Due to days of protests in Egypt, Hosni Mubarak has cancelled the current government. And given promises for a new government; that has reforms for unemployment and the poor. Mubarak said "New reforms will be added to the democratic reforms. We will also continue to develop the freedom of speech". He made these remarks in the direction of his master the imperialist USA. {divide}
Information is coming in from Egypt that the death toll is rising, hundreds have been injured and hundreds of people have been arrested in the protests.
Mubarak's son who was expected to succeed his father has left the country. The protestors are continuing to heat the streets up with slogans such as "We will burn the pharaoh's, not ourselves".
H. Mubaraks reign in the Middle East is also coming to an end. In front of the power of the people, no dictatorships power is in safe hands. The protests have also spread to Yemen.
Thousands of protestors who walked to the Egyptian consulate in Yemen chanted "Tunisia has been abandoned, Egypt is on leave, next is Yemen" as the crowd mounted pressure on President Ali Abdullah Salih to resign.
A well known female journalist, Tavakel Karman, who was arrested during the demonstrations, was released after angry reactions by protestors. Karman upon her release said "until Ali Abdullah Salih's regime falls we will continue." She also gave calls to turn February 3rd to a day of rage.
Yemen is a poor country. Half of the 23 million people living in the country have a daily wage less than 2 dollars and live under the hunger line.