Question:
If rebels target multinational companies, won’t those companies be likely to lay off workers, and these workers will blame the revolution and it will drive them into the arms of the regime?
Answer:
This is a hypothetical concern, but not really substantial in reality for a number of reasons.
It assumes, first of all, that employees of multinational corporations are both a significant segment of the population, and that they are not already counter-revolutionary; I don’t know if we can make these assumptions.
It should also be reiterated that the tactic of disruption does not aim to destroy these companies, nor to drive them out of Egypt; the aim is to commandeer their power and influence in support of revolutionary goals.
Disruption must be accompanied by clear demands; if the demands are accommodated, disruption will be suspended, and profitability restored. The solution to disruption will not be laying off workers.
Of course, it is possible that disruption will lead to a degree of inconvenience for the staff of multinational companies, but, as I have said before, in any anti-imperialist revolution, there are people whose livelihoods depend on the imperial system, and they do have to re-adjust.
If they are pro-revolution, working for multinationals, disruption should not alter their revolutionary principles; if they are counter-revolutionary, their positions will remain as they are, with or without disruption