E60: The Bread Intifada, part 2
Working Class History
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The Egyptian Uprising
The uprising was successful in forcing sedat to back down on his near liberal reforms. The fact that it didn't continue to push for wider social or political concessions from the regime, meant that the egyptian state was given space for its counter attack. When uprisings fame, you don't go back square one. You actually face much, much, much worse situations. He decreed a law in 19 79 that basicly did away with the independence of the student unions. Or he purged the civil service from any leftest elements. And what was after the uprising because he was loke desperate and needed help at the end of the day.
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