Alternative Visions - Update on Egypt - 02/20/13

Dr. Jack Rasmus welcomes guest, Carl Finamore, journalist just returned from Cairo during its recent anniversary demonstrations and protests associated with the Egyptian Revolution of 2011.  Jack will interview Carl on what’s new in the fight for democracy in Egypt. Are the workers, independent unions, students, women and unemployed youth raising social and economic demands, or is the revolution mired in ‘business as usual’ now with the Islamic Brotherhood, and its leader, Mohammed Morsi, replacing deposed Hosni Mubarak as point men for the IMF and western economic interests? Has the revolution stalled? Are popular forces defeated or just reforming to push future demands for real economic change?

Jack’s guest, Carl Finamore, has visited Egypt three times in the last several years and in fact arrived on his first visit only two hours after dictator Hosni Mubarak was thrown out of office on February 11, 2011. Finamore is former president, retired, of Air Transport Employees, Local Lodge 1781, IAMAW which represents airline workers at SFO and other northern California airports. He is currently the Local's delegate to the San Francisco Labor Council, AFL-CIO. His writings appear on CounterPunch, Zmagazine, InTheseTimes, TalkingUnion, Truthout and numerous other alternative news outlets. He is available for speaking engagements, he can be contacted at local1781@yahoo.com.