Atlanta’s statement of solidarity: We, Occupy Atlanta, send our solidarity to the revolutionaries in all of Egypt’s Tahrir Squares, and support their demands. The Egyptian occupiers of Cairo’s Tahrir Square are a symbol of freedom and self determination all over the world; they are also the inspiration for the Occupy movement. They overthrew the US-backed Mubarak dictatorship, at the cost of much pain and sacrifice.

But their revolution was only half-done.

The conservative and autocratic leadership of the Egyptian army have taken control and re-constituted the power of the elites in Egypt since the uprising. More and more Egyptians are realizing they have to win back their country and its politics again –and now they face military forces mobilized to defend the old order. We salute their courage, their conviction, and their dogged persistence in the face of this betrayal; we denounce the killing of peaceful protesters by unaccountable and undemocratic military Junta and Egyptian police.