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From the Memory of the Class: The Central Security Forces Intifada 1986 إنتفاضة جنود الأمن المركزي

3arabawy - Fri, 2008-07-25 02:26 By Hossam el-Hamalawy
[27-2-1986] Army soldiers stand guard outside the Swiss-managed Jolie Ville Hotel, which was burned down by Central Security Forces conscripts, during their intifada [Photo from Socialist Worker Archives]. More photos of the intifada could be found here…

Fear of escalated response in Damietta over Agrium plant

3arabawy - Fri, 2008-07-25 01:56 By Hossam el-Hamalawy
From the Daily News Egypt… Members of the People’s Assembly (PA) and local leaders of Damietta have warned of a possible escalation in residents’ response to the continued presence of the Agrium nitrogen and ammonia plant near Ras El-Bar resort. Although the PA had decided to remove the plant from Damietta, the plant site still remains, much [...]

لا لفصل وتشريد العمال … عريضة حق العودة

3arabawy - Fri, 2008-07-25 01:54 By Hossam el-Hamalawy
A campaign is launched in solidarity with sacked Egyptian labor activists…

State Security pigs arrest internet activists in Alexandria اعتقال جماعي لنشطاء الانترنت في الإسكندرية

3arabawy - Thu, 2008-07-24 18:58 By Hossam el-Hamalawy
Click on Latuff’s cartoon below to read a statement by the Arabic Network for Human Rights Information…

From the Memory of the Class: The Egyptian Bread Intifada 1977 إنتفاضة الخبز

3arabawy - Thu, 2008-07-24 02:12 By Hossam el-Hamalawy
[19-1-1977] Demonstrators, during the 1977 Bread Intifada, regroup on a rubble strewn street in Cairo, after battling the Central Security Forces [Photo from Socialist Worker Archives]. More photos of the uprising could be found here…

Non-teaching staff protest for 50% salary increase

3arabawy - Thu, 2008-07-24 01:19 By Hossam el-Hamalawy
Sarah Carr reports… Non-teaching staff within the Ministry of Education protested Monday on the steps of the Journalists’ Syndicate against the ministry’s decision to deny them a 50 percent pay increase. Holding up banners reading “We demand a decent wage and equality” and “A minimum wage is the right of all,” members of the committee for the [...]

Industrial Action Reports تقرير المرصد النقابي والعمالي المصري عن الاحتجاجات العمالية بشهر إبريل

3arabawy - Wed, 2008-07-02 03:49 By Hossam el-Hamalawy
The Egyptian Workers and Trade Unions Watch has issued its report on the industrial action in April… Click on the poster below to download it…

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