Click here to access article by Carl Finamore from CounterPunch.
This labor delegate from San Francisco has been on the scene of the recent Tahrir Square gatherings in Cairo and reports his observations. Very informative.
It appears that the Egyptian military, no doubt influenced by the careful guidance of US political operatives (see this), is so far managing the protests well by using restraint, concessions, and with elections that produced the right mix of a compliant Islamic parliament lead by what appears to be a co-opted Muslim Brotherhood.