For all of those who haven’t turned there attention to the Arab world in the last few weeks, I urge you to check it out. There is a democratic contagion spreading that started in Tunisia, moved to Egypt and is now spreading to other Arab nations such as Yemen. It all involves populations that have had the same governing leaders and parties for over 20years, now demonstrating for democracy. This is a remarkable turn of events that could set off a very significant change in both life in the Middle East and the balance of power in world politics. Most of the attention is directed at Egypt right now as its long standing dictator is such a crucial ally of the West in its endeavours to re-shape the Arab world into a society that reflects traditional western values and therefore financially benefits the West. Western governments are stuck in between there stated principles of democracy and there vested interests in the region. 

 The last time an Arab population was given the freedom to vote after years of oppression was Palestine in 2006. That resulted in a Hamas victory which shocked the world. For those who don’t know, Hamas is an organization that has fought for the liberation of Palestine for over 20years. It was traditionally an armed and social movement but agreed to become a political party in exchange for a sort of cease fire with Israel. As soon as the victory was announced, all western governments (right wingers of course) formally rejected the victory and refused to recognize Hamas as the official governing party. This was done to prevent a serious shift in power that would have happened if Hamas would have been recognized on the world stage. Instead, because of the reactions of the West, Palestine fell into civil war and has never recovered since (dejavu eh).  Former US President Carter called western rejection of Hamas's election victory a criminal act.

The fall of the current Egyptian government would likely not result in extremist being elected but would definitely result in the loss of some control that the west has over the Arab world and therefore have a dramatic effect on many world issues such as Israel, the price of oil, the “War on Terror”(what a fuckin oxymoron…war is terror) and many other globally significant concerns. Furthermore this ideology is clearly spreading. My prayers and full support are with the protesters. So if your not watching this unfold now, you should! This is defiantely history being written.

Sorry, just felt like sharing that. Now back to your regularly scheduled program of music and rapidy raps.

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