There is no room for compromise. Either the entire Mubarak edifice falls, or the uprising is betrayed
Slavoj Žižek
guardian.co.uk
Thursday 10 February 2011
The most sublime moment occurred when Muslims and Coptic Christians engaged in common prayer on Cairo’s Tahrir Square, chanting “We are one!” – providing the best answer to the sectarian religious violence. Those neocons who criticise multiculturalism on behalf of the universal values of freedom and democracy are now confronting their moment of truth: you want universal freedom and democracy? This is what people demand in Egypt, so why are the neocons uneasy? Is it because the protesters in Egypt mention freedom and dignity in the same breath as social and economic justice?
Click here to read “For Egypt, this is the miracle of Tahrir Square” by Slavoj Žižek.