#JeSuisGrecque

jan 26, 2015: it’s exhilarating to see the will of the greek people expressed electorally with such unequivocal force and clarity. on the same day, social media were plastered with harrowing photographs of a young egyptian activist, shaimaa al-sabbagh, a member of the socialist popular alliance party, who was shot dead by police as she was carrying a wreath of flowers to tahrir square. she was 32 years old. she was killed in cold blood, on the eve of the anniversary of egypt’s 2011 uprising, by the military dictatorship which crushed the hopes and dreams of the egyptian people. it’s heartbreaking and terrifying. naomi klein: may greece learn the hard lessons of every previous left victory: stay mobilized! mass pressure more important now than ever #syriza