Saturday, the 12th, Amnesty International, in partnership with several Egyptian Democracy groups and human rights groups, held a rally out side the Egyptian Consulate General in Chicago in solidarity with the Pro-Democracy Demonstrators in Egypt. The rally was scheduled before Mubarka's resignation on Friday, but with him out of the picture by Saturday noon, the protest became a celebration of the Egyptian Democracy Movement's victory.
I covered the rally. What follows is a short photo essay of the event.
The event brought out an interesting and disparate collection local leftists, many with their own literature.
I bet the police assigned to this detail were really happy when they heard Mubarak was gone. Had to have been one of those moments where you just think "man, my day just go so much easier!"
Speaking of cops, this Amnesty guy and the CPD captain in charge of the police detail were having an interesting conversation. I didn't hear much of it, but it sounded like they were trading cynical and slightly paranoid theories about the CIA's role in recent events.
There were of course a lot of Egyptian flags.
After a while, the Egyptian contingent started singing and dancing. The songs were in Arabic, so I don't know what the words were, but they sure were catchy
Various local media outlets were covering the event (on another note, the girl with the Tunisian flag had some mad style) .
"The Valentine Revolution"? A little bit western, but it has a ring to it...
Everyone was happy, everyone was smiling. What a great day.
Photos copyright akagoldfish. All rights reserved.