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The most advanced example of these emerging elements of dual power that we know of is in the town of Sidi Bou Ali, in Sousse, with a population of just over 10,000 people. There, on Sunday 16, the masses gathered in the town square and after deliberating about the "new" national unity government, decided to take power into their own hands. This is the statement that was passed which we reproduce in full:

"Following the decision to entrust 'Mohamed Ghannouchi’ with forming a new government tasked with overseeing the new presidential elections for the country; following the administrative vacuum and in the city of Sidi Bou, Sousse Governorate; we, citizens of the town of Sidi Bou meeting in the "People's Square" in the city resolve the following:

We reject this decision which is based on an undemocratic constitution, not a peoples’ one, which has been violated many times and does not guarantee the rights of all national opinions in the country;

Our rejection of the domination of the ruling party over the political life of the country, represented by all symbols in the current government and its lackeys;

The public election of a provisional local council in order to manage all city affairs and to work at a local level, and in coordination at regional and national level, to maintain the normal


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functioning of civilian life, economic, cultural and political life in the country until the drafting of a new constitution of a democratic and popular character, which will pave the way for elections to ensure the peaceful transfer of power and without a monopoly over it, and ensures that all the national parties are represented.

Protest against goverment 19 January in Tunis. Phtoto: Nasser Nouri.The functions of this Council will be:

The formation of committees to protect the neighbourhoods and their coordination;

To work to restore economic life and to secure the necessities of daily life for the citizens;

To work to re-establish working civilian institutions (banks, hospitals, municipalities, schools, institutes, post offices, the tax office ...);

To protect public property;

Coordination with local and regional councils formed;

Communication and contact with the national army as the only existing force in the country.

We have decided on the distribution of tasks amongst the following commissions:

The commission on Publicity and Media;

Commission on contacts with the National Army;

Defence Committee for the Protection of the Neighbourhoods;

Commission on protection of municipal property;

Commission of supply of essential goods;

Awareness, leadership and culture Committee (because of the importance of this statement we provide below a French translation and the Arabic original, which should be given as much publicity as possible)

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Bally yu shud move this post to the Politics now. thanks for tolerating it for a minute in the gyaff.

I was escited about what is happening from below in Tunisia. I thought it great news, information that is criticial for all humans alive at the moment.

here is another ezpression of the Johnson/Forest Tendency--CLR James 'Facing Reality'....the spontaneous rising of ordinary people, overthrowing the exploitative status quo, and in the process taking over, creating and establishing the political forms they wish to be governed by.

there is no advanced political party involved that was 'leading' the people that WOULD TAKE OVER AND RUN THE REVOLUTION! the people are done with that kind of nonsense. the people are prepared by the social experience they live and are readty to take over and do their thing when the time is ripe.

what is bubbling up in Tunisia is a most revolutionary situation. the powers in the west are quaking in their boots and for sure they are doing all in their power to intervene and subvert this revolutionary upsurge. they have to. they cannot allow this kind of example to succeed. and we the ordinary people of the world, cannot allow it to fail.

this here is the test of human worthiness to survive we all face. if we are to survive human social organisation must evolve. this is the perfect example of how this evolution can be acomplished..by the people, for the people. the only way humanity can survive is for there to be revolutionary social change that places the people and the general human interest firmly in place as the basis of social organisation.

the people of Tunisia at the moment are leading the charge. they are the latest to accept the challenge of the ages, the real crisis og the day and age and have made the postive choice. they have ome out in the streest and are cleaning up their nation and attempting to set the most basic democratic social course possible .

we ought to all support the Tunisians for if they succeed we all benefit. the support the people of the world should offer is to embark on their own revolutionary actions. its long past time. the whole planet should at this time, be in a revolutionary fervor, cleaning up the last vestiges of the ravening capitalist beast and consiging it finally, eternally to the pages of history.