Azadeh Neman is a teacher, NEU member and Iranian activist. She spoke to Middle East Solidarity on the second anniversary of the murder of Mahsa Jina Amini by the Iranian state and the eruption of mass protests under the slogan ‘Woman, Life, Freedom’. MES: Two years after the murder of Mahsa Jina Amini can we…
Statement Issued by the Contractual Teachers’ League in Lebanese Primary Public Schools (CTLP) Beirut, October 2, 2024 Subject: Appeal to Stop the War, Protect the People, and Ensure the Right of Students to Education and Teachers to Receive Their Dues to Help Them Live Amidst War and Displacement The association calls on the international community…
Activists in Egypt have issued an urgent appeal in solidarity with Hisham al-Banna, a worker from the Samanoud textile factory who is facing dismissal from work following a month-long strike demanding the minimum wage. The workers in the factory have been fighting to win better pay after years of battles with the company bosses over…
Photos: TAM via Facebook As TUC Congress meets to debate motions on workers’ transition in the North sea (motion 14) (Unite), motion 17 on the Climate Emergency (UNISON), motion 18 on Climate Change (PCS) with a GMB proposed amendment, motion 19 on Climate Change & workers’ health (BFAWU), motion 15 on Industrial Strategy (GMB), motion…
Prominent cartoonists in Britain have rallied behind Ashraf Omar, the Egyptian cartoonist seized by police from his home in a dawn raid on 22 July. Steve Bell, Martin Rowson, Andy Davey, Dave Brown and Tim Sanders launched a call for Omar’s release in an open letter published by MENA Solidarity on 4 August. Our colleague…
MENA Solidarity held a session on Saturday, July 20, 2024, in the International Tent at the Tolpuddle Martyrs Festival 2024. The session focused on how trade unionists can collaborate with activists in the Global South to create effective solidarity through media platforms and communication strategies, challenging mainstream media narratives. The discussion featured a case study on campaigns supporting the Sudanese struggle for democracy and social justice.
Cartoonist Ashraf Omar was seized from his home by Egyptian police early on 22 July and taken away to an unknown destination, his wife told independent news website Mada Masr. Colleagues at the independent website where he worked, al-Manassa, are calling on the Egyptian Journalists’ Union to demand his immediate release. Nora Younis, al-Manassa’s editor…
Update 25 April: all the detainees have been released on bail, but the charges have not been dropped On Tuesday 23 April, Egyptian security forces forcibly dispersed a protest in solidarity with the women of Gaza and Sudan, held outside the headquarters of the UN Women’s regional office in Maadi, Cairo. In the process, they…
A year ago, on 15 April 2023, Sudan’s two principal militias (the Sudanese Armed Forces and the Rapid Support Forces) launched a war which has devastated the country. This followed their joint overthrow of the civilian partners in the Transitional Government and months of brutal repression, contested heroically by the Resistance Committees, trade unions and…
Leaders of some of Britain’s biggest trade unions representing hundreds of thousands of workers across public services, health, education and transport sectors have joined Labour MP John McDonnell in condemning the arrest and detention of workers from Egyptian textile factory Misr Spinning in Mahalla al-Kubra following a strike in late February. Maryam Eslamdoust, of the…