Egyptian Federation of Independent Trade Unions Statement 1 – 2012 The bloody events in Port Sa’id The Egyptian Federation of Independent Trade Unions has followed the terrible massacre which took place in the stadium at Port Sa’id and which left its victims among the innocent young people who came to watch a football match and…
Demonstrators from the Irish Anti-War Movement protested on Friday 3 February outside the Egyptian embassy in Dublin over the organised attack with the connivance of the military/police, directed at the ‘Ultras’ football supporters who played a leading role in the overthrow of Mubarak and have recently been chanting anti-SCAF slogans at matches. Pictures by Fatin…
Scenes from the sit-in outside the Egyptian State TV building at Maspero, on the Nile close to Tahrir Square, 27 January 2012. Translation below. Send a message of solidarity to the protesters at Maspero, and the media workers fighting to complete the revolution inside the media – email menasolidarity@gmail.com or leave a comment below this…
Updated with details of Sydney, Australia protest Here is a selection of some of the protests held this week to mark one year since the Egyptian revolution and in solidarity with the Egyptian peoples’ on-going struggle for freedom, democracy and economic justice: Sydney, Australia: Sydney Solidarity Protest with Egyptian Revolution One Year On – 25…
Demonstrations again filled Egypt’s streets on 27 January 2012, in a show of anger against the ruling military council. Enormous protests on 25 January filled Tahrir Square and cities across Egypt, dominated by chants for the end of military rule. Groups of workers have been prominent in the streets, with dozens of factories announcing before…
Egyptian activists in London held a lively demonstration outside the Egyptian embassy in support of the protests against military rule in Egypt on 25 January. Speakers from Stop the War Coalition and MENA Solidarity Network addressed the crowd. Dr Kambiz Boomla read a message of protest signed by 52 UK doctors over the killing of…
Thousands of workers demanding social justice joined the march on parliament at its opening session on 23 January. Join the protests around the world in solidarity with the Egyptian revolution this week.
عريضة للتوقيع.. 25 يناير: الميدان والمصنع إيد احدة A year has passed since the beginning of the Egyptian revolution, but the people’s sacrifices have not borne fruit, nor have the goals of the revolution – bread, freedom and social justice – been achieved. This is because those in power do not rule in the interests…
The Egyptian Federation of Independent Trade Unions has called for workers to join a protest on 23 January, as the newly-elected Egyptian parliament opens. A demonstration will start from the Federation offices off the nearby Qasr al-Aini street at 12 noon on 23 Jan and march to the parliament buildings. In a call for the…
One year ago in Tunisia workers were playing a vital role in the protests sweeping the country against the Ben Ali regime. “The trade unions’ role is one of the most striking aspects of the December protests”, wrote the Tunisia expert Christopher Alexander in the magazine Foreign Policy. On the 7th January thousands of lawyers…
MENA Solidarity Network 