سمع الآلاف من العمال والناشطين المضربين الذين يحاربون ارتفاع تكاليف المعيشة في بريطانيا رسالة تضامن قوية من السودان لنضالاتهم في احتجاجات حملة “كفاية” في 1 أكتوبر. تلقى ميك لينش، الأمين العام لنقابة عمال السكك الحديدية والموانئ ، رسالة دعم من “تجمع الاجسام المطلبية” في السودان، و خاطب في محطة كينغز كروس قائلا لدي رسالة هنا،…
The 1st of October 2022 will become an important day in the history of the struggles of the trade unions and community and demand-based British movements. We extend to all of you the greetings of the struggle and support of Sudan. The solidarity of the Sudanese Alliance of Demand-based Campaigns (TAM) with the goals and…
Irang Bak explores the American role in the destruction of Afghanistan and Iraq and the continuing “war on terror” and we speak to Ameen Nemer about the relationship between the US and the Saudi regime. The US launched a military invasion in Afghanistan with its Western allies including Britain, following the 9/11 attack in New…
Some leading Sudanese Resistance Committees have called for the postponement of the general strike planned for 24 August in order to give more time for unions to build support for revolutionary action in the workplaces and to allow activists to work on relief efforts for those displaced and made homeless by major floods which have…
by Jawhar Tounsi The Tunisian General Labour Union (UGTT), Tunisia’s largest trade union defending public and private sector employees, went on strike on 16 June in protest against the austerity measures including freezing public wages and reducing subsidies on basic goods. The general strike across the public sector paralysed traffic across Tunisia after heavily disrupting…
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has had profound effects on the Middle East. Irang Bak and Anne Alexander look at how rising food costs and shortages are hurting the poor, while the rich profit from oil prices and arms deals. This year’s Ramadan, for many in the Middle East and North Africa, was different from the…
Across Sudan activists are mobilising to support a call by the Resistance Committees (bodies based in local neighbourhoods which coordinate and mobilise for protests and build the popular revolutionary movement) for a general strike on 24 August. The strike aims to bring down the ruling military regime, led by generals who threw civilian politicians out…
The Sudanese Teachers Committee (STC) is one of the professional and trade union entities which has been actively defending democracy and resisting the military coup. So it has been targeted by the coup government. In March 2022 the STC organised a successful 2 month strike, including boycotting exams, supervising and marking. The government used force,…
أدان النقابيون والصحفيون والناشطون البارزون من بريطانيا والولايات المتحدة وأوروبا الهجمات التي شنها الجيش السوداني على المتظاهرين المطالبين بالحكم المدني والديمقراطية خلال الاحتجاجات الحاشدة منذ 30 يونيو. من ضمنهم الصحفي والمؤلف غاري يونغ، والاتحاد الوطني للتعليم، الأمين العام الدكتورة ماري بوستيد، والرئيس الجديد للاتحاد الوطني للتعليم دانيال كبيدي وهم من أوائل الموقعين على بيان الاحتجاج.…
June 30th marks the 33rd anniversary of the Islamist-backed coup that brought Omar al-Bashir to power in 1989, toppling Sudan’s last elected government. The military council removed al-Bashir in April 2019 following mass protests against his rule. These same generals shared power with civilian opposition politicians between August 2019 and October 2021, when they seized…
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