Vancouver Public Library Egypt protest

There was a protest today outside the Vancouver Public Library. The purpose of the protest was to show solidarity with the people of Egypt and Tunisia. There were protestors from several countries but they all had one unifying theme, to bring democracy to Egypt by getting rid of the authoritarian president Hosni Mubarak.

Despite the dark clouds and subsequent rain the crowd piled in the centre of the VPL square. Holding signs and flags the protestors chanted about the current Egyptian president and his 30 grasp of power. Some of the chantings were in English and then there were several in Arabic. The crowd swelled even though it started raining harder as the protest went on.

Several people in the crowd huddled under a blue canopy set up by the organizers to help get children and anyone seeking cover from the rain a place to stand.

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