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Amin Allal
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Chronicle of a Revolutionary Moment
by Amin Allal February 4, 2011
Some 3,000 people, the most “politicized”, gather in the Mohamed Ali square in front of the Central Union headquarters. The administration office of the Union itself is overflowing with the union leaders of opposing federations. We leave at 9:30 for the Ministry of the Interior and are joined by a constantly swelling crowd. Masses of young people. The protesters, many more than 100,000, stand packed before the Ministry of the Interior and chant hostile slogans for three hours: “Ben Ali, get out!”, “Bread, Water, Ben Ali-No!”… The ruling party’s attempts to retaliate, or to recover lost ground, are few and futile.
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