Choices facing the Sudanese Resistance

The Resistance Committee of al Riyadh (a suburb in Khartoum East) hosted a meeting for open discussion on Saturday, March 11, 2023 under the title “The Choice of the Resistance.” The meeting was advertised on the Facebook pages of many resistance committees and the audience included members of RCs from across the country. The meeting…

Building an alternative from below in Sudan

Rania Obead explores the development of Sudan’s Resistance Committees for the latest issue of Middle East Solidarity magazine. Make a donation for a digital copy here The idea of forming Resistance Committees (RCs) in Sudan started early, some people say it can be traced back to 2008, while others say it was formed in 2013,…

Sudanese doctors’ union sends “unlimited solidarity” to NHS strikes

Rush messages of support for Sudanese health workers, teachers, students and other workers who are battling a brutal military dictatorship as well as spiralling costs of living. Email action@menasolidaritynetwork.net We in the Sudanese Doctors Syndicate declare our unlimited solidarity with the Royal College of Nursing, NHS and ambulance workers through the Middle East and North…

كلمة للمؤرخ الإيراني بيمان جعفري: الانتفاضة دخلت في عملية ثورية

في 7 ديسمبر الجاري، تحدث مؤرخ الحركة العمالية الإيرانية بيمان جعفري في جلسة عُقِدَت عبر الإنترنت تضامنًا مع انتفاضة “النساء والحياة والحرية” في إيران. نظمت الجلسة شبكة التضامن مع الشرق الأوسط وشمال إفريقيا، بالتعاون مع اتحاد جامعة كامبريدج، وأطراف أخرى. نشكر موقع الاشتراكي لهذه الترجمة On 7 December 2022, Peyman Jafari, a historian of Iran’s…

خیزش ایرانیان جهت‌گیری انقلابی پیدا کرده است: سخنرانی پیمان جعفری در مورد قیام ایران

آنچه میخوانید سخنانی است که پیمان جعفری، مورخ جنبش کارگری ایران، در جلسهی آنلاینی که در 16 آذر 1401 توسط Cambridge UCU، Cambridgeshire NEU، اتحادیهی دانشجویی دانشگاه کمبریج، Cambridge and District TUC، و MENA Solidarity برگزار شد، در همبستگی با خیزش «زن، زندگی، آزادی» ایران ایراد کرد On 7 December 2022, Peyman Jafari, a historian…

Why are young people in Iran participating in the uprising?

This article is based on a contribution to the online teach-out “Solidarity with the Women, Life, Freedom uprising in Iran” organised by Cambridge UCU, Cambridge University Students Union, Cambridgeshire NEU, Cambridge and District TUC and MENA Solidarity Network on 7 December. Watch a video and read another article from the teach-out here By Hamidreza Vasheghanifarahani,…

“Down with the Oppressor:” Iranian activists on why the ‘Women, Life, Freedom’ uprising is against the whole regime

Mass protests and strikes once again swept Iran in the week of 5 December. Middle East Solidarity interviewed women’s rights activist Parinaz Partow and social activist and former political prisoner Haydeh Ravesh about the uprising which developed after demonstrations escalated nationwide in the wake of the death of a young Kurdish woman, Mahsa Jina Amini…