Wednesday 7 December – 4-5.30 pm Join this online event to learn more about what trade unionists and student activists can do to build international solidarity for the Women, Life, Freedom uprising in Iran. Since the security forces killed Mahsa Jina Amini, a young Kurdish woman on September 17 this year, thousands have taken to…
Sudanese teachers are fighting for investment in schools so that all children can access education for free, to reform the curriculum after decades of dictatorship, and for decent pay and working conditions for educators. The strike is being organised by the Sudanese Teachers’ Committee. They have created ‘escalation committees’ and ‘strike committees’ in provinces across…
Trade unionists and revolutionary activists in Sudan and Britain exchanged messages of solidarity, pledging support for each others’ struggles at a conference organised by a wide range of unions from both countries on 6 November. The hybrid event brought together around 30 participants in person in London, with around 100 more viewers online. A full…
In response to the UN COP27 climate talks in Egypt 7-18 November we are publishing a series of articles previewing a special feature in the next issue of Middle East Solidarity on the struggles for climate justice and democracy.>> Get active, go to https://egyptsolidarityinitiative.org/cop27toolkit/ – take action for political prisoners in Egypt, including British-Egyptian activist…
In response to the UN COP27 climate talks in Egypt 7-18 November we are publishing a series of articles previewing a special feature in the next issue of Middle East Solidarity on the struggles for climate justice and democracy. >> Get active, go to https://egyptsolidarityinitiative.org/cop27toolkit/ In our first interview, we talk to Mohammed Siddig, a…
مؤتمر التضامن مع الثورة السودانية: 6 نوفمبر (الحرية, السلام, العدالة) المؤتمر مُترجم من العربية إلى الإنجليزية و بالعكس سوف يجمع هذا المؤتمر النقابيين و الفاعلين من السودان وبريطانيا بغرض تبادل الخبرات وبناء التضامن مع النضالات من أجل العدالة الإجتماعية وضد القمع السياسي والهجوم على حقوق العمال في البلدين، و سوف ينعقد بعد مرور عام على…
For nearly four years, ordinary people in Sudan have been engaged in a remarkable struggle to overthrow military dictatorship and extend democracy. They have built popular revolutionary organisations in neighbourhoods and workplaces and started reorganising independent trade unions and workers’ committees to win social justice in the midst of huge attacks on their living standards.…
سمع الآلاف من العمال والناشطين المضربين الذين يحاربون ارتفاع تكاليف المعيشة في بريطانيا رسالة تضامن قوية من السودان لنضالاتهم في احتجاجات حملة “كفاية” في 1 أكتوبر. تلقى ميك لينش، الأمين العام لنقابة عمال السكك الحديدية والموانئ ، رسالة دعم من “تجمع الاجسام المطلبية” في السودان، و خاطب في محطة كينغز كروس قائلا لدي رسالة هنا،…
Thousands of striking workers and activists fighting the rising cost of living in Britain heard a strong message of solidarity from Sudan for their struggles on the “Enough is Enough” day of action on 1 October. Mick Lynch, general secretary of the rail and port workers’ union RMT received a message of support from TAM,…
The 1st of October 2022 will become an important day in the history of the struggles of the trade unions and community and demand-based British movements. We extend to all of you the greetings of the struggle and support of Sudan. The solidarity of the Sudanese Alliance of Demand-based Campaigns (TAM) with the goals and…
ترجمه فارسی در زیر آمده است البيان العربي تحت The Sudanese movement No to the Oppression of Women (La liqahr al-nisa’a) published this statement on their Facebook page in Arabic. The regime of Omar al-Bashir in Sudan, who was overthrown by a popular uprising in 2019, used similar tactics to the Iranian regime to instil…
Demonstrations have erupted across Iran over the past week, with tens of thousands taking to the streets. The response of the authorities has been brutal repression, with at least 35 people reportedly killed in the crackdown. Thousands joined solidarity demonstrations in London on 24 September, with around 2-3,000 people gathering in Trafalgar Square. Another protest…
Freedom, Peace, Justice This conference will bring together trade unionists and activists from Sudan and Britain to learn from each other and build solidarity for each others’ struggles for social justice and against political repression and attacks on workers’ rights. It will take place a year after the military seized power in Sudan on October…
The leader of a military junta which seized power in Sudan by forcing civilian politicians in the Transitional Government from office in October 2021 has reportedly been invited to the royal funeral. General Abdelfattah al-Burhan also has a track record in massacres and ethnic cleansing thanks to his role as as a military intelligence colonel…
By Ameen Nemer The 34-year prison sentence and 34-year travel ban handed down to Leeds University PhD student Salma al-Shehab by a Saudi court in August 2022 has been followed by news of similar sentences given to two other women. Nourah bint Saeed Al Qahtani was sentenced to 45 years in prison while Maha Alhoaiti…
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