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For months, strikes and other protests have crippled a number of industries. But the new militancy is fragmented and has confined itself to economic grievances.
Egypt’s former army chief Abdul-Fattah el-Sisi is all but guaranteed to win presidential elections later this month, formalizing his (…)
, by El-MASSRY Mahienour, MINIO Mika
In May Egyptian revolutionary, climate activist and lawyer Mahienour El-Massry was unjustly jailed. Just before she was imprisoned she spoke to Mika Minio about her amazing work.
July 2014
Red Pepper
In January Mahienour El-Massry, an Egyptian revolutionary from Alexandria, was sentenced (…)
The entire state apparatus - army, police, government, judiciary and media - are mobilizing behind Al-Sisi in preparation for his coronation, on June 5, as president. They want the anniversary of sad memory of the naksa (defeat) this year – what a coincidence – to be the date to announce the (…)
, by BARON Alain, HANNA Hany, OMAR Mostafa, TALLIMA Hatem
Presentation posted on International Viewpoint
The history of the Marxist left in Egypt has still to be written. One of its features seems to be discontinuity: over the last hundred years, organizations have been born, suffered repression and then splintered.
The Revolutionary Socialists (…)
, by BARON Alain, FOUAD Hisham, HANNA Hany
The political and social crisis (first six months of 2013)
After six months in power, the Muslim Brotherhood had revealed its inability to respond to popular demands. This caused social anger, with a big wave of strikes, sit-ins, social protests, demonstrations and protests in poor (…)
, by Egypt Solidarity Initiative
The military regime in Egypt is carrying out a reign of terror to consolidate its power. Responding to the emergency, the workers’ solidarity network MENA has launched an online petition to protest the atrocity of the fraudulent “trial” and mass death sentences imposed on 529 people. You can (…)
, by Left Hook, MUSTAFA Ali
Last month marked the one year anniversary of the massacre at Port Said in Egypt. Though much was made in the North American media of the so-called “Arab Spring,” attention quickly turned away as the politics became demonstrably more complicated than a simple narrative of liberal, democratic (…)
, by RADWAN Noha
ON JANUARY 14 and 15, Egypt held a referendum on a new constitution, drafted following the ouster of president Morsi on July 3rd of last year. The constitution will replace the one promulgated previously, in 2012.
It was a foregone conclusion that, since the referendum was presented as a vote (…)
, by RADWAN Noha
DE FACTO: THE spectacular and significant presence of Egyptian women among the rank and file as well as the leadership of the revolutionary movement since 2011 is a fact. This is in spite of the horrific and often gender-specific forms of repression, including harassment, assault and defamation (…)
, by RADWAN Noha
On February 16, Roger Ebert, an American film critic and commentator, tweeted: “The attack on Lara Logan brings Middle East attitudes toward women into sad focus.” While the attack on CBS News correspondent Lara Logan was a tragic and upsetting event, it needs to be understood in its political (…)
, par ACHCAR Gilbert, BECHLER Rosemary, NESSIM Rana
Nasserism, by far, is the main form of progressive political consciousness that one can find in Egypt, when it takes the form of nostalgia, not for military rule, but for social benefits, jobs, agrarian reform, democratisation of education, and the national dignity of Egypt as incarnated and (…)
, by Egypt Solidarity Campaign, Petition / Sign-on Letter
Dear comrades and friends:
We are writing to ask you to sign on to the petition published below. It has been written in collaboration and input of several key organizations in Egypt who are facing both repression and organizing resistance against the curtailment of basic democratic rights in (…)
Greetings to the comrades and colleagues among the revolutionaries who came out onto the streets yesterday. Their presence and their bravery in facing the security forces in the midst of the mobilisation for Al-Sisi was of the utmost importance.
It is natural that there will be feelings of (…)
, by MENA Solidarity Network, Petition / Sign-on Letter
On the third anniversary of their Revolution we affirm our solidarity with all those Egyptians still fighting to win bread, freedom and social justice.
We stand with Egyptian activists who have been shot at, assaulted, arrested and imprisoned for defying the new ‘anti-protest’ laws and the (…)
, by Front Thuwar
Alongside a hysterical campaign in all the provinces of Egypt, a campaign that has cost millions, and that urges Egyptians to vote “Yes” to the amended constitution – the ruling coalition that took power on 3 July is trying to divert the people’s rebellion against the failed and despotic rule of (…)
, by CHASTAING Jacques
On the second anniversary of the massacres of Mohamed-Mahmoud Street in Cairo on November 19, 2011 by the police forces of the military government, Egyptian revolutionaries went onto the streets to denounce the army and the Moslem Brotherhood and to demand the bringing to justice of the soldiers (…)
, by LEROUGE Dominique
The massive rejection of the repressive neoliberal policies of the Muslim Brotherhood was reflected in spring 2013 by the biggest popular mobilisation that Egypt had know in its long history. The left forces were unfortunately not in a position to offer a political outcome finally allowing the (…)
, by BARON Alain, HANNA Hany
Having lived for many years in France where he was especially a trade-union activist, Hany Hanna returned to live in his native Egypt after Mubarak’s fall. He works there as a freelance journalist and translator. He was interviewed on October 9, 2013 by Alain Baron.
-------------------------- (…)
, by RIDDELL John
Two months after Egypt’s generals ousted its elected Muslim Brotherhood government, there is still a wide spectrum of views among socialists regarding the meaning of this event. This discussion can be deepened by considering a few precedents from socialist history – some well known, others (…)
Labour lawyer Haitham Mohamedain has been released by Suez prosecutors without posting bail, but according to his lawyer, Ramy Ghoneim, he was read a list of very serious charges, including:
“Leading and joining a secret organisation called the Revolutionary Socialists, the purpose of which is (…)
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