Uprising In The Ripening

First comes the revolution, the impact. Followed by the evolution, the amplitude, the reverberation. People are moving, regime's apparently not. The freedom movement makes remarkable steps both in regions most ones have to fear for their lives like Syria and in countries "only" dealing with material drawbacks like Spain. Discussions are led about the next steps, unity is to be formed between the different groups and the variable perspectives, common goals and proposals for possible solutions are to be defined. The last two days I read very touching reports about the atmosphere and the activities of the Jul8 Movement in Egypt and the Syntagma Movement in Greece. 

Cairo's Tahrir Place isn't any longer occupied by a group of mainly emotional affected demonstrators as in the beginning. After the toppling of Mubarak the transitional officials, better said the army, are handling the reform process slow, too slow for the people so they decided to revive the protest movement of Jan25 under the new date. Jul8 is the next step in a direction of direct democracy, ready to take the hurdles. All the images in and around the tents spread a very peaceful spirit, everything looks more and better organized. The rational influence is manifesting the movement, the people are one step ahead while the transitional officials have difficulties with the demanded speed of the renewal.

Similar impressions described and reported from Athens. People come together. No aggressive behavior, no commercial intentions. Share food, beverages and thoughts. Communicate. Connect. After the violent clashes dominating the worldwide headlines the Greek protesters want to be taken serious. The way they present themselves in their new found, self-declaimed normality underlines their demand. In the meantime the officials try to solve the crisis pumping more money in the empty cash boxes and heaping up more debts and more burdens for the society. And they are not able to explain the people the mechanisms of their opaque financial transactions. Thus the citizen are losing their confidence and demand more transparency. They know not only their right to be precisely informed, they call for it.

Elected or not, the regimes and administrations don't behave themselves as representatives of the civil society. They may praise a hundred times to decide everything in the name of the people but in fact they decide in the name of the commercial lobbies or in their own name. Or they decide not to decide. The citizen are long enough fallen in lethargy and have accepted their fate. By taking action and organizing themselves they are dealing with their destiny straight heading in the direction they - and not the government - want.

The officials are still playing out. This leads inevitably to the question for the reason. Can't they respond to the people's demands? Then they have to be replaced, not at the legal election date, a short transition period's granted until reelection is determined. Or won't they response to the people's demands? Then they have to be replaced immediately, without transition period, no discussion about it.