Democracy Now!’s Sharif Abdel Kouddous Live from Egypt: The Rebellion Grows Stronger; Repression and Poverty Underpin the Uprising in Egypt; Made in the USA: Tear Gas, Tanks, Helicopters, Rifles, and Fighter Planes in Egypt Funded and Built Largely by US Defense Department and American Corporations; Leading Egyptian Feminist, Nawal El Saadawi: “Women and girls are, beside the boys, are in the streets.”
Today’s Headlines
* Massive Protests in Egypt Enter Seventh Day; General Strike Called
* ElBaradei Joins Street Protests, Calls for End of Mubarak Regime
* New Egyptian VP Tied to CIA Extraordinary Rendition Program
* Egypt Attempts to Silence Al Jazeera; Cuts Off Internet & Cell Phones
* Protests Spread to Jordan, Yemen and Sudan
* Sudanese Police Kill Student Protester
* California Man Arrested for Mosque Bomb Plot in Michigan
* Report: Pakistan Now Has More than 100 Nuclear Deployed Weapons
* 25 Arrested at Protest Outside Koch Brothers Gathering
* Goldman Sachs Triples Salary for CEO
* Ohio Mother Jailed for Trying to Send Children to Better School
* Brooklyn College Professor Dismissed For Views on Israel