School students from Zahran and Sidi Gaber schools in Alexandria chanting against military rule on 12 February The campaign for a general strike and civil disobedience across Egypt to demand the removal of the ruling military council brought tens of thousands of university and school students out in protest on 11 and 12 February. There…
UPDATE 12 FEB – Kamal al-Fayoumy released without charge by prosecutors in Mahalla. Leading textile worker activist Kamal al-Fayoumy has been arrested in Mahalla al-Kubra and accused by the security forces of inciting disorder and planning acts of vandalism by calling on workers to join the February 11 general strike. A press statement by General…
Picture via Oliviachow – Rally in Toronto in solidarity with #Feb11 in Egypt Protests were held around the world in solidarity with Egypt today, marking the beginning of calls by activists for a general strike and civil disobedience to demand the immediate end to military rule. In London, Amnesty International organised a rally in Trafalgar Square…
Calls for civil disobedience and a general strike on 11 February are gaining momentum across Egypt in the wake of the massacre of football supporters in Port Said. The Egyptian Federation of Independent Trade Unions and the Egyptian Democratic Labour Congress, which between them claim a membership of around 2 million workers in affiliated unions…
Egyptian Federation of Independent Trade Unions Statement 1 – 2012 The bloody events in Port Sa’id The Egyptian Federation of Independent Trade Unions has followed the terrible massacre which took place in the stadium at Port Sa’id and which left its victims among the innocent young people who came to watch a football match and…
Demonstrators from the Irish Anti-War Movement protested on Friday 3 February outside the Egyptian embassy in Dublin over the organised attack with the connivance of the military/police, directed at the ‘Ultras’ football supporters who played a leading role in the overthrow of Mubarak and have recently been chanting anti-SCAF slogans at matches. Pictures by Fatin…
Scenes from the sit-in outside the Egyptian State TV building at Maspero, on the Nile close to Tahrir Square, 27 January 2012. Translation below. Send a message of solidarity to the protesters at Maspero, and the media workers fighting to complete the revolution inside the media – email menasolidarity@gmail.com or leave a comment below this…
Updated with details of Sydney, Australia protest Here is a selection of some of the protests held this week to mark one year since the Egyptian revolution and in solidarity with the Egyptian peoples’ on-going struggle for freedom, democracy and economic justice: Sydney, Australia: Sydney Solidarity Protest with Egyptian Revolution One Year On – 25…
Demonstrations again filled Egypt’s streets on 27 January 2012, in a show of anger against the ruling military council. Enormous protests on 25 January filled Tahrir Square and cities across Egypt, dominated by chants for the end of military rule. Groups of workers have been prominent in the streets, with dozens of factories announcing before…
Egyptian activists in London held a lively demonstration outside the Egyptian embassy in support of the protests against military rule in Egypt on 25 January. Speakers from Stop the War Coalition and MENA Solidarity Network addressed the crowd. Dr Kambiz Boomla read a message of protest signed by 52 UK doctors over the killing of…
MENA Solidarity Network 