Egypt’s civil servants and the struggle for free unions الموظّفون المصريّون: من النضال المطلبي إلى تحرير النقابات
3arabawy - Thu, 2008-08-21 22:31 By Hossam el-Hamalawy
Make sure you check out Mostafa Bassiouni’s article in the Lebanese daily Al-Akhbar, on the fight of the Egyptian civil servants for free unions… A booklet on the Egyptian labor movement, coauthored by Mostafa and Omar Said, is available in English here…
Make sure you check out Mostafa Bassiouni’s article in the Lebanese daily Al-Akhbar, on the fight of the Egyptian civil servants for free unions… A booklet on the Egyptian labor movement, coauthored by Mostafa and Omar Said, is available in English here…
“Strikes are the only means to get our rights”
3arabawy - Thu, 2008-08-21 22:24 By Hossam el-Hamalawy
Salah Abdel Salam, Daqahliya Tax Collector… All union presidents work for State Security. And all State Security (officers) serve only the regime… Egypt has turned from a welfare state to a savage capitalist state… Strikes are the only means to get our rights, as we saw in the Real Estate (Tax Collectors’ strike), Mahalla, Mansoura-España and [...]
Salah Abdel Salam, Daqahliya Tax Collector… All union presidents work for State Security. And all State Security (officers) serve only the regime… Egypt has turned from a welfare state to a savage capitalist state… Strikes are the only means to get our rights, as we saw in the Real Estate (Tax Collectors’ strike), Mahalla, Mansoura-España and [...]
El-Minya Portraits بورتريهات من المنيا
3arabawy - Wed, 2008-08-20 09:18 By Hossam el-Hamalawy
Tax Striker Islam (L) at his family house in el-Minya, with a relative and a colleague…
Tax Striker Islam (L) at his family house in el-Minya, with a relative and a colleague…
Ad-Dustour الدستور
3arabawy - Mon, 2008-08-11 20:30 By Hossam el-Hamalawy
The frontpage of the liberal daily Ad-Dustour carries news on the solidarity protest held in London against the Mahalla 49 trial…
The frontpage of the liberal daily Ad-Dustour carries news on the solidarity protest held in London against the Mahalla 49 trial…
Trip to Tanta: The Mahalla 49 Trial
3arabawy - Sun, 2008-08-10 19:32 By Hossam el-Hamalawy
I traveled to Tanta on Saturday morning to try to attend the Mahalla 49 trial.. As soon as I arrived in the city’s train station, I was shocked by the heavy security presence around Tanta’s Court which is literally few steps away from the station. At least four police trucks full of soldiers were parked [...]
I traveled to Tanta on Saturday morning to try to attend the Mahalla 49 trial.. As soon as I arrived in the city’s train station, I was shocked by the heavy security presence around Tanta’s Court which is literally few steps away from the station. At least four police trucks full of soldiers were parked [...]
Trip to Minya: Wedding of a Tax Striker عريس الضرائب العقارية
3arabawy - Sat, 2008-08-09 01:00 By Hossam el-Hamalawy
I was invited on Thursday, together with other socialists, to a wedding of one of the Real Estate Tax Collectors’ strike heroes, Islam Mohamed, in the town of el-’Edwa, located in the Upper Egyptian province of el-Minya. Islam’s original wedding date had been 3 December 2007, the same day 55,000 Real Estate Tax Collectors escalated [...]
I was invited on Thursday, together with other socialists, to a wedding of one of the Real Estate Tax Collectors’ strike heroes, Islam Mohamed, in the town of el-’Edwa, located in the Upper Egyptian province of el-Minya. Islam’s original wedding date had been 3 December 2007, the same day 55,000 Real Estate Tax Collectors escalated [...]
Public sector strikes across England and Wales, 16 - 17 July إضراب عمال القطاع العام في بريطانيا
3arabawy - Thu, 2008-07-17 22:49 By Hossam el-Hamalawy
650,000 public sector workers went on strike in Britain yesterday and today in dispute over pay… Extensive reports with photos by Socialist Worker could be found here… Comrade Ady also has some videos… Below are some pix of the strikers I took in Brighton, marching through downtown…
650,000 public sector workers went on strike in Britain yesterday and today in dispute over pay… Extensive reports with photos by Socialist Worker could be found here… Comrade Ady also has some videos… Below are some pix of the strikers I took in Brighton, marching through downtown…
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