Join this online emergency solidarity conference to hear from Sudanese activists how you can support their struggle against military rule Sponsoring organisations: Sudanese Diaspora Roundtable UK, National Education Union (NEU), University and College Union (UCU), MENA Solidarity Network, Edinburgh TUC, West Midlands Unison, Redbridge TUC, London Fire Brigade Unison About this event Since 25 October,…
The agreement between deposed Sudanese Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok, and the leaders of the military coup which overthrew his government on 25 October has been angrily rejected by major networks of Resistance Committees, the neighbourhood-based revolutionary organisations which have been leading resistance to the military takeover. “This agreement means nothing, we continue to hold to…
While Western governments talk in behind-the-scenes negotations about the importance of democracy, Sudan’s generals are attempting to tighten their grip on the state, carrying out mass arrests of teachers and attacking protests organised by the independent teachers’ union, the Sudanese Teachers’ Committee (STC). According to the latest information another 13 teachers from South Darfur were…
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Unions representing tens of thousands of workers in higher and further education have joined the calls for action in solidarity with the Sudanese popular uprising against military rule. Britain’s University and College Union (UCU) wrote to Foreign Secretary Liz Truss, condemning the military coup and calling for immediate action by the British government to stop…
This union branch notes: The widespread popular resistance to the military coup in Sudan since 25 October 2021, including mass strikes, protests and civil disobedience The violent response by the armed forces and RSF militia to these peaceful protests opposing the seizure of power by the military, including the killing and beating of demonstrators and…
Activists guard a barricade on 2 November – photo via the Karray Resistance Committees Coordination When Sudan’s generals arrested the civilian members of the government and seized power on 25 October, they were confronted by a huge popular uprising. Mass strikes and civil disobedience spread across the country over the following days, and on 30…
Bernard Regan analyses what lies behind the Israeli government’s recent attack on Palestinian organisations. On Friday 22 October Benny Gantz the Israeli Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defence signed an order declaring six Palestinian NGOs (Non- Governmental Organisations) as terror organisations. The six organisations are Addameer, Al-Haq, the Bisan Center, Defence for Children International…
Sudanese activists abroad are mobilising for a day of action on Saturday 30 October to show their solidarity with mass marches in Sudan defying the military seizure of power on 25 October. Sudanese protesters have been rallying outside the embassy in London every day since Monday, calling for the release of arrested civilian leaders and…
By Anne Alexander and Irang Bak The coup launched by Sudanese military leaders on the morning of 25 October is being resisted by mass protests amid calls for total civil disobedience and a political general strike. After mass protests on 21 October, General Abdelfattah al-Burhan dissolved the government and military units took Prime Minister Abdalla…
By a MENA Solidarity Network contributor For two weeks now, thousands of African immigrants and refugees have been standing together in front of the headquarters of UNHCR Libya demanding their immediate evacuation from Libya. For too long, we closed our hearts and eyes in front of the horrible sufferings of our brothers and sisters: images…
By Anzar Atrar and David Karvala At 4 am on Saturday 21 August, Spanish authorities took Mohamed Abdellah —along with around 30 other Algerians— from the migrant custody centre in Barcelona and deported him. This was bad news for all of them, of course. But Abdellah, an Algerian anti-corruption activist and whistle-blower, was wanted by…
Israeli forces have closed down a leading Palestinian health organisation, the Health Work Committees (HWC), detaining the HWC Director, Shatha Odeh in a military prison and putting her health at risk by delaying access to her medication. Shatha Odeh is a trained nurse and is currently the director of HWC, which serves thousands of Palestinians…
By Fareid Atta On Friday 28 January 2011, a flash mob, equipped with lightning green aerosol cans and donning make-shift gas masks, stormed the headquarters of Mubarak’s National Democratic Party (NDP). The graffiti artists showered the walls of the building with messages of defiance. Ten years on, and perhaps the two most enduring slogans on…
A powerful wave of workers’ struggles has rocked Algeria in recent weeks. Shelagh Smith investigates how battles in the workplaces have evolved alongside the Hirak protest movement. More than two years since the Hirak protest movement erupted in Algeria against a fifth mandate for President Bouteflika and the regime which has ruled Algeria since independence…
By Gianni Del Panta Over the last years, the Italian ports have seen the development of a long series of protests and strikes against the passage and loading of ships carrying military equipment. In Genoa the CALP (Collettivo Autonomo Lavoratori Portuali – Dockworkers’ Autonomous Collective) has repeatedly struggled against Saudi ships filled with weapons and…
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