes, even your yacht, President Zinni Al-Abidini |
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