Trade unionists from the SI COBAS union are leading a campaign to defend Mohamed Shahin, imam of a mosque in Turin and an outspoken campaigner for Palestine in the city. Shahin was seized by the Italian police on 25 November and told his long-term residence permit was being revoked and that he faces deportation to…
Three weeks ago, coordinated protests in London and Washington, D.C. targeted the Israeli, Egyptian, and Jordanian embassies, challenging Arab regimes complicit in Gaza’s genocide, war crimes, and enforced starvation. MENA Solidarity spoke to Ibrahim, a young UK-based Palestinian who organised and joined the London actions on July 23–24, while activists in Washington rallied in parallel.
At the 2025 Tolpuddle Martyrs Festival, MENA Solidarity supported Greek dockworkers’ actions against military shipments to Israel, aligning with international worker-led resistance. Dockworkers across countries, including Greece, France, Italy, and Morocco, and others, actively disrupted arms transfers, emphasising their crucial role in opposing war and genocide, while exposing Western governments’ complicity.
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…
Piraeus, Greece — In a powerful act of international solidarity, five major unions representing port workers at Greece’s largest port have issued a joint statement condemning the Israeli assault on Gaza and pledging to take no part in the transport of military equipment destined for Israel.
Collective Statement of Independent Iranian Organizations Opposing War and Warmongering PoliciesOriginal published here Given the current unstable and dangerous situation in Iran and the wider region, the undersigned organizations consider it their duty to adopt a collective stance. The working people of Iran—workers, teachers, nurses, retirees, and other wage earners—have not benefited and will not…
Egyptian Trade unionist Shady Mohamed is on hunger strike, his wife has told other activists, protesting against terrible conditions in Burg al-Arab prison where he has been held since last year on charges related to displaying a Palestine solidarity banner. Shady was among 6 people arrested for this simple act of protest and solidarity and…
Update 25 April: all the detainees have been released on bail, but the charges have not been dropped On Tuesday 23 April, Egyptian security forces forcibly dispersed a protest in solidarity with the women of Gaza and Sudan, held outside the headquarters of the UN Women’s regional office in Maadi, Cairo. In the process, they…
Protesters in Beirut have blockaded the Egyptian embassy, demanding an end to the Egyptian government’s “collaboration with the Zionist enemy”. They called for the immediate opening of the Rafah border for aid and a halt on preparations to host displaced Palestinians on the Egyptian side of the border. The organisers of the protest shared this…
On Saturday, January 13, 2024, a staggering 500,000 angry people flooded the streets of London, united in a passionate demand to stop the ongoing genocide in Palestine and seek justice for the Palestinian people. The demonstration garnered support from various communities and organisations, reflecting a growing global movement against the injustices occurring in the region.
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