Arab dominoes
The domino effect is working from Cairo to Damascus and from Mahalla to Beirut, as Zenobia notes…
Crisis and Hegemony
Click on the poster below to read a posting by Comrade Richard…
What a coincidence
This coincidence shows you how the Egypt , Syria and Lebanon are too close to each whether on the Governmental level or the public level.
Last Week Mubarak announced a 30% raise in Egypt
Last week Bashar announced a 25% raise in Syria
Then this week the Egyptian Government raised the prices of fuel products along with other products
Also this week the Syrian Government raised the prices of fuel products along with other products
To Lebanon
The Pro-American Cabinet that no one wants it more because of its economic and political decisions raised the prices of fuel products along with other products and now people are really angry not because of sectarian reasons or Hezbollah or Iran but because of the prices. read more »
Anti-price hikes protest صور مظاهرة نقابة الصحافيين ضد غلاء الأسعار
Click below to watch some photos taken by Sarah Carr of the Thursday anti-price hikes protest in front of the Press Syndicate…
Look who is talking ??
From fours days ago the Egyptian Ministers spoke on the News night talk shows to justify the latest economic decisions of the Nazif cabinet. Minister Ahmed Al Magrabhi said on Al Mahwar 90 minutes unrealistic claims that these decisions were taken to help the poor and they will take from the rich and give to the poor !! Sorry the correct terms take from the Capable to the incapable !!?? as you see vague terms !! Define the Capable and the Incapable !! He also mentioned something about the Social justice !!
Anyhow I do not think that Choosing Ahmed Al Magrabhi who is heading some committee was a correct choice to speak about the living situation in Egypt , the social justice and the poor Vs. Rich. read more »
Urban inflation hits 16.4%
From the Daily News Egypt… CAPMAS announced Thursday that urban inflation in Egypt rose to a new three-year high of 16.4 percent in the year to April, up from 14.4 percent in the year to March. Abu Bakr El-Guindi, head of the state statistics agency, told reporters in a news conference that inflation was driven mainly by [...]
Mubarak’s pigs order mobile firms to bar anonymous users
From Reuters… Egypt has asked mobile phone companies to block service to anonymous subscribers as a public security measure, and at least two firms have begun efforts to comply, Egyptian officials and mobile firms said on Monday. The move comes as Egypt tries to combat a wave of public discontent over rising prices and low wages that [...]
The poor will pay the price
High car license fees impact poor more than rich, amid fears of growing discontent…
شبح 1977 يخيم على القاهرة
Click below to watch some photos taken by Nasser Nouri of gas stations in the Cairo neighborhoods of Hadayeq el-Qobba, where Nasser lives, and Ghamra… Plainclothes police agents were deployed close to the gas stations, Nasser told me, fearing protests or clashes with angry drivers… According to virtually everyone I speak with in the capital, the [...]
Egyptian Strikes: More than bread and butter
My feature on the labor movement, in the British Socialist Review, is now available online… The mass demonstrations and strikes that have swept Egypt over the last year have transformed the opposition movement. For decades Egyptians lived in fear of the regime - opposition activists were rounded up, imprisoned and tortured, and strikers gunned down - [...]
Friday: Workers Coordination Committee Conference المؤتمر السنوي الخامس للجنة التنسيقية للحقوق والحريات النقابية والعمالية
The Workers’ Coordination Committee is holding its fifth annual conference, this Friday at the Press Syndicate… For more information, click on the poster below…
Cab chat
I received this message from my friend Atle in Cairo… Not surprisingly it is the taxi drivers that are really pissed off with the recent price hikes. When I get into a taxi they politely raise the issue of petrol being expensive, probably to warn me that the old khawagat [foreigners'] fares have gone up. When [...]
Beirut paralysed by labor strike
Beirut brought to a complete halt, amid street clashes… Carole has some pix on her flickr account…
Britain, Turkey: May Day Protests
Thousands demonstrated in Britain on May Day… In Turkey, Istanbul was a scene of riots and clashes with the pigs… I received this message from Comrade Cigdem Cidamli on May 2… dear hossam I could not write you yesterday because of too much tear gas and other events but you can read what happened yesterday from the [...]
Rising food prices hurting Guatemala’s poor
Guatemala…
Jordan & Lebanon: Support the Strikers! فلنتضامن مع الإضرابات بالأردن ولبنان
Our working class brothers and sisters are striking in Jordan and Lebanon over work and living conditions… Spread the word ya shabab to raise solidarity, and I hope the bloggers in those two countries will supply us with more info, photos and videos of the industrial action…
Arab states hit by rising oil prices
Cab chat
I received this message from a friend of mine in Cairo… The taxi driver I took this morning spat at Mubarak’s palace and started crying… I was talking about the price rises and sources of income today with the cab driver i took.. He recommended a new source: Put a 7assala (safe) in every midan (square) under Mubarak’s [...]
Cairo U Socialists mobilize against increased tuition fees
The Socialist Students on Cairo University campus are mobilizing against the increased tuition fees. Click on the poster below to read Comrade Mostafa’s report… Al-Masry Al-Youm also reports on the campaign here… There’s so much happening on the other campuses too, but I don’t have time to post on all events, so kindly keep an eye on [...]
The Politics of Migration
Click on the poster below to read John Molyneux’s latest posting…
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