Egyptian Revolutionaries from the April 6 Movement to Conduct Teach-In at Freedom Plaza 4:00 PM Today; Leaders of the Tahrir Square Revolt Will Speak to DC Occupiers

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–October 23, 2011. The October2011.org Movement was inspired in part by the revolt in Egypt.  October2011.org is currently occupying Freedom Plaza and will hear from the Egyptian Revolutionaries today at 4:00 PM on Sunday, October 23 at Freedom Plaza.

A Statement of Solidarity between Egyptian Revolutionaries and the October2011.org Movement was published before the Freedom Plaza occupation began on October 6.  When October2011.org went public in June its OPEN LETTER: THE U.S. OCTOBER 2011 MOVEMENT STANDS IN SOLIDARITY WITH OUR GLOBAL ALLIES was published in Al Jazeera.

Egyptian Participants include:

Esraa Abdelfatah- created the April 6th Facebook page which was the main organizing tool for the first general strike in 2007. She was the first woman to be jailed under the Egyptian emergency laws for her online activism amking her one of the best known social media activists and gaining her notoriety in the egyptian public as the “facebook girl”. Co-founder of the Egyptian Democracy Academy and active in the revolution, Esraa was recently shortlisted – along w April 6th – as a finalist for the 2011 Nobel Peace Prize.