ABSTRACT
This conclusion presents some closing thoughts discussed in the preceding chapters of this book. The book argues the coordination of the diverse struggles of the dispossessed is essential for any movement aiming for revolutionary change. It discusses the crisis of the ruling class in Egypt and Tunisia, stresses that the combination of material and political grievances which have driven the revolution in the first place cannot be assuaged, let alone effectively addressed, by the purely cosmetic changes on offer. The history of the revolutionary movement in Egypt and an assessment of its potential to establish a common vision and adopt a transformative project to redress social injustice has been the main focus of the book. The tactics of mobilization and resistance they used were hugely successful in surviving the regime's brutality, challenging its hegemony and eventually removing its head. The book shows how the same tactics have proven problematic during a different phase of the revolutionary process.
