This is the important lesson that history has for the rebels of 2011. Euphoria is not victory. The removal of symbols is not the change of regimes. Whether in Athens or Cairo, Bahrain or even Wisconsin, the revolutions will not be won in the streets. They will not be won early. They will be resisted fiercely, cleverly, tenaciously, and with all the resources that the assaulted powers can muster, including the most important resource of all: time.
- Robert Freeman
"2011 is 1848 Redux. But Worse," by Robert Freeman
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2011/03/06-3
This one is a "MUST READ."
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