School students from Zahran and Sidi Gaber schools in Alexandria chanting against military rule on 12 February The campaign for a general strike and civil disobedience across Egypt to demand the removal of the ruling military council brought tens of thousands of university and school students out in protest on 11 and 12 February. There…
Calls for civil disobedience and a general strike on 11 February are gaining momentum across Egypt in the wake of the massacre of football supporters in Port Said. The Egyptian Federation of Independent Trade Unions and the Egyptian Democratic Labour Congress, which between them claim a membership of around 2 million workers in affiliated unions…
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…
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…
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…
Yesterday, the 5th January, marked a new stage in the month long ‘Dignity strike’ in Syria, which has spread to all of Syria’s major cities and involved thousands of workers. The latest phase involves disruption of traffic and the creation of ‘noise disturbances’, with people urged to occupy the streets, bang pots and drums, and…
A national strike by Social Security workers took place in Tunisia on December 8th, with workers from the National Medical Care, Retirement and Social Security funds taking part. The workers were demanding that the government covers their social security provision, a benefit they enjoyed prior to 1990. The striking workers held sit-ins at government offices…
English here إننا نشعر بالفزع إزاء العنف الوحشي التي استخدمت ضد المتظاهرين السلميين بالإعتصام أمام مجلس الوزراء وفي ميدان التحرير في القاهرة. سببت الهجمات الشرسة من الجيش والشرطة حالياً ( مساء يوم السبت 17 ديسمبر) موت 9 أشخاص والإصابة بأكثر من 500. وبين القتلى علاء عبد الهادي وهو طالب في كلية الطب بجامعة عين شمس…
الترجمة العربية هنا We are appalled at the extreme violence that has been used against peaceful protesters taking part in the Occupy Cabinet protest and demonstrations in Tahrir Square in Cairo. The vicious attacks by the army and police have resulted, at present (Evening, 17th Dec), in 9 dead and over 500 injured. Among those…
English here إننا ندين هجمات الجيش المصري على المعتصمين أمام مجلس الوزراء وفي ميدان التحرير بعد 16 ديسمبر التي سببت الإصابة والموت على نطاق واسع. كالأطباء وطلاب الطب نعرب عن تضامننا مع الأطباء وطلاب الطب والعاملين في قطاع الصحة في مصر ونرسل تعازينا لعائلة وزملاء الطالب الطبي علاء عبد الهادي من جامعة عين شمس, الذي…
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