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C’est ce que nous explique trendwatching.com, relayé par l’excellente newsletter de Curiouser qui y voit “l’émergence d’une culture digitale du partage, où les individus échangent, donnent, s’engagent, créent, collaborent. Selon une récente étude “The new sharing economy“, les médias sociaux seraient le catalyseur d’une économie de partage offline“, annonçant le passage “d’une économie de la propriété vers une économie de l’accès“. Tous ? “Dead Drops” is an anonymous, offline, peer to peer file-sharing network in public space. Traduction approximative : La première clé USB a été installée à New York en octobre dernier. Et maintenant, à nous/vous de jouer ! Digital Journalism » Page » Navigation temporelle.
Tonight in Cairo, the Parliament is Surrounded. Tonight, protesters have surrounded the parliament building in downtown Cairo. There have been two deaths of protestors in Suez; one policeman has died in Cairo, hit by a rock. The protestors in Tahrir Square have been tear-gassed, and Twitter has been blocked within the borders of Egypt. But this morning, as the sun burned a smoky haze off the face of this city, the streets were open and clear as I rode downtown at 8 a.m. There had been tweets that protests would be staged in Tahrir Square and in the downtown neighborhood of Mohandeseen. These tweets were received by Egyptian authorities monitoring the hashtag #jan25, and they deployed a massive security presence to deter any demonstrations. Officers stood in groups of 6 to 8, on nearly every street corner. Around the block, I exited my taxi and sat down at a nearby hotel for coffee, waiting as the hours passed.
But here as well, only a small army of police guarded the downtown commercial district. I tried to get out the protest. “Why?” Égypte : Trois morts dans des manifestations antigouvernementales | International. Affrontements entre manifestants et policiers au Caire Photo : AFP/Mohammed Abec En Égypte, trois personnes sont mortes au cours des manifestations antigouvernementales qui ont rassemblé des milliers de personnes dans plusieurs régions du pays, mardi.
Deux manifestants, Ahmed Soliman Gaber et Mustafa Ragab, ont été tués alors qu'ils protestaient à Suez, à l'embouchure du canal du même nom sur la mer Rouge. Au Caire, un policier a perdu la vie à la place Tahrir (place de la Libération). Dans plusieurs villes, des dizaines de milliers de manifestants ont répondu à l'appel d'une campagne Internet inspirée du récent soulèvement en Tunisie. Des militants actifs sur le web ont organisé ce « jour de colère » pour protester contre la répression politique et la pauvreté dans laquelle ils se sentent confinés par le régime Moubarak. Les manifestations étaient annoncées sur une page Facebook créée par les cyberdissidents. Entre 20 000 et 30 000 policiers étaient déployés dans le centre de la capitale. Egypt. Thousands call for Mubarak to resign in Tunisia-inspired protests. In Pictures: 'Day of Anger' Featured on Al Jazeera The author argues that in the new economy, it's people, not skills or majors, that have lost value.
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Massive Egyptian Protests Powered by YouTube, Twitter, Facebook, Twitpic [Pics, Video] Massive street protests in Egypt are spreading virally as tech-savvy demonstrators are using Twitpic, Facebook and YouTube to disseminate videos and photographs. Opposition leaders in Egypt declared January 25, 2011 as a “Day of Rage” where protesters would take to the street against President Hosni Mubarak's 30-year rule. The protesters include secularists, Islamists and Communists/ultra-left-wingers--a veritable who's who of the Egyptian opposition.
The recent overthrow of the dictatorship in Tunisia by a peaceful democratic opposition movement has presumably emboldened the masses throughout the Arab world. Exact numbers of protesters cannot be estimated due to the ongoing events. However, a massive flood of internet photographs and videos shows a gigantic presence in Cairo, Alexandria, and other Egyptian cities. The Egyptian government appears to be engaging in censorship methods that are either half-hearted or oblivious to the specifics of social media. VID-20110125-00006.3GP. Egypt: President's son and family 'have fled to the UK' - Adnkronos Security. Cairo, 25 Jan. (AKI) - Gamal Mubarak, Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak's son who is widely tipped as his successor, has fled to London with his family, Arabic website Akhbar al-Arab said on Tuesday. The report came as violent unrest broke out in Cairo and other Egyptian cities and hundreds of thousands of people reportedly took to the streets in a Tunisia-inspired day of revolt.Officials did not immediately confirm the report that Gamal Mubarak has fled to the British capital with his wife and daughter aboard a private jet.The jet with Mubarak, his family and 97 pieces of luggage on board left for London on Tuesday from an airport in western Cairo, according to the US-based Akhbar al-Arab.Weeks of unrest in Tunisia eventually toppled president Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali earlier this month.
Scotfella. Egypt Video: The "Day of Revolution" #Jan25 Missing Person's List. Untitled. Fin de partie. Fin de partie Autres dessins de la galerie. Egypt anti-govt protests escalate - Middle East. Two civilians and a police officer have died after a wave of unusually large anti-government demonstrations swept across Egypt, calling for the ouster of longtime president Hosni Mubarak. In central Cairo, crowds numbering in the thousands protested and clashed with police throughout the day. Shortly after midnight on Wednesday morning, security forces violently dispersed those who remained in Tahrir Square, the heart of the city, Al Jazeera's Adam Makary reported.
Security officers fired tear gas, water cannons and rubber bullets to drive the protesters from the square, where they had chosen to remain throughout the night in protest. An Al Jazeera cameraman was shot with rubber bullets several times, including once in the face, Makary said. Telephone communication with people in central Cairo was nearly impossible, but Makary reported that the crowds, which had been peaceful, had been forced to escape the police, who fired dozens of tear gas canisters.
Deadly protests Online campaigning. Egypt-Based Political Analyst: "The First Lesson from Tunisia is that Revolution is Possible" This is a rush transcript. Copy may not be in its final form. AMY GOODMAN: We move on now to Issandr El Amrani, independent political analyst, writer, based in Cairo. He runs the popular blog Arabist.net. Issandr, thank you for joining us. I know you’re on deadline. We are hearing reports of not only one self-immolation, but another man setting himself on fire. ISSANDR EL AMRANI: Hi, I’m glad to be here.
What’s happening in Tunisia is having an electrifying effect, not only in Egypt, but throughout the Arab world. Unfortunately, we’re also seeing some rather sad effects of it — the now two, maybe three — there’s just a report that came out about perhaps a third person — that set themselves on fire. AMY GOODMAN: And the effect? ISSANDR EL AMRANI: Absolutely. I think a lot of people — the first lesson from Tunisia is that revolution is possible. AMY GOODMAN: And how are people organizing in Egypt as a result? We’re also seeing a reaction from the government. Show Full Transcript › Cairo erupts as Egyptian protesters demand Mubarak resign | Raw Story. By David EdwardsTuesday, January 25, 2011 15:56 EDT Update: Twitter, Facebook reportedly inaccessible Tens of thousands of demonstrators took to the streets across Egypt Tuesday, facing down a massive police presence to demand the ouster of President Hosni Mubarak in protests inspired by Tunisia’s popular uprising.
Gamal Mubarak, son of President Hosni Mubarak, had fled the country along with his family, according to the Adnkronos International news service. Demonstrators calling for economic and political reforms broke through police barriers and began marching in Cairo’s streets. Protesters gathered outside the Supreme Court in downtown Cairo and held large signs that read “Tunisia is the solution” amid massive police deployment, an AFP correspondent said. Others shouted “Tunisia is not better than Egypt” as the crowds began to swell. In a stunning video released Tuesday, one protester was seen standing his ground against a mobile water cannon. Twitter reportedly inaccessible – With AFP. Alexandria egypt 2011 january 25th. Une révolution en marche en Égypte ? #jan25 #live. On soupçonnait, depuis la révolution tunisienne, un risque de contagion à d’autres pays du monde arabe.
Les dernières nouvelles qui nous viennent d’Égypte via les réseaux sociaux, font état d’une manifestation de plusieurs milliers de personnes actuellement dans les rues du Caire. Al Jazeera rapporte plus de 50 000 manifestants à Alexandrie et diffuse un fil d’information très riche sur l’Égypte. La situation égyptienne semble insurrectionnelle, donc à suivre de très près. Il semblerait également que Twitter y soit maintenant censuré, les égyptiens continuent cependant de distiller des images capturées par téléphones mobiles via Youtube ou d’autres réseaux sociaux. S’il est encore un peu tôt pour savoir si la révolution égyptienne est en marche, nous sommes particulièrement attentifs à la réaction d’un pouvoir sclérosé qui se trouverait acculé par sa population et qui serait tenté de mener une violente répression.
Voici les quelques images autres que nous avons réussi à récolter. 2 in Egypt torch themselves; 1 dead. Egyptian Abdo Abelmonem Gafr set himself on fire outside the parliament building in Cairo on Monday. A man dies after setting himself afire in Alexandria An incident in Cairo appears to be spurred by a personal issueThe protests in Tunisia were sparked by a man who torched himself Cairo, Egypt (CNN) -- One man died and another was injured after they set themselves on fire Tuesday in Egypt, the latest in a string of self-immolations in restive North Africa, officials told CNN. Ahmed Hashem Sayed set himself on fire in Alexandria and died from his burns, said Dr. Salama Abdel-Menem, Alexandria's health director. Local media reports that Sayed was unemployed. Mohammed Farouq Mohammed, a lawyer, set himself ablaze in Cairo, but is now in stable condition with 5% of his body burned. Dr. Mohammed burned himself in front of the parliament building because his ex-wife refused to allow him to see his daughters, a security source and a medical source at the hospital told CNN.
Unrest in Tunisia.