Boycott - A boycott is when a group of people stop doing or getting involved with something. For example during the Egyptian Revolution people boycotted rigged elections to show that they wanted change. Today people boycott things to make a point.
Strike - To go on strike is a group of people refuse to work and is considered a form of protest. In the Egyptian Revolution people went on strike to show that they needed a change in their government. Today people go on strike to make a point or to make a …show more content…
On the voting pallets, only one presidential candidate was listed. The government posted bias propaganda on president Mubarak. The government altered the voting results so that Mubarak would win by a landslide. The propaganda that was posted during this time is like the ads and campaigns that are posted now on social media.
Unemployment - During Mubarak’s presidency, a tremendous amount of unemployment was happening. The president was not making room for new jobs and was not permitting some people to be employed. This was like the Great Depression in America. Jobs were scarce and depleting. The economy was failing and people weren't making money.
Police corruption and brutality - The police force was a major cause of the revolution. During questioning the police would torture people to get information or confessions. The police tortured people 567 times and 167 were killed. This relates to some other countries today. For example Iraq, in this country terrorist groups and sometimes the police torture people to get the information they want.
Jan 25th, 2011 - Protests started throughout Egyptian cities but they were mostly non-violent. Today non-violent protests happen every …show more content…
During this time more protests broke out until Mohamed Morsi came into power on June 30th. Morsi decided to pick up the mess and fixed most problems in Egypt. This is like Thailand they are run by the military and they came into power on May 14th, 2014.
Egypt's unemployment - Because of the revolution and the election of the new president Egypt's unemployment rate decreased. The unemployment rate decreased by 3.7%, this means that more people are getting jobs. At the end of the Great Depression in America, the unemployment rate decreased because more people were getting jobs.
Even though non-violent revolutions can be effective. For example, the Velvet Revolution and the Glorious Revolution were very successful. I think that this revolution could have only been violent. If it was non-violent the president would see no threat and would just keep doing what he was doing. This revolution worked because it was violent; people sacrificed themselves to make a point and fought back against the government because they believed it was the only way to get Mubarak out of power, and I agree it was the right thing to