That's pretty cool. This was pretty cool too:

Video: 'We Stand With You as You Stood With Us':
Statement to Workers of Wisconsin by Kamal Abbas of Egypt's Centre for
Trade Unions and Workers Services
http://www.michaelmoore.com/words/must-read/statement-kamal-abbas


On Mon, Feb 21, 2011 at 5:36 PM, Jim Devine <[email protected]> wrote:
> from SLATE:
>>Egyptians Order Pizza for Wisconsin Protesters
>
>>In an act of intercontinental solidarity, an Egyptian has ordered a pizza for 
>>Wisconsin protesters, reports Politico. The call from Africa is just one of 
>>many streaming into the Madison, Wisc., pizza parlor Ian's from all over the 
>>world. So far, people from 12 countries and 38 states have rung up looking to 
>>help get free pizza to the Wisconsin protesters clustered in the Capitol. On 
>>Saturday, Ian's distributed more than 1,000 free slices and sent 300 pizzas 
>>to the Capitol. The trend continued on Sunday, as staff member fielded calls 
>>from as far away as Turkey, Korea, Finland, China, and Australia. The trend 
>>began when a mother of a University of Wisconsin student called in offering 
>>to donate $200 to feed the people occupying the Capitol. The pizza chain's 
>>postings on Twitter and Facebook soon led to so many donations that they had 
>>to shut down on Saturday night.
>
>>Read original story in Politico 
>>[http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0211/49888.html ] | Monday, Feb. 21, 
>>2011 <
>
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