Crisis and Hegemony
3arabawy - Fri, 2008-05-09 23:44 By Hossam el-Hamalawy
Click on the poster below to read a posting by Comrade Richard…
Click on the poster below to read a posting by Comrade Richard…
Anti-price hikes protest صور مظاهرة نقابة الصحافيين ضد غلاء الأسعار
3arabawy - Fri, 2008-05-09 11:55 By Hossam el-Hamalawy
Click below to watch some photos taken by Sarah Carr of the Thursday anti-price hikes protest in front of the Press Syndicate…
Click below to watch some photos taken by Sarah Carr of the Thursday anti-price hikes protest in front of the Press Syndicate…
Mubarak’s pigs order mobile firms to bar anonymous users
3arabawy - Thu, 2008-05-08 11:29 By Hossam el-Hamalawy
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 [...]
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 [...]
شبح 1977 يخيم على القاهرة
3arabawy - Wed, 2008-05-07 23:20 By Hossam el-Hamalawy
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 [...]
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
3arabawy - Wed, 2008-05-07 23:02 By Hossam el-Hamalawy
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 - [...]
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
3arabawy - Wed, 2008-05-07 22:25 By Hossam el-Hamalawy
The Workers’ Coordination Committee is holding its fifth annual conference, this Friday at the Press Syndicate… For more information, click on the poster below…
The Workers’ Coordination Committee is holding its fifth annual conference, this Friday at the Press Syndicate… For more information, click on the poster below…
Beirut paralysed by labor strike
3arabawy - Wed, 2008-05-07 18:18 By Hossam el-Hamalawy
Beirut brought to a complete halt, amid street clashes… Carole has some pix on her flickr account…
Beirut brought to a complete halt, amid street clashes… Carole has some pix on her flickr account…
Seminar dubs April 6 strike a turning point in Egypt history
3arabawy - Wed, 2008-05-07 01:15 By Hossam el-Hamalawy
Sarah Carr reports on the seminar organized by the Center for Socialist Studies on the April 6th strike… The April 6 general strike was an unprecedented turning point in the Egyptian protest movement, concluded a discussion held Monday at the Center for Socialist Studies titled “What next after April 6 and May 4?” El-Dostour journalist Haitham Gabr [...]
Sarah Carr reports on the seminar organized by the Center for Socialist Studies on the April 6th strike… The April 6 general strike was an unprecedented turning point in the Egyptian protest movement, concluded a discussion held Monday at the Center for Socialist Studies titled “What next after April 6 and May 4?” El-Dostour journalist Haitham Gabr [...]
Britain, Turkey: May Day Protests
3arabawy - Tue, 2008-05-06 23:44 By Hossam el-Hamalawy
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 [...]
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 [...]
Jordan & Lebanon: Support the Strikers! فلنتضامن مع الإضرابات بالأردن ولبنان
3arabawy - Tue, 2008-05-06 23:10 By Hossam el-Hamalawy
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…
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…
Cab chat
3arabawy - Tue, 2008-05-06 21:49 By Hossam el-Hamalawy
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 [...]
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
3arabawy - Sat, 2007-11-24 01:26 By Hossam el-Hamalawy
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 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
3arabawy - Fri, 2007-11-23 23:16 By Hossam el-Hamalawy
Click on the poster below to read John Molyneux’s latest posting…
Click on the poster below to read John Molyneux’s latest posting…
French students take to the streets الطلاب الفرنسيون ينضمون للإضرابات العمالية
3arabawy - Fri, 2007-11-23 08:04 By Hossam el-Hamalawy
Fantastic photos of the students joining the French workers’ protests by Philippe..
Fantastic photos of the students joining the French workers’ protests by Philippe..
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