On March 11, 2023, Mena Solidarity Network organised a virtual event to celebrate International Women’s Day. The event was called “Voices of Revolution – Learning from Women’s Experiences in the Struggle for Change” and aimed to explore women’s experiences in popular movements in Sudan, Iran, Palestine and Saudi Arabia. The event was attended by around…
Sudanese unions and community organisations in Britain have joined MENA Solidarity Network, trade unionists and activists in calling for mass mobilisation on 18 March in solidarity with refugees and against racism. Read their joint statement below and scroll down for details of how to join the protests in London, Cardiff and Glasgow. Statement of Condemnation…
Sudanese activists Khalid Sidahmed and Mohammed Siddeq analyse the current crisis in Sudan for Middle East Solidarity magazine. Mass protests and strikes have continued to mobilise tens of thousands in defiance of the leaders of the military coup which took place in October 2021. More recently, as Khalid Sidahmed explains, protests have begun against a…
Voices of revolution: learning from women’s experiences in the struggle for change Sunday 12 March, 5-7pm Register here: https://tinyurl.com/voicesofrevolution This online event is hosted by Middle East North Africa Solidarity Network in collaboration with activists from Sudan, Iran, Palestine and elsewhere in the Middle East with the support of the National Education Union (NEU) and…
Rush messages of support for Sudanese health workers, teachers, students and other workers who are battling a brutal military dictatorship as well as spiralling costs of living. Email action@menasolidaritynetwork.net We in the Sudanese Doctors Syndicate declare our unlimited solidarity with the Royal College of Nursing, NHS and ambulance workers through the Middle East and North…
في 7 ديسمبر الجاري، تحدث مؤرخ الحركة العمالية الإيرانية بيمان جعفري في جلسة عُقِدَت عبر الإنترنت تضامنًا مع انتفاضة “النساء والحياة والحرية” في إيران. نظمت الجلسة شبكة التضامن مع الشرق الأوسط وشمال إفريقيا، بالتعاون مع اتحاد جامعة كامبريدج، وأطراف أخرى. نشكر موقع الاشتراكي لهذه الترجمة On 7 December 2022, Peyman Jafari, a historian of Iran’s…
آنچه میخوانید سخنانی است که پیمان جعفری، مورخ جنبش کارگری ایران، در جلسهی آنلاینی که در 16 آذر 1401 توسط Cambridge UCU، Cambridgeshire NEU، اتحادیهی دانشجویی دانشگاه کمبریج، Cambridge and District TUC، و MENA Solidarity برگزار شد، در همبستگی با خیزش «زن، زندگی، آزادی» ایران ایراد کرد On 7 December 2022, Peyman Jafari, a historian…
This article is based on a contribution to the online teach-out “Solidarity with the Women, Life, Freedom uprising in Iran” organised by Cambridge UCU, Cambridge University Students Union, Cambridgeshire NEU, Cambridge and District TUC and MENA Solidarity Network on 7 December. Watch a video and read another article from the teach-out here By Hamidreza Vasheghanifarahani,…
ترجمه فارسی در زیر آمده است On 7 December 2022, Peyman Jafari, a historian of Iran’s labour movement, spoke at an online teach-out in solidarity with the “Women, Life, Freedom” uprising in Iran organised by Cambridge UCU, Cambridgeshire NEU, Cambridge University Student Union, Cambridge and District TUC and MENA Solidarity.* Today is the third of…
Mass protests and strikes once again swept Iran in the week of 5 December. Middle East Solidarity interviewed women’s rights activist Parinaz Partow and social activist and former political prisoner Haydeh Ravesh about the uprising which developed after demonstrations escalated nationwide in the wake of the death of a young Kurdish woman, Mahsa Jina Amini…
المؤتمر برعاية شبكة التضامن مع الشرق الأوسط وشمال أفريقيا (بريطانيا)، الاتحاد الوطني للتعليم (بريطانيا)، مجلس نقابات ادنبرة (اسكتلندا)، أطباء نقابة اتحدوا (بريطانيا)، نقابة يونيسون – بورتسموث (بريطانيا)، اتحاد نقابات بورتسموث (بريطانيا)، نقابة الجامعات و الكليات (بريطانيا)، لجنة المعلمين السودانيين (السودان)، تجمع الأجسام المطلبية – تام (السودان). من الجانب البريطاني، كان لدينا متحدثون من الاتحاد الوطني…
Wednesday 7 December – 4-5.30pm (Speakers’ contributions and discussion 4-5pm, planning practical action in solidarity 5-5.30pm) 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…
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…
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