© Nick Turse/Alternet
Indeed, we are now in many ways involved in the same struggle. What most pundits call "The Arab Spring" has its roots in the demonstrations, riots, strikes and occupations taking place all around the world, its foundations lie in years long struggles by people and popular movements. The moment that we find ourselves in is nothing new, as we in Egypt and others have been fighting against systems of repression, disenfranchisement and the unchecked ravages of global capitalism (yes, we said it, capitalism): a System that has made a world that is dangerous and cruel to its inhabitants. As the interests of government increasingly cater to the interests and comforts of private, transnational capital, our cities and homes have become progressively more abstract and violent places, subject to the casual ravages of the next economic development or urban renewal scheme.
An entire generation across the globe has grown up realizing, rationally and emotionally, that we have no future in the current order of things. Living under structural adjustment policies and the supposed expertise of international organizations like the World Bank and IMF, we watched as our resources, industries and public services were sold off and dismantled as the "free market" pushed an addiction to foreign goods, to foreign food even. The profits and benefits of those freed markets went elsewhere, while Egypt and other countries in the South found their immiseration reinforced by a massive increase in police repression and torture.
Comment: This whole story has a rancid odor to it. A [unnamed Massachusetts] company is the initial seller. The items could possibly be for a remote controlled airplane for all we really know.
A strange suspicion in this is the items are sold to another country, that country sells them to any so-called enemy of the U.S. and blame is created [by the US], so that said enemy can be attacked for something that cannot be proven it has done [for the creation of IED's which has been disproven]. This creates tension so the cycle of violence can continue, and cross new boarders. This is how the Secret Team is able to make up new enemies world wide - blame your enemies for what you yourself are doing. The technique has been effective in Iraq, Pakistan, Palestine, Afghanistan, Libya and others.