Saudi human rights activist Ameen Nemer discusses Saudi Arabia’s role in the escalating regional conflict, the tightening of security and surveillance, the impact of US military bases, and the growing restrictions on political freedoms. In this interview, conducted by Irang Bak, he examines war, repression, and the future of the Gulf region. Read the full interview.
Nineteen trade union, professional, civil society and human rights organisations have issued a joint statement expressing solidarity with Sudanese workers, teachers and university academics, rejecting mass dismissals and attacks on trade union rights, and calling for justice, dignity and freedom. Read the full statement.
MENA Solidarity is pleased to renew its partnership with Yung Kha Publicity to promote *Life Support*, a powerful new documentary by Daniele Rugo. The film bears witness to the genocide in Gaza through the testimonies of doctors who worked on the ground between 2023 and 2025.
Through their accounts, *Life Support* exposes the systematic destruction of healthcare and civilian infrastructure, and the devastating human cost of these ongoing crimes.
Read more about the film and book your tickets.
Join the London International Anti-War Conference on 20 June, bringing together trade unionists, socialists and anti-war activists to oppose escalating militarisation, austerity, racism and fascism. The conference highlights the link between rising military spending and cuts to public services, and calls for organised resistance to imperialist policies while strengthening international working-class solidarity.
Join us on Saturday 2 May at the Sudan–Congo Conference, where trade unionists, activists and organisers come together to build international solidarity against war, displacement and exploitation. Through political discussion, strategy and culture, we will explore resistance from below and strengthen links between movements fighting for justice and liberation across Sudan, Congo and beyond.
Italian trade unionists and student activists were attacked and detained by the police in Naples on Saturday, in a bid to crack down on protests and blockades as the far-right Brothers of Italy is presenting new repressive laws in parliament, activists from SI Cobas union have told Middle East Solidarity. The arrests of Mimi and…
Mass blockade in Piraeus port hits Israel’s military supply chain Dockworkers in Greece are the latest to take action to stop war material reaching the Israeli army as it intensifies its genocidal campaign in Gaza. A mass blockade of Piraeus port, called by dockworkers’ unions and supported by Palestine solidarity and anti-war activists and local…
Laila Soueif, mother of British citizen Alaa Abdel Fattah, a writer, software developer and prominent pro-democracy activist jailed by Egypt’s authoritarian regime for most of the last ten years, will be organising regular protests outside Downing Street from 13 January. Alaa’s case has hit the news in recent months as his family have stepped up…
The Middle East and North Africa Solidarity Network (MENA Solidarity) hosted its annual Sudan Solidarity Conference, Sudan Solidarity Conference 2024 on October 27, 2024 online under the theme “Revolution, Counter-Revolution, and War”. The conference aimed to provide a platform for discussion, analysis, and solidarity-building regarding the ongoing crisis in Sudan. Representatives from various trade unions, civil society organizations, and community groups from around the world participated.
MENA Solidarity held a session on Saturday, July 20, 2024, in the International Tent at the Tolpuddle Martyrs Festival 2024. The session focused on how trade unionists can collaborate with activists in the Global South to create effective solidarity through media platforms and communication strategies, challenging mainstream media narratives. The discussion featured a case study on campaigns supporting the Sudanese struggle for democracy and social justice.