In issue 7 of Middle East Solidarity, Gianni Del Panta wrote a prescient analysis of the rising tide of strikes and demonstrations in Algeria. As a storm of protest now threatens to engulf Bouteflika’s regime, he explores the main currents in the new movement. Over the last two weeks, Algeria has been rocked by a…

First published in Issue 7 of Middle East Solidarity (Autumn 2017). A major strike in October 2016 by workers in state-owned heavy industries has to be understood in the context of a much wider social rebellion, writes Gianni Del Panta On 31 October 2016 workers began an open-ended strike at the huge state-owned factory in…