Issue 17 – War in Ukraine and the politics of bread, oil and guns available from July 2022 Middle East Solidarity magazine is now available to download. You can help support our work by making a donation for your copy below. Click to take out an annual solidarity subscription. Download your pdf of the current…
At least 9 people have been killed as security forces cracked down ruthlessly on protests demanding an end to military rule across Sudan on 30 June. The internet has been shut down and doctors’ organisations have reported that the security forces attempted to storm hospitals where injured protesters are being treated and attacked medical staff.…
June 30th marks the 33rd anniversary of the Islamist-backed coup that brought Omar al-Bashir to power in 1989, toppling Sudan’s last elected government. The military council removed al-Bashir in April 2019 following mass protests against his rule. These same generals shared power with civilian opposition politicians between August 2019 and October 2021, when they seized…
A two-month long strike by teachers across Sudan has won concessions from the military government, despite facing fierce repression. After nearly two months on strike, and following the announcement of an exam and marking boycott, the Sudanese Teachers’ Committee was invited to negotiations with the Minister of Finance. According to STC representatives, the government has…
By Miriam Scharf (NEU and MENA Solidarity) On 10th and 11th April Rania Mohamed and Sanaa Alsabag were guests of the National Education Union at the 2022 NEU Conference in Bournemouth. Hundreds of delegates received our newsletter reporting on the teachers strike in Sudan. Over 40 delegates signed up to be contacts to build support…
The second of three reports on the NW England Sudan Solidarity Conference sessions includes a video showing the scale of the recent national strike organised by the Sudanese Teachers’ Committee across Sudan, a message of solidarity from National Education Union Executive member Louise Regan and a report from Sania al-Ashqar, a member of the STC’s…
In the first of three reports on the NW England Sudan Solidarity Conference sessions we will hear from Osman Sir Elkhatim, representative of the Coordination of the Khartoum State Resistance Committees about how these grassroots revolutionary organisations are developing proposals for an alternative to the current military regime while they continue to mobilise protests and…
Book your place here: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/solidarity-with-the-sudanese-revolution-nw-conference-tickets-292113327827 This conference will provide a space for trade unionists from around the NW to hear directly from Sudanese activists about the ongoing struggle for democracy and the resistance to the military coup of 25 October 2021. Since the generals seized power, ordinary people have taken to the streets on a…
According to reports from the Sudanese Teachers Committee, schools across Sudan have seen strong support for a strike demanding a rise in the minimum wage and the abolition of an unfair pay structure. Teachers and other school staff walked out last week and again on 14 and 15 March as part of the national dispute.…
By Miriam Scharf In Sudan there is an ongoing revolution, a massive network of democratically elected resistance committees and now, this week, a nation wide teachers strike. The economic situation is dire, becoming worse day-by-day. No teacher in Sudan can live on the present salary. Families survive on remittances from abroad. >> Read more on…
Massive protests are continuing across Sudan as part of the resistance by civilian revolutionary movements to the military coup which took place in October 2021. On 14 February 15 cities across Sudan participated in a renewed March of the Millions. In Khartoum, tens of thousands joined marches which headed towards the national parliament. A week…
Algerian socialist organisation, the Parti Socialiste des Travailleurs (Socialist Workers Party) has been banned by the Algerian government in the latest round of a crackdown which is targeting a wide range of activists involved in struggles for political change and social justice. Three years after the eruption of the Hirak, a mass popular movement which…
Sudanese security forces seized at least 65 people from their homes and workplaces in the last week of January, as part of a widening crackdown aimed at breaking the protest movement which continues to push for civilian rule. According to Sudanese activists and independent media reports, among those detained are lawyers, doctors, political activists and…
A campaign mobilising support from academics, students, trade unionists and Palestine solidarity activists has pushed back against the victimisation of Palestinian academic Shahd Abusalama, a PhD student and lecturer at Sheffield Hallam University (SHU). Student activists, Palestine solidarity organisations, trade unionists and academics wrote letters of protest to SHU management and campaigned on social media…
A call for solidarity To all medical organizations, human rights organizations, unions, citizens of the free world: Since last October, the Sudanese people have been peacefully demonstrating in the streets with extraordinary courage against yet another totalitarian military regime that seeks to replace their predecessor Albashir (a wanted criminal who ruled Sudan for 30 years)…
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