Sudan Solidarity Conference: Dr Mohamed Nagi al-Asam VIDEO
Mohamed Nagi al-Asam, Central Committee of Sudanese Doctors
Sudanese Resistance Committees: “This deal means nothing, the revolution continues”
The agreement between deposed Sudanese Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok, and the leaders of the military coup which overthrew his government on 25 October has been angrily rejected by major networks of Resistance Committees, the neighbourhood-based revolutionary organisations which have been leading resistance to the military takeover. “This agreement means nothing, we continue to hold to…
Speaking in colour: What is the legacy of Egypt’s revolutionary art?
By Fareid Atta On Friday 28 January 2011, a flash mob, equipped with lightning green aerosol cans and donning make-shift gas masks, stormed the headquarters of Mubarak’s National Democratic Party (NDP). The graffiti artists showered the walls of the building with messages of defiance. Ten years on, and perhaps the two most enduring slogans on…
‘We strike for dignity’: Algerian workers in revolt
A powerful wave of workers’ struggles has rocked Algeria in recent weeks. Shelagh Smith investigates how battles in the workplaces have evolved alongside the Hirak protest movement. More than two years since the Hirak protest movement erupted in Algeria against a fifth mandate for President Bouteflika and the regime which has ruled Algeria since independence…
Raising the flag for liberation in Egypt and beyond
Sarah Hegazi was a courageous fighter against injustice and oppression and an inspiration to the struggle for LGBTQ+ rights far beyond Egypt, says Alice Finden. This is an article from the current issue of Middle East Solidarity magazine – help us continue our work by donating £2 for a digital copy online This summer, activists…
Capital folly: Egypt’s monument to dictatorship
The grandiose plans to create a new capital city for Egypt are testament to Al-Sisi’s determination to prevent a repeat of the mass protests which led to revolution in 2011, argues Fareid Atta. Far from creating a sustainable new city to relieve the pressure of overcrowding in Cairo, housing in the New Administrative Capital will…
Annexation and apartheid in Palestine
The planned annexation of large parts of the West Bank by Israel are part of a longer history of strategic colonisation and settlement building reports Miriam Scharf. This is an article from the current issue of Middle East Solidarity magazine – help us continue our work by donating £2 for a digital copy online Annexation,…
A spirit of solidarity: Protesters reach out from south to north in Syria
Despite fierce repression and the devastating effects of war, regime-controlled areas in Syria have recently witnessed a wave of protests. Abdulsalam Dallal reports on how activists have found ways to keep the spirit of solidarity alive This is an article from the current issue of Middle East Solidarity magazine – help us continue our work…
‘The Algerian regime wants to put us in cages’
by Shelagh Smith This is an article from the current issue of Middle East Solidarity magazine – help us continue our work by donating £2 for a digital copy online Seventeen months after the protest movement, or Hirak, exploded onto the streets of Algeria in February 2019, there has been no fundamental change to the…
‘Covid 19 has exposed injustice globally’
Systematic failures in the NHS are risking the lives of Sudanese health workers in the UK, Dr Sara Abdelgalil explains. Meanwhile they also continue to mobilise in solidarity with the ongoing revolution and the battle against Covid 19 in Sudan. This is an article from the current issue of Middle East Solidarity magazine – help…
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