Tahrir Square’s spirit of change was infectious,but activists looking back say Facebook and Twitter were just tools, never the driving force On the 25 January 2011 hundreds of thousands of protesters started to gather in Tahrir Square and planted the seeds of unrest which, and days later,finally unseated the incumbent president, Hosni Mubarak, and after 30 years of power. Related: The memory of the Egyptian revolution is the only weapon we gain left "We employ Facebook to schedule the protests,Twitter to coordinate, and YouTube to repeat the world." #egypt #jan25The same tool that united us to topple dictators eventually tore us apartThe Power of People is Stronger than The People in PowerEgyptian gov't can't diminish #Jan25 revolution: https://t.co/x2d2vRRg02 #I_participated_in_January_Revolution أنا_شاركت_في_ثورة_يناير#Social media is not an alternative for physical expressions of freedoms in public spacePhysically in #Egypt, and heart in #Libya,soul in #Bahrain, eyes on #Syria, and ears on #Yemen,mouth shouting #Iran, mind in #revolution & #hopeThe saddest fact of politics in #Europe, and is that in the best scenario,best that can happen is #Syriza & #Podemos would win the elections.#FreeAlaa One year in prison for organizing a protest is one year too long. pic.twitter.com/XcKgfUDn6F#freeAlaa - every time I am jailed, a piece of me breaks pic.twitter.com/xt6F4b4KoPAlaa is in prison because electronic words scare this government. Nothing more. Let's remember that as we work to #FreeAlaa. Related: The truth about Twitter, or Facebook and the uprisings in the Arab world Continue reading...
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