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<rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" version="2.0"><channel><atom:link rel="hub" href="http://tumblr.superfeedr.com/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"/><description>Robert S. Eshelman is a New York City-based journalist whose articles have appeared in The American Prospect, Abu Dhabi’s The National, The Nation, and Mother Jones, among other print and on-line publications. He is a contributing writer at The Brooklyn Rail.</description><title>Robert S. Eshelman</title><generator>Tumblr (3.0; @robertseshelman)</generator><link>http://robertseshelman.com/</link><item><title>Tahrir Square Sit-in Cleared by Military</title><description>Hundreds of military and Central Security Forces personnel evicted today the remaining protesters...</description><link>http://robertseshelman.com/post/8341673925</link><guid>http://robertseshelman.com/post/8341673925</guid><pubDate>Mon, 01 Aug 2011 11:24:08 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>Friday of Shari'a</title><description>Ignore the media reports of the “Friday of Unity and the People’s Will.” It is the...</description><link>http://robertseshelman.com/post/8219280939</link><guid>http://robertseshelman.com/post/8219280939</guid><pubDate>Fri, 29 Jul 2011 12:47:00 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>Smoke and Mirrors in Pursuit of Suez’s Striking Workers </title><description>The Brooklyn Rail
July 25, 20011
My visit to Suez, where I planned to interview striking Suez Canal...</description><link>http://robertseshelman.com/post/8058706547</link><guid>http://robertseshelman.com/post/8058706547</guid><pubDate>Mon, 25 Jul 2011 18:19:09 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>Beginning of the End for Egypt's Occupations?</title><description>Egypt’s ruling Supreme Council of the Armed Forces escalated over the weekend its antagonism...</description><link>http://robertseshelman.com/post/8010664591</link><guid>http://robertseshelman.com/post/8010664591</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Jul 2011 17:12:00 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>After the Revolution: Five months after the president’s resignation in February, Egypt struggles to turn the page on the Mubarak era.</title><description>The American Prospect
July 12, 2011
Cairo, Egypt—Five months ago, Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak...</description><link>http://robertseshelman.com/post/7573892029</link><guid>http://robertseshelman.com/post/7573892029</guid><pubDate>Wed, 13 Jul 2011 10:59:00 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>The Revolution First - A dispatch from Tahrir</title><description>Ahaab Mohammad has something to say. A pharmacist from Cairo, he interrupts the conversation that...</description><link>http://robertseshelman.com/post/7397701073</link><guid>http://robertseshelman.com/post/7397701073</guid><pubDate>Fri, 08 Jul 2011 19:52:00 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>... of Victories and Consequences</title><description>Dear Brother:
I write these few lines to let you know we’re doing well, on the whole, though it...</description><link>http://robertseshelman.com/post/7378951818</link><guid>http://robertseshelman.com/post/7378951818</guid><pubDate>Fri, 08 Jul 2011 06:30:00 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>Did the Egyptian Revolution Go Wrong? By Alaa al-Aswany</title><description>[Ed: This editorial by Egyptian novelist Alaa al-Aswany was published on June 5th, 2011 by al-Masry...</description><link>http://robertseshelman.com/post/7306939820</link><guid>http://robertseshelman.com/post/7306939820</guid><pubDate>Wed, 06 Jul 2011 13:08:00 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>Ismailiyya Canal Workers Demand Better Pay, Better Conditions, and a Redistribution of the Nation’s Wealth</title><description>I visited yesterday striking workers from the Timsaah Canal Company in Ismailiyya. The trip was part...</description><link>http://robertseshelman.com/post/7227144040</link><guid>http://robertseshelman.com/post/7227144040</guid><pubDate>Mon, 04 Jul 2011 09:53:00 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>Photo</title><description>&lt;img src="http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lnt6k4XFa41qbo2uko1_r1_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; Military Cordons Strikers in Ismailiyya&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;img src="http://28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lnt6k4XFa41qbo2uko2_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; Workers Demand the Boss' Ouster&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lnt6k4XFa41qbo2uko4_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; Timsaah Company Headquarters&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;img src="http://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lnt6k4XFa41qbo2uko6_r1_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; Mohamed's Got a Posse&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;img src="http://28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lnt6k4XFa41qbo2uko8_r1_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; Tanks Guard Canal Authority Headquarters&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;img src="http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lnt6k4XFa41qbo2uko9_r1_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; Union Leader Mohamed Hamzawy&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; </description><link>http://robertseshelman.com/post/7227023055</link><guid>http://robertseshelman.com/post/7227023055</guid><pubDate>Mon, 04 Jul 2011 09:46:00 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>The People Demand ... the Execution of the Former Interior Minister.</title><description>Several thousand protesters rallied this afternoon in Cairo’s Tahrir Square, marching past...</description><link>http://robertseshelman.com/post/7127057514</link><guid>http://robertseshelman.com/post/7127057514</guid><pubDate>Fri, 01 Jul 2011 14:28:00 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>Photo</title><description>&lt;img src="http://29.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lno35tLEED1qbo2uko1_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lno35tLEED1qbo2uko2_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lno35tLEED1qbo2uko3_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;</description><link>http://robertseshelman.com/post/7126959132</link><guid>http://robertseshelman.com/post/7126959132</guid><pubDate>Fri, 01 Jul 2011 14:25:01 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>Renewed Violence hits Cairo's Tahrir Square</title><description>Major clashes broke out late last evening in Tahrir Square following several arrests and the beating...</description><link>http://robertseshelman.com/post/7042532422</link><guid>http://robertseshelman.com/post/7042532422</guid><pubDate>Wed, 29 Jun 2011 08:23:00 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>... You say you want a con-sti-tu-tion.</title><description>A new poll released by the International Peace Institute sheds some light on the pulse of the public...</description><link>http://robertseshelman.com/post/6785838612</link><guid>http://robertseshelman.com/post/6785838612</guid><pubDate>Wed, 22 Jun 2011 05:10:22 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>Egypt: An Opening</title><description>I arrived yesterday in Egypt, where I’ll be (thanks to a international reporting fellowship...</description><link>http://robertseshelman.com/post/6684071471</link><guid>http://robertseshelman.com/post/6684071471</guid><pubDate>Sun, 19 Jun 2011 05:38:00 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>The Invention of Lying: Why do conservatives hate science?</title><description>June 3, 2011 - The American Prospect
Despite this spring’s ferocious weather, which scientists...</description><link>http://robertseshelman.com/post/6145150021</link><guid>http://robertseshelman.com/post/6145150021</guid><pubDate>Fri, 03 Jun 2011 12:37:52 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>Chicago Protest Ups the Ante in Fight Against Big Coal</title><description>May 25, 2011  - The Nation
Kelly Mitchell’s adrenaline surged as she began her ascent up the...</description><link>http://robertseshelman.com/post/5842539149</link><guid>http://robertseshelman.com/post/5842539149</guid><pubDate>Wed, 25 May 2011 17:05:04 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>REDD Alert: Is Indonesia's program to stop deforestation suffering a meltdown? </title><description>Back in December, I wrote an article for Mother Jones about Indonesia’s efforts to reduce its...</description><link>http://robertseshelman.com/post/4935156086</link><guid>http://robertseshelman.com/post/4935156086</guid><pubDate>Mon, 25 Apr 2011 16:25:00 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>Pennsylvania's GOP Governor Lets Gas Industry Have Its Way With Public Parks  </title><description>Published at The Nation 
Robert S. Eshelman | April 19, 2011
Situated amidst the bucolic forests and...</description><link>http://robertseshelman.com/post/4756880837</link><guid>http://robertseshelman.com/post/4756880837</guid><pubDate>Tue, 19 Apr 2011 17:40:51 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>Indonesia's Billion-Dollar Climate Experiment: Can rich nations pay a corruption-riddled government to protect its rainforests?</title><description>(Originally published at Mother Jones)

— David Gilbert/Rainforest Action Network
On a humid...</description><link>http://robertseshelman.com/post/2130266543</link><guid>http://robertseshelman.com/post/2130266543</guid><pubDate>Tue, 07 Dec 2010 02:02:26 -0500</pubDate></item></channel></rss>

