Algeria: a year in the streets

For the past year, a massive popular movement has repeatedly shaken Algeria. Shelagh Smith draws up a balance sheet.  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 On 12 December 2019 a new president was declared…

Sudan: filling the gap when the state fails

A year after the revolution forced out dictator El Bashir Sudan’s activists are bracing themselves for the pandemic, report Anne Alexander and Irang Bak. 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  A year ago Sudan’s…

Shady gas deal deepens Egypt-Israeli ties

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 On 15 January 2020, Israel and Egypt announced that Egypt was beginning importing natural gas from Israel. According to Reuters, the agreement entails Israel exporting to Egypt 85.3…

Wars and repression compound impact of virus crisis

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 For a region struggling with ongoing wars, conflicts and sanctions, and the toll of perpetual economic and political instability, the spread of Covid-19 poses a major threat to…

Sowing the seeds of hunger in Iraq

Olivia Palmer analyses the roots of Iraq’s agricultural crisis in war, occupation and neoliberal reforms. From Middle East Solidarity magazine, issue 12. Order a print copy or download as a pdf here  Iraq is the birthplace of agriculture. Its wheat, legumes and other seed crops have been developed and refined for local conditions over a…

Crackdown in Algeria sparks global solidarity campaign

By Sheila Amrouche From Middle East Solidarity magazine, issue 12. Order a print copy or download as a pdf here  The rising repression in Algeria has sparked an international campaign in defence of political prisoners. Trade unionists, MPs and activists in Spain, France, Portugal, Peru, Brazil, South Africa and Germany gathered outside Algerian embassies in…

Is Algeria on the road to a new republic?

Ten months since the mass movement erupted, hundreds of thousands still surge into the streets. Samir Larabi asks if the people or the old regime will emerge the winners from this contest? From Middle East Solidarity magazine, issue 12. Order a print copy or download as a pdf here  Since 22 February 2019, Algeria has…