Via Egypt Solidarity Initiative Leading figures across the trade union movement in Britain have thrown their weight behind a campaign in solidarity with journalist Hisham Fouad and lawyer Haitham Mohamedain who have been detained by Egypt’s military regime on trumped up charges. Trade Union Congress president Mark Serwotka, the general secretary of the National Union…
Analysis article from the summer 2019 issue of Middle East Solidarity magazine. Download a pdf or order a print copy here. The Assad regime’s brutal assault on Idlib and Hama may bring temporary military victory, says Abdulsalam Dallal, but the massacres it is committing will not be forgotten. Syria is back in the news. The Assad…
Feature article from the summer 2019 issue of Middle East Solidarity magazine. Download a pdf or order a print copy here. Leggi in italiano A wildcat strike by Italian dockers blocked military equipment from reaching Saudi Arabia. Gianni Del Panta speaks to one of the strike organisers from Genoa’s autonomous dockers’ organisation, the Collettivo Autonomo…
Image courtesy of artist Khalid alBaih Feature article from the summer 2019 issue of Middle East Solidarity magazine. Download a pdf or order a print copy here Bolstered by the support of their regional allies, El Bashir’s generals are trying to snuff out the mass movement, warns Anne Alexander For nearly two months, thousands of…
Feature article from the summer 2019 issue of Middle East Solidarity magazine. Download a pdf or order a print copy here A mass movement on an extraordinary scale seems set on a collision course with the military core of Algeria’s authoritarian regime. Gianni Del Panta, Lemnaouar Hamamouche, Kamel Aissat and Selma Oumari discuss the roots…
The above image is a mural co-created by Australia based Saudi artist Ms Saffaa. Photo courtesy of Ms Saffaa Feature article from the summer 2019 issue of Middle East Solidarity magazine. Download a pdf or order a print copy here Ghadeer reports on how women are challenging Saudi Arabia’s abusive male guardianship system on social…
The arrest and disappearance of Yassin Hassan Abdelkarim, president of the Sudanese Teachers’ Committee on 28 June has drawn strong condemnation from the University and College Union (UCU) and International Solidarity Officers in the NEU teachers’ union. Paul Cottrell, acting General Secretary of UCU wrote to the Sudanese ambassador calling for Yassin’s immediate release after…
Middle East Solidarity magazine issue 11 available from July 2019 Middle East Solidarity magazine is now available to order from Bookmarks bookshop for £3 or can be downloaded as a pdf [Middle_East_Solidarity11_FINAL_WEB] Contact Bookmarks if you would like to make a bulk order for your trade union branch (discounts available). Throughout 4-7 July, the magazine…
Hundreds of thousands took part in a day of mass marches and protests across Sudan, in response to the call by the Sudanese Professionals Association and the Forces of Freedom and Change for a “miliyoniya” – a millions-strong protest to demand the handover of power to civilians. Huge demonstrations snaked across Khartoum’s bridges, and the…
For the second week in running, thousands of protesters across Algeria defied attempts by the police to seize Amazigh (Berber) flags after army chief Gaïd Salah declared that only the national flag would be permitted on demonstrations. Police used tasers against protesters in the capital Algiers, and made numerous arrests. One of those seized for…
Sudanese activists are preparing for a “milioniya” – a call for millions-strong mass protests – on 30 June, amid growing fears that the military council is planning a further bloody crackdown. The Sudanese Professionals Association has called for mass marches and civil disobedience. Over the past few days the SPA Facebook has shared footage of…
Trade unionists and activists are mobilising for an international day of action on 20 June in solidarity with Louisa Hanoune, General Secretary of the radical left Workers’ Party who was detained by a military court in Algeria on 9 May. Louisa is one of increasing numbers of activists to face detention and jail in recent…
