Parallels: Tahrir Square/Zuccotti Park

[justiceischeap]

Egyptian soldiers clashed Monday with protesters encamped in Tahrir Square, tearing down tents the activists have used to stage a weeks-long sit in.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/middle-east/egypts-military-police-break-up-tahrir-square-sit-in/2011/08/01/gIQAnvPOnI_story.html

Another challenge for the group has been the mass arrests and police brutality by the New York Police Department.
http://www.ocolly.com/occupy-wall-street-protestors-arrested-refuse-to-vacate-1.2613008

Egyptian state-controlled TV reported that the protestors were basically terrorists. Our media is ignoring it altogether (except for the Guardian UK and Al Jazeera--if anyone payed attention to Tahrir Square, those were the 2 major news outlets covering Tahrir).

I'm not saying that Occupy Wall Street is at the level of Tahrir Square but there are frightening parallels.

[HopeHoops]

1. Zuccotti is like tubular past made from zuchinni, right? And Tahrir is that brown sauce you put on