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Posted by Dr Stuart Jeanne Bramhall on @ 10:56 am Article printed from speakeasy: http://blogs.alternet.org/refugee URL to article: http://blogs.alternet.org/refugee/2011/02/23/egypts-invisible-labor-movement/ Egyptian Police…
Stuart Bramhall
I am a 63 year old American child and adolescent psychiatrist, activist and political refugee in New Zealand. I also have a newly published memoir The Most Revolutionary Act: Diary of of an American Refugee (see www.stuartbramhall.com) that describes the 15 years of intense government harassment I experienced before deciding to emigrate in October 2002. I also blog about this at www.stuartbramhall.com
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