REVOLUTIONSWEEK 13

Introduction/ reasons of revolution:The revolutions are taking place in hegemonies. There has been an inevitable license leaked out to kill humanity and this kind of liberalization has marked the existence of a new kind of state terrorism which has created major security issues for common man.

The picture below shows a revolution in the middle east where Egypt and Tunisia overthrew their rulers following mass protests in Libya and Yemen. A wave of revolution had swamped in other parts of middle east like Iran, Iraq Algeria and Morocco.

Theory:1. After 9/11 US had insisted that one’s politics

reflects one’s culture and religion.

2. Second was a claim that civilizations develop in separate containers.

3. There are two kinds of cultures post modern and

pre modern.

I believe that the US thinks it is their right to intervene where these theories are not adapted. Syrian intervention applied to the second theory where civil war between Muslims created massive killings. This made Iran side with Syria and defying the first theory. This is also called Humanitarian Intervention.

(Genius, 2014)

Revolutions: Egypt: The Arab reign of revolution started with the

falling of Egyptian president Husni Mubarak who was an ally of the west. There was mass protesting at Tahirr square in Cairo and a lot of blood shed.

Tunisia: The uprising started after the injustice was suffered at the hands of the local police and this created wide protests all over the place. The main reason of this uprising was the corruption of President Zine el Abidine.

 Libya :The protests against al-Qaddafi’s regime in Libya started in 2011 creating a civil war caused by people within. Qaddafi was killed on October 20.

(Damascus, 2014)

Yemen: Hundreds of people died in clashes as the army disintegrated into two camps. Meanwhile, Al Qaeda Yemen began to seize territory in the country.

 Syria: As Ben Ali and Mubarak were down, but everyone was holding their breath for Syria. The regime’s brutality provoked an armed response from the opposition and there were massive killings.

According to my opinion such oppression and dictatorship lead to an uprising where thousands and thousands lost their lives. We must not forsake the power of rebellion against authority of any kind among the masses. Pictures below show the effects of nuclear and military wars on the masses.

(Damascusorg, 2014)

The truth about Twitter, Facebook and the uprisings in the Arab world The fact that there was so much media coverage related to the

protests by the protestants as the writer writes that he sat next to an individual tweeting his contribution in the protest at Tahir square we realize that this was through media sites only. It may be so that this is a rip off of the original European revolution. But there has been another critical factor at work that has ensured that social media has maintained a high profile in these revolutions. The fact that social media was a vital player in the revolutionary world and kept us updated we are sure that it has made us more aware and had covered aspects which wouldn't have been covered otherwise.

(The Damascus Bureau, 2014)

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Rap Genius, (2014). Mellowhype (Ft. Earl Sweatshirt) – CopKiller. [online] Available at: http://rapgenius.com/Mellowhype-copkiller-lyrics#note-125327 [Accessed 23 May. 2014].

Revolutionchurch.com, (2014). Revolution Church » Does Grace Really Have a Meaning?. [online] Available at: http://www.revolutionchurch.com/does-grace-really-have-a-meaning/ [Accessed 23 May. 2014].

The Damascus Bureau, (2014). An in-depth look at Syria in turmoil. [online] Available at: http://www.damascusbureau.org/?p=1933 [Accessed 23 May. 2014].