1) The Army is co-opting the revolution/trying to establish another military dictatorship.
WRONG…please take a minute and stop thinking of the Army as a monolith or an institution, and think of it as a bunch of human beings…
2) The NDP/Mubarak is still controlling the country.
WRONG. The supreme majority of the NDP are shitting in their pants…
3) The Islamists are hijacking the revolution.
WRONG. The Islamists are getting weaker by the day….
4) New Parties are the only way to save the next elections.
WRONG!..
Unbeknownst to most of you, there is a new rising power in the Egyptian street and it’s not affiliated with any party of clique, and it’s called the people’s committees. At first they were formed to protect their areas, but during the referendum they started evolving into a civil force that help campaigns and did their best to monitor the elections. Now those committees are getting in contact with each other and forming coalitions. I have met representatives who have formed coalitions of 40 or 50 such committees all over Egypt, and they are organizing a conference for all of Egypt’s committee reps this June…