Demonstrators gathered outside the Egyptian Embassy in London on 7 May to protest at the military’s crackdown on demonstrations at the Ministry of Defence in Cairo last week. Student Jonas Liston said: “Seeing what’s going on Egypt we’ve been inspired by all those who fought back against the military dictatorship, all of those who’ve been…
Anna Livingstone reports from Cairo On Sunday 6 May in Cairo well over 1000 people joined the demonstration from the High Court to Parliament in protest at the violence, arrests and killing by the military and those reported to be in their pay, of protesters at Abbasiya on the previous Wednesday and Friday where Salafists…
Hundreds of protesters have been assaulted and arrested by the military after a bloody crackdown on demonstrations near the Ministry of Defence in Abbasiyya, Cairo. Over three hundred have been detained by the military prosecutors. The repression by the military follows demonstrations against an attack by thugs in civilian clothes on a protest camp by…
(Click on ‘CC’ for English subtitles) The Egyptian Federation of Independent Trade Unions reported today that striking workers from the General Tax Authority were attacked during their sit-in and their tents destroyed. Watch the video above for background to the strike – Tax Authority workers have been involved in a long-running battle over corruption. Rush…
On the second May Day since the fall of Mubarak hundreds of activists from the independent unions and the Left took to the streets in Cairo and other cities across Egypt. Local demonstrations took place in Alexandria, Al-Mansoura, Zagazig, Suez among other cities. The statement below explains what they are demanding: ‘May is the month…
NUT activist Sara Tomlinson responds to a message of greetings sent by Hala Talaat of the Egyptian Teachers’ Federation. ترد سارة توملينسون ناشطة في النقابة العامة للمعلمين في بريطانيا ومعلمة في لندن إلى رسالة تضامنية من هالة طلعت من إتحاد معلمي المصري اسمي سارة توملينسون وأنا معلمة في لندن وأنا أيضاً عضو في النقابة العامة…
Hala Talaat, a founding member of the Egyptian Teachers’ Federation sent this message to colleagues in the National Union of Teachers in the UK. She talks about the experience of organising the mass strike by teachers in September 2011, which brought thousands of Egyptian schools to standstill, and about why the independent teachers’ unions are…
A message from Cairo bus workers to colleagues in Unite on the buses in London who are discussing strike action over their bonuses. A recent strike by 45,000 bus workers in the Public Transport Authority in Cairo won large increases in a lump sum on retirement, and promises by the government to look into workers’…
Solidarity greetings from National Union of Teachers activists for the Egyptian teachers’ protest on 31 March (English below) إلى الأخوة والأخوات من نقابات المعلمين المصرية تحيات طيبة من بريطانيا نحن أعضاء في للجنة التنفيذية للنقابة العامة لمعلمي بريطانيا ونرسل أطيب تمنياتنا لكم لنجاح إعتصامكم في 31 مارس. من الواضح أن مطالبكم بزيادة الميزانية التعليمية هي…
Video made by teacher activists calling on colleagues to join the protest on 31 March Independent teachers unions have called for a million-strong protest on 31 March in front of the Cabinet Offices demanding a rise in the state budget for education to 6.5% of GDP. The Egyptian Teachers’ Federation said in a statement: “Every…
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