We need to ‘keep kicking their behinds’: Mohamed ElBaradei speaks to FP
Foreign Policy: You’ve always said that your role is to be a catalyst for change. You’re not a politician; you’re not a grassroots organizer. But now that change is starting to happen with these huge demonstrations, how do you see your role evolving? Mohamed ElBaradei: I always said I’m an agent for change. I’m not ...
Foreign Policy: You've always said that your role is to be a catalyst for change. You're not a politician; you're not a grassroots organizer. But now that change is starting to happen with these huge demonstrations, how do you see your role evolving?
Foreign Policy: You’ve always said that your role is to be a catalyst for change. You’re not a politician; you’re not a grassroots organizer. But now that change is starting to happen with these huge demonstrations, how do you see your role evolving?
Mohamed ElBaradei: I always said I’m an agent for change. I’m not a grassroots organizer; that is clear. I believe in a division of labor. I’m not trained to organize the grassroots, and grassroots has to come from the grassroots.
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