Leaders of the post workers strike in Alexandria were seized from their homes in dawn raids on Tuesday 25 March. Ismail Gabr, Haitham Uthman, Ayman Hanafi, Hani Said and Hisham Abd-al-Hamid were arrested at 1am by the police. According to the labour lawyer Mohammed Ramadan, the five men were due to be brought before prosecutors…
The first joint strike action by medical professionals in Egypt’s public health service has won the backing of thousands of doctors, dentists, pharmacists and vets. According to figures compiled by the Higher Strike Committee in the Doctors’ Union, 80% of staff eligible to strike in the Health Ministry Hospitals joined the action over the weekend.…
Striking workers at the Misr Spinning mill in Mahalla al-Kubra chanting for the minimum wage and against Mubarak’s cronies.
Protests continued across Egyptian university campuses last week, as revolutionary activists organised rallies in commemoration of the battle of Mohamed Mahmoud Street in 2011 and mobilised in solidarity with jailed colleagues. A march organised by the “Revolutionaries” coalition in Cairo on the anniversary of the Mohamed Mahmoud protests drew thousands into the streets. The clashes…
Activists attending the UCU Left conference on 9 November pledged their support for colleagues and students in Egypt who are facing widescale repression by the military regime. The statement below was launched at the conference. See below for instructions on how to add your name. University freedoms under attack in Egypt Stop the repression We…
Egyptian universities have witnessed a new wave of repression in recent weeks, as the country’s military rulers attempt to quell student protests. Riot police stormed Al-Azhar University in Cairo to crush demonstrations in support of deposed president Mohamed Morsi on 30 October. Alexandria, Cairo, Ain Shams and Mansoura Universities have also witnessed waves of protest…
Colleagues from the teachers’ unions in Tunisia sent MENA Solidarity a copy of the following message which they have sent to the NUT and NASUWT teachers’ unions in the UK in solidarity with their ongoing strikes to defend their pay and pensions. At the bottom of this article you will find details of how you…
Nurses and midwives in New South Wales, Australia, have been taking action in solidarity with Bahraini colleagues who were jailed in the wake of the brutal crackdown on the 2011 popular uprising. At the NSW Nurses and Midwives Association annual conference held last week, 61 branches signed up to the Bahrain Solidarity Campaign – largely…
Strike leaders from Suez Steel are still being pursued by police, after the factory’s owner, Lebanese businessman Rafiq Daou, demanded their arrest and prosecution. Two workers from the factory were arrested by the Egyptian Army on 12 August, after armoured cars and riot police surrounded the plant. They were later released on bail, but four…
We reject the army’s attack on Suez Steel workers and demand their immediate release Original Arabic here – picture via RevSoc.me on Facebook Nearly a month and a half has passed since the fall of Mohamed Morsi and the Muslim Brotherhood from power, thanks to the action of the masses who did not feel any difference…
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