Sudan Solidarity Conference 2026: Statement and Demands

The Sudan Solidarity Conference 2026 brought together trade unionists and activists from Sudan, Britain, and beyond to demand an immediate end to the war between Sudan’s two principal militias, the SAF and RSF—a war that has devastated lives, displaced millions, and destroyed Sudan’s future. The conference agreed and endorsed a collective statement, setting out clear demands and concrete steps forward.

Tehran bus workers: ‘workers must lead fight for liberation, not authoritarian forms of power or foreign states’

Hundreds of people are reported to have been killed by Iranian security forces as they try to repress what is fast becoming a generalised uprising against the Islamic Republic’s leadership. Independent trade unions including the bus workers’ union in Tehran are warning that workers need to have independent organisation which is not linked to foreign…

2025 in Review: Voices of Resistance Across MENA and Beyond

As 2025 comes to a close and we step into 2026, we at MENA Solidarity Network reach out in solidarity, gratitude, and revolutionary determination. Explore our roundup of the key articles published since 1 January 2025 — a year of struggle, resistance, and international working-class solidarity across the Middle East and beyond. From war zones and imperialist supply chains to workers uniting across borders, these reports and analyses map the terrain of resistance.
Read, share, reflect, and organise — let 2026 be a year of stronger solidarity, renewed struggle, and internationalist victory.

Statement: solidarity with Alaa Abd el-Fattah

Statement in solidarity with Alaa Abd el-Fattah We affirm our solidarity with Alaa Abd el-Fattah and extend a warm welcome to him as he is reunited with his family in Britain after spending years unjustly incarcerated alongside thousands of other political prisoners in the jails of a dictatorship for speaking out against human rights abuses.…

Cartoons Are Not a Crime – Free Ashraf Omar, Stop Egypt’s Repression

When a cartoon becomes a crime, authoritarianism reveals its fear of truth.
Ashraf Omar — cartoonist, translator, and political artist — has been imprisoned for his drawings, accused of terrorism for exposing social and political realities. His case is not an exception, but part of Egypt’s systematic assault on freedom of expression, independent journalism, and dissent. We demand his immediate release. The pen is not a crime.

20 December (London): March for Sudan — End the War | Defend the Revolution | Expose the Imperialist Order

On 20 December, we will march in London to mark the seventh anniversary of the Sudanese uprising and to stand with a people still resisting war, military rule, counter-revolution, and imperialism.
The war in Sudan is being waged by rival militias (SAF & RSF) and sustained by international backers who profit from violence and destruction. Civilians face killing, hunger, and mass displacement — and silence is not an option.
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Event: Sudan Solidarity Conference 2026

The Sudan Solidarity Conference 2026 will bring together activists, trade unionists and community organisers to stand with the struggles for justice in Sudan and Palestine. The conference will amplify grassroots voices resisting imperialism, war, genocide, racism, and build the international solidarity needed to fight for peace and democratic change. Join us on 17 January — join us in taking action, organising and standing in solidarity.

Leonardo arms workers in Italy launch petition demanding an end to all contacts and collaboration with Israel: “Not in my name, not with my labour”

Over 20,000 people have backed a petition initiated by a group of workers at Italian arms manufacturer Leonardo’s Grottaglie factory demanding the weapons maker sever all ties with Israel. “With this petition, which starts from some of Leonardo’s workers and which is extended to the entire civilian population, we firmly refuse to be complicit in…