The dramatic events of recent weeks in Egypt underscore the need for a socialist programme and a revolutionary leadership. More than two years after the uprising against the Mubarak dictatorship, the military is using brute force to turn back the clock to the period prior to February 2011. It is relying on liberal and pseudo-left forces who openly support the violent intervention of the army and thereby reveal their counter-revolutionary character. In Egypt and in Europe workers need their own party in order to prepare for the struggles to come.
