all of whom have turned this street outside the egyptian parliament into a stage for protest. these workers have been keeping it up around the clock for more than two weeks. their agriculture machinery factory was privatized and sold to foreign investors, production was hapted, and it s been months since anyone have been paid. empty promises are all we ve gotten, he says. this man used to work for another privatized factory. the workers haven t been paid in four months, and the owners won t budge, he says. this is the spring of egypt s discontent fueled by political stagnation, rampant corruption, and uneven economic growth. across the street another demonstration, this one by activists angered by a