(2011/02/23) Revolution in Egypt Part 3 A revolution well done
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Jay Tomlinson
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🗓️ 24 February 2011
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Edition #459
Revolution in Egypt Part 3 A revolution well done
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Act 1: Interview with Wael Ghonim before the step down - Majority Report
Song 1: Enough - Dance Hall Crashers
Act 2: They sphinx it's all over - The Bugle
Song 2: Fuck you - Re-Mix Tools
Act 3: Revolution 2.0 - Young Turks
Song 3: Crazy Train - Ozzy Osbourne
Act 4: A triumph of nonviolence in Egypt - The Progressive
Song 4: Uprising - Muse
Act 5: The US could never protest like Egypt - Lee Camp
Song 5: La Valse d'Amélie (Version Piano) - Yann Tiersen
Act 6: Social media allowing revolutions - Young Turks
Song 6: President - Wyclef Jean
Act 7: The story of the first protests - Majority Report
Song 7: Turtle (Bonobo Remix) - Pilote
Act 8: Egypt: A good beginning - Mumia Abu-Jamal
Song 8: The Crooked Road/The Foxhunters' Reel - Martin Hayes
Act 9: The Brokaw Shelf - Rachel Maddow
Song 9: Main Title (Golden Ticket / Pure imagination) - Leslie Bricusse
Act 10: A revolution well done - Young Turks
Voicemails:
Kim from Indiana supporting the show
Thomas from Akron, OH on the need for a 'feminism' episode plus he calls me a star, yeah
Voicemail Music:
Loud Pipes - Ratatat
Final comments on the need for a 'feminism' episode
Bonus iPhone/iPod Touch App Content:
Facebook Page Fuels Egypt Protests - Young Turks
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| 0:00.0 | This program is made possible by the financial support of listeners just like you. |
| 0:05.2 | For details, visit the membership tab at BestOfTheLeft.com. |
| 0:09.0 | Now welcome to the award-winning BestOfTheLeft podcast with clips today from the Majority |
| 0:12.9 | Report, The Bugle, The Young Turks, The Progressive, Comedian Lee Camp, Mumia Abu Jamal, and |
| 0:19.2 | The Rachel Maddo Show, with a bonus video clip for our Apple iOS and Android app users |
| 0:23.9 | from The Young Turks. |
| 0:30.0 | This interview with Gonum, performed by CNN's Ivan Watson, apparently it ran on Parker |
| 0:39.9 | Spitzer last night, Watson at one point asked him, will you deliberately hiding your identity? |
| 0:47.0 | Yeah, of course, of course, not just for the safety because this is not about me. |
| 0:51.1 | I don't want this to be about me, but in reality, this is not about me and because I don't |
| 0:54.9 | want to be the face of this. |
| 0:56.6 | One of the things that the regime would do is just burn my face and that's it. |
| 1:00.7 | These guys made the plan. |
| 1:02.0 | Who are we meeting? |
| 1:03.0 | How are we going to surprise them? |
| 1:04.3 | The plan was really smart, I have to say. |
| 1:06.7 | Those who are experts said we are going to go into rural areas and we're going to talk |
| 1:10.0 | about demands that connect with people's lives and we truly believe in these demands, |
| 1:15.0 | like the minimum wage, like talking about the end of unemployment, reducing unemployment |
| 1:19.6 | or at least giving people some sort of compensation to make a living. |
| 1:24.4 | He says, I don't agree with the Muslim Brotherhood movement, I don't agree with their ideologies, |
| 1:29.8 | but whoever these are, they are Egyptians. |
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