Moroccan civil servant and trade unionist Mohammed Boutayeb is a former leading student activist and political prisoner, and a member of the revolutionary socialist group, Al-Mounadil-a. He was jailed by the Moroccan authorities between 2004 and 2007 for his activism on campus. He lives in Rabat, and is an official representative of the Democratic Current…
London – 6.30pm Egyptian Embassy, 26 South Street, 25 January Facebook event here Berlin – 1pm Herrmannplatz, 25 January Facebook event here Ankara – 3pm, Egyptian Embassy, 25 JanuaryFacebook event here New York City – 1pm, Egyptian Consulate, 25 January Facebook event here Wellington – 1pm Egyptian Embassy, 25 January Facebook event here Toronto –…
Egyptian revolutionary activist and labour lawyer Haitham Mohamedain addressed hundreds of trade unionists at the Unite the Resistance ‘Organising to Win’ conference on 19 October in specially recorded video. Haitham said: “Firstly I would like to thank the comrades in the UK for the broad solidarity campaign with the Egyptian workers’ movement, as well as…
MENA Solidarity Network – Activists’ Workshop 1 – 3.30pm – 29 June 2013 Bloomsbury Suite, University of London Union, Malet Street, WC1E 7HY Two years after the ‘Arab Spring’ began, the explosive combination of neo-liberalism and political repression continues to spark massive popular protests. MENA Solidarity’s Activists’ Workshop will be an opportunity to hear first-hand…
By Anna Livingstone Around 1000 people filled the conference hall for a rally organised by the Tunisian Popular Front against the ‘Dictatorship of Debt’. Speakers from Arab countries joined representatives of left parties from Europe and Latin America. The meeting began with a video tribute to murdered leftist leader Chokri Beleid, who was shot dead…
A delegation of activists from MENA Solidarity Network will take part in the World Social Forum in Tunis between 26-30 March. We will be joining thousands of activists from Tunisia and around the world for the event, in order to share our experiences of organising solidarity with the Arab revolutions and in particular to learn…
هند عبد الجواد نقابية مصرية و ناشطة من مراكز المعلومات. هي تتحدث هنا عن النضال ضد التقشف في مؤتمر نقابي في لندن يوم 17 نوفمبر Read more about the campaign for trade union rights in Egypt here A statement in solidarity with Gaza signed by hundreds of trade unionists was also launched at the Unite…
Vice-president of the Bahraini Teachers’ Association, Jalila al-Salman recorded a video message for the MENA Solidarity Network event in Parliament ‘Teachers and the Arab Spring’. The audience also heard from resigned Bahraini MPs Ali Alaswad and Jawad Fairouz about the repression faced by teachers and other activists over recent months and the torture suffered by…
Teachers and the Arab Spring Eyewitness reports from Tunisia, Egypt and Bahrain Monday 12 November, 7.30pm Committee Room 8, House of Commons, SW1A 2TT Speakers: Mohamed Sghaier Saihi: UGTT union federation, teachers’ spokesman in the Kasserine region Mary Compton: NUT activist and editor of Teachersolidarity website, recently returned from a delegation to Egypt Ali Alaswad:…
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…
