Protesters in NYC Rally Against Mubarak Regime Outside UN Building

As the following video indicates, there was a protest against the Mubarak Regime in New York City outside the United National Building on January 29, 2011:

Revisiting Mubarak-Obama White House Press Conference of 2009

As the following video indicates, the U.S. government-supported Egyptian leader Mubarak apparently held a press conference in the White House with U.S. President Obama less than 18 months ago in August, 2009:

Did Mubarak Regime In Egypt Torture Its Political Opponents Historically?

One reason the U.S. government-backed Mubarak regime in Egypt lacks popular support is that, historically, it apparently has tortured political opponents of the Mubarak regime. As the Human Rights Watch World Report 1992 observed, for example, in 1993:

"Egypt remains the second largest recipient of U.S. aid worldwide, after Israel...One of the most noxious features of the system is the apparently pervasive use of torture in detention. According to the independent Egyptian Organization of Human Rights [EOHR], torture of suspected criminals in police lock-ups is routine, while convincing evidence exists in the systematic use of torture against suspected political dissidents by the State Security Intelligence [SSI] force...

"The inescapable impression gained is that President Mubarak prefers to retain the reserve powers in the state of emergency as a means of guarding against popular discontent with government policies--and protecting his own seat...In 1991, the leading women's organization in the Arab world, the Cairo-based Arab Women's Solidarity Association, was told by the government to close down...

"In bilateral aid, Egypt in fiscal 1991 received an estimated $1.3 billion in military assistance, $815 million in Economic Support Funds, $1.5 million in military training and $150 million in food from the United States. Despite well-documented abuses in Egypt that are widespread, persistent and serious in nature, including torture, the Administration apparently does not consider aid to Egypt to be barred by Section 502B of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as amended, which prohibits security assistance to any `country the government of which engages in a consistent pattern of gross violations of internationally recognized human rights...'

Coincidentally,a former attorney with the General Counsel of the Air Force in the Pentagon, Patton Boggs Partner Dean Dilley, is currently the "Legal Counsel to the Egyptian Ministry of Defense in handling...litigation involving military contracts," according to the website of the Washington, D.C. corporate law firm of Patton Boggs.

Mubarak Regime in Egypt's Human Rights Record Historically

The U.S. government-supported Mubarak Regime in Egypt has a long historical record of violating the human rights of people in Egypt. In its May 1991 issue of Censorship News, the Article 19 human rights organization, for example, recorded the following human rights violations during the U.S. War Machine's high-technology "Kuwaitigate"/Gulf War I" bombing of Iraq in 1991:

"Feb. 7, 1991--At least 11 students at Ain Shams University in Cairo were arrested for allegedly producing leaflets containing anti-war material;

"Feb. 8, 1991--Dr. Mohammed Mandour, Head of Psychiatry at the Palestinian Red Screscent Society in Cairo and a member of the Board of Trustees of the Egyptian Organization for Human Rights [EDHR] and Dr. Emad Atrees were arrested after making public statements in opposition to the [Gulf] war. Dr. Mandour was reportedly tortured severely...

"Feb. 21, 1991--The EDHR recorded that Mohamed Abdel Fatah, a teacher, and Samah Said, a university student and EDHR member, were arrested and detained under a 15-day detention order, allegedly for possessing anti-war leaflets. They are reported to have been tortured.

"Feb. 27, 1991--The EDHR recorded that Hamdain Sabahi, journalist and founding member of the opposition Arab Socialist Nasserist Party, was arrested allegedly for voicing his opposition to the [Gulf] war at a student meeting at Cairo University on Feb. 24. He was reportedly tortured..."

Coincidentally, a former attorney with the General Counsel of the Air Force in the Pentagon, Patton Boggs Partner Dean Dilley, is currently the "Legal Counsel to the Egyptian Ministry of Defense in handling...litigation involving military contractors..," according to the website of the Washington, D.C. corporate law firm of Patton Boggs.

Black Male Worker Jobless Rate: 16.5 Percent Under Obama

In December 2010, the official “seasonally adjusted” jobless rate for Black male workers over 20 years-of-age in the United States was still 16.5 percent under the Democratic Obama Administration; while the unemployment rate for Black female workers over 20-years-of-age increased from 13.1 to 13.2 percent between November and December 2010, according to the latest Bureau of Labor Statistics data. According to the officially “seasonally adjusted” data, the number of Black workers over 16 years-of-age with jobs also dropped by 23,000 between November and December 2010; while the jobless rate for Black youths between 16 and 19-years-of-age was still 44.2 percent in December 2010.

Between November and December 2010, the official “not seasonally adjusted” jobless rate for Latino or Hispanic workers in the United States increased from 12.7 to 13 percent; while the “not seasonally adjusted” number of unemployed Latino or Hispanic workers increased by 56,000. According to the “not seasonally adjusted” data, the number of Latino or Hispanic women workers with jobs dropped by 24,000 between November and December 2010; while the official “not seasonally adjusted” jobless rate for Latino or Hispanic youths between 16 and 19-years-of-age increased from 30 to 32.2 percent.

The official “seasonally adjusted” unemployment rate for white youths between 16 and 19 years-of-age increased from 21.1 to 22.5 percent between November and December 2010; while the number of white youths between 16 and 19 years-of-age with jobs also dropped by 99,000 during this same period. Between November and December 2010, the official “not seasonally adjusted” jobless rate for white male workers over 20 years-of-age also increased from 8.6 to 8.8 percent; while the “not seasonally adjusted” number of white male workers over 20 years-of-age with jobs dropped by 212,000 during this same period.

For all male workers over 16 years-of-age in the United States, the official “not seasonally adjusted” jobless rate increased from 9.9 to 10.2 percent between November and December 2010; while the “not seasonally adjusted” number of officially unemployed U.S. male workers over 16 years-of-age increased by 167,000 during this same period.

According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics’ January 7, 2010 press release:

“The number of unemployed persons decreased…to 14.5 million in December, and the unemployment rate dropped to 9.4 percent…

“In December, the number of job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs dropped…to 8.9 million. The number of long-term unemployed (those jobless for 27 weeks or more) was little changed at 6.4 million and accounted for 44.3 percent of the unemployed…

“The civilian labor force participation rate edged down in December to 64.3 percent…

“The number of persons employed part time for economic reasons (sometimes referred to as involuntary part-time workers) was essentially unchanged in December at 8.9 million. These individuals were working part time because their hours had been cut back or because they were unable to find a full-time job…

“About 2.6 million persons were marginally attached to the labor force in December, little different than a year earlier. (The data are not seasonally adjusted.) These individuals were not in the labor force, wanted, and were available for work, and had looked for a job sometime in the prior 12 months. They were not counted as unemployed…

“Among the marginally attached, there were 1.3 million discouraged workers in December, an increase of 389,000 from December 2009. (The data are not seasonally adjusted.) Discouraged workers are persons not currently looking for work because they believe no jobs are available for them…

“…Within construction, there were job losses in heavy and civil engineering (-13,000) and in residential building (-6,000)…”

`They Sentenced Lynne Stewart'

(chorus)
They sentenced Lynne Stewart
To ten years in jail
They sentenced Lynne Stewart
And they revoked her bail
They locked up Lynne Stewart
For doing her job
And to scare other lawyers
From defending Muslims.

(verses)
She visited a client
In a Minnesota prison
And the government
Made a secret tape
And after she gave her client's
Statement to the press
The Feds came to her home
To make their arrest. (chorus)

The government that bombs
Iraq and Afghanistan
Accused the civil rights lawyer
Of supporting "terrorism"
Attorney General Ashcroft
He declared on TV
That he needed no trial
To find Lynne Stewart "guilty." (chorus)

So an NYU Law prof
And a manipulated jury
Produced a conviction
So she would not go free
And a Columbia Law prof
Said her sentence was "too short"
And they added 8 more years
When they returned Lynne to court. (chorus)

Now they've moved her out to Texas
Far away from New York
Far away from her husband
And her political support
And since she's ill and elderly
And they've disbarred her for life
They hope people won't demand
That Lynne Stewart be freed tonight! (chorus)