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Stephen is learning Drupal and working on Mailman to support the World Social Forum on Palestine with the US Social Forum community

Also Stephen is working on a workshop for the WSF on the topic of web security for Journalist and Activists in Palestine

Labor activism on the rise in Egypt

Walton describes the strikes occuring in Egypt from Textile factories to other industries

The Islamic Brotherhood is about charity and not in support of workers coming together to improve their conditions

The Arab Spring though popular from twitter, has a longer history than the last year and much originates with union strikes

Tear gas (possibly Made in the USA) is being used on the strikes across the country

There is a historical echo to the labor movement in South Africa reignited the movement against Apartheid

The left in Egpt has not come forward with a political plan and the two major candidates are not supporters of the movement

Things are beginning to stir in Spain

Though we have heard a lot about Greece the next place is Spain

Spain has a much larger economy and it is likely that the banks will get bailed out

Protests and marches are occuring across the country to fight the austerity measures

Movements are afoot, but we are still closer to the beginning than the middle of the movements

**We try tech update but fail…this is in part cause Stephen was in a rush to get out and the thunderstorm disrrupted the connection (can you figure out where?)**