April 6 Youth Movement
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Template:Rescue The April 6 Youth Movement is an Egyptian Facebook group started by Esraa Rashid and Ahmad Maher in Spring 2008 to support the workers in Mahalla al-Kobra, an industrial town, who were planning to strike on April 6.[1][2][3][4][5][6]
The New York Times has identified the movement as the political Facebook group in Egypt with the most dynamic debates.[7] As of January 2009[update], it had 70,000 predominantly young and educated members, most of whom had not been politically active before; their core concerns include free speech, nepotism in government and the country's stagnant economy.[7] Their discussion forum on Facebook features intesne and heated discussions, and is constantly updated with new postings. Aside from discussing the state of the nation online, members of the group have organized public rallies to free imprisoned journalists and engaged in protests concerning the 2008–2009 Israel–Gaza conflict.[7] In its official pronouncements, the group stresses that it is not a political party.
References
- ^ Wolman, David (October 20, 2008). "Cairo Activists Use Facebook to Rattle Regime". Wired. Condé Nast Publications. Retrieved February 15, 2008.
- ^ Ghafour, Hamida (August 25, 2008). "Parliament is burning, and the watching crowd is laughing". The National. Martin Newland. Retrieved February 15, 2008.
- ^ Hussein, Abdel-Rahman (July 27, 2008). "Protestors say Agrium plant is like Nazi gas chambers". Daily News Egypt. Egyptian Media Services. Retrieved February 15, 2008.
- ^ Carr, Sarah (July 30, 2008). "April 6 youth detainees still in custody despite release order". Daily News Egypt. Egyptian Media Services. Retrieved February 15, 2008.
- ^ Hussein, Abdel-Rahman (September 18, 2008). "Emaar accused of culpability in Duweiqa rockslide". Daily News Egypt. Egyptian Media Services. Retrieved February 15, 2008.
- ^ Al-Anani, Khalil (September 2, 2008). "In Focus: The Dilemma of Egypt's Liberals". Daily News Egypt. Egyptian Media Services. Retrieved February 15, 2008.
- ^ a b c Shapiro, Samantha M (January 22, 2009). "Revolution, Facebook-Style". The New York Times. The New York Times Company. Retrieved February 15, 2008.
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