ABSTRACT
Egypt’s 2011 revolution will remain a landmark in the modern history of Arab politics as a model of peaceful political protest which succeeded in toppling one of the most resilient authoritarian regimes in the region. While the dramatic events astounded the world, what would be truly surprising is to assume that the 25 January revolution did not have its provenance within Egypt’s opposition politics prior to this event. This contribution examines one crucial aspect of Egyptian opposition politics during the first decade of the twenty-first century: the process of networking between informal protest groups and movements and the linkages a new generation of activists within them have forged with transnational protest networks. The contribution takes the case study of the Egyptian Anti-Globalisation Group (AGEG) and its links with the Global Justice Movement (GJM) as a starting point for understanding processes of ‘diffusion and brokerage’ in launching projects of political transformation.
