Diary #2
2007-8
Photos of industrial actions, taken by me and other activists/photographers, were turned into (online and print) posters and stickers, part of the “visualization of dissent” strategy.
We increased their production and encouraged more professional designers, who were not then part of the Revolutionary Socialists, to help out at a later stage.
The posters, at least until 2010, were poor in design, primarily made with GIMP in a hurry. But they served the purpose. They went viral online, especially in the run-up to 6 April 2008, with the aim to convince viewers that not only were there those in the country who were agitating for social resistance, but the visuals also proved the resistance had already started... in pursuit of the domino effect.
In search of the domino effect
The Egyptian revolution, which flared from early 2011 to mid-2013, is usually presented in the media (and some academic circles) as a “Facebook Revolution” or at least as one gigantic event that was ignited and organized online. The truth is slightly different.