Unjum Mirza, Political Officer for the London region of the Rail, Maritime and Transport union (RMT), speaking at the Egyptian Embassy in London – 30 June 2013 أنجم ميرزا – ممثل اللجنة النقابية لمدينة لندن من النقابة العامة للعمال السكك الحديدية والملاحة البحرية والنقل – أمام السفارة المصرية في لندن 30 يونيو 2013 أود…
تحية تضامن مع الثوار والحركة العمالية في مصر من اللجنة التنفيذية الوطنية ولجنة العلاقات الدولية في النقابة العامة للعاملين في الخدمات العامة والتجارية في بريطانيا 30 يونيو وقد شهدنا، بكل إعجاب وأمل، استمرار صمود الشعب المصري بكل عزيمة لتحقيق مجتمع أكثر دمقراطية و عدالة إجتماعية ولتطهيره من فلول النظام القديم ومن الذين يسعون فقط…
Pictures from Revolutionary Youth Coalition, Mahalla (via Facebook) Thousands of workers from the giant textile mill in Mahalla al-Kubra marched out of the factory in a protest in solidarity with the ‘Rebel’ campaign against Muslim Brotherhood president Mohamed Morsi on 27 June. Carrying a mock coffin draped in posters with the crossed-out face of Morsi…
Delegates at the British Medical Association’s annual conference in June 2013 sent a message of solidarity to Bahraini healthworkers who have been jailed and tortured during the crackdown against protests in 2011. They gathered outside the conference centre, holding up the names of seven medical professionals who have all served prison sentences on trumped-up charges.…
Egyptian Federation of Independent Trade Unions, the Permanent Congress of Workers in Alexandria, the Revolutionary Socialists, Rebel Movement, the Egyptian Centre for Social and Economic Rights Revolution awakened the fighting spirit of the Egyptian people, crowning the escalation of workers’ sit-ins and strikes which had been on the rise since 2006 – a mobilisation led…
The ‘Rebel’ campaign has taken Egypt by storm in recent months. The movement, which was started by young revolutionary activists in May this year, has become a lightning rod for discontent with the Muslim Brotherhood. So far 15 million people have signed the campaign statement, withdrawing confidence from Muslim Brotherhood-affiliated president Mohammed Morsi and pledging…
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…
MENA Solidarity spoke to Abeer Ashour, President of the Union of Bread Sellers and Producers in Suez during a recent visit to Egypt. Abeer sells the flat, round loaves which form a crucial part of the diet for millions of Egypt’s poorest people. This bread is subsidized by the government, but this system is under…
Disabled education workers from Sharqiyya province in Egypt took their campaign for solidarity with their struggle for permanent contracts, a living wage and an end to discrimination to Cairo last week. A meeting at the Centre for Socialist Studies in Giza heard how a sit-in by hundreds of education workers outside the Sharqiyya governor’s offices…
Cairo: 5th June 2013 Solidarity Declaration from the Egyptian Federation of Independent Trade Unions to the workers of Turkey ********************************************************************************************* In the shadow of the vicious attack on the working class across the world and our region by the global capitalist regimes, the Egyptian Federation of Independent Trade Unions stands in solidarity with workers in…
MENA Solidarity Network 