Striking Sudanese electricity workers escalated their ongoing strike over pay by occupying the control room at Bahri Thermal Plant and reducing electrical load by 20 percent. According to TAM (the Alliance of Demand-based Bodies), this is part of a phased protest and is the result of management ignoring workers’ demands for the implementation of the…
Striking workers and activists in Sudan and Britain have begun to exchange messages of solidarity as strikes rise in both countries. In Sudan workers’ struggles over pay and conditions take place in the context of the on-going revolution, as a mass movement led by the neighbourhood-based Resistance Committees continues the struggle for democracy against the…
Leeds UCU has condemned the ruling of a Saudi court that ordered a 34-year prison sentence and travel ban to a member of its PhD cohort. Salma Al-Shehab, a human rights defender and PhD student at the University of Leeds was arrested over the peaceful content of her twitter feed by the Saudi authorities in…
First published on Egypt Solidarity As Egypt prepares to host November’s COP27 climate summit, Egyptian activists have issued an urgent appeal to the global climate justice movement not to be taken in by the regime’s claims to speak on behalf of ordinary people in the Global South. In a statement published by Egypt Solidarity Initiative,…
Leading trade unionists, journalists and activists from Britain, the US and Europe have condemned the attacks by the Sudanese military on protesters demanding civilian rule and democracy during massive protests since 30 June. Journalist and author Gary Younge, National Education Union join General Secretary Dr Mary Bousted, the NEU’s national President Daniel Kebede and Jake…
At least 9 people have been killed as security forces cracked down ruthlessly on protests demanding an end to military rule across Sudan on 30 June. The internet has been shut down and doctors’ organisations have reported that the security forces attempted to storm hospitals where injured protesters are being treated and attacked medical staff.…
The second of three reports on the NW England Sudan Solidarity Conference sessions includes a video showing the scale of the recent national strike organised by the Sudanese Teachers’ Committee across Sudan, a message of solidarity from National Education Union Executive member Louise Regan and a report from Sania al-Ashqar, a member of the STC’s…
By Miriam Scharf In Sudan there is an ongoing revolution, a massive network of democratically elected resistance committees and now, this week, a nation wide teachers strike. The economic situation is dire, becoming worse day-by-day. No teacher in Sudan can live on the present salary. Families survive on remittances from abroad. >> Read more on…
Massive protests are continuing across Sudan as part of the resistance by civilian revolutionary movements to the military coup which took place in October 2021. On 14 February 15 cities across Sudan participated in a renewed March of the Millions. In Khartoum, tens of thousands joined marches which headed towards the national parliament. A week…
Algerian socialist organisation, the Parti Socialiste des Travailleurs (Socialist Workers Party) has been banned by the Algerian government in the latest round of a crackdown which is targeting a wide range of activists involved in struggles for political change and social justice. Three years after the eruption of the Hirak, a mass popular movement which…
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