tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5710815792287664844.post1052866665231198704..comments2024-03-03T12:41:58.376+04:00Comments on Deira Diary: Meet the new year, hopefully not like the old yearNeil Partrickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04986347512527541166noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5710815792287664844.post-46299671779023045072014-01-04T17:17:29.737+04:002014-01-04T17:17:29.737+04:00Surprised to read your interpretation of what even...Surprised to read your interpretation of what event your Chinese communist namesake's was referring to, Jo. In 1968 France saw a social revolt by students that was belatedly and opportunistically backed by the pro-Soviet union federation the CGT. Arab revolution? Not yet, with perhaps the partial and depressing example of Tunisia. Many of the 80 million "people" in Egypt do not look to the internet to judge their political interests either, even if the middle class activists who talk to the BBC in English do.Neil Partrickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04986347512527541166noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5710815792287664844.post-47705744643966316382014-01-01T00:14:32.190+04:002014-01-01T00:14:32.190+04:00In 1972 Zhou Enlai said it was too early to expres...In 1972 Zhou Enlai said it was too early to express an opinion about the French Revolution. He was, of course, talking about 1968 not 1789. And he was right: a few years is not sufficient time to judge a revolution. The main point that has emerged from the Arab Spring is that no part of the world can cut itself off from the internet. Right now the people do not have power but they are learning how to get it.Jonathan Brindhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11923500203447557342noreply@blogger.com