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, by Collective / Multiple signers
On Saturday 29th of January there was a big demonstration arranged by independent women’s rights organizations in Tunisia.
Due to this occasion 155 Iranian women’s rights activists in a letter showed their solidarity with the Tunisian women and their struggles to preserve their achievements (…)
While the Tunisian masses continue their sit-in at the Governmental Square at Qasbah (in the capital city), and tens of thousands of Tunisians have marched in Sfax, Tunis, Sidi Bouzid, Jendouba, Nabeul and other parts of the country, to bring down the government of “National Unity", they imposed (…)
, by AMIN Samir, Aydinlik
Professor Samir Amin, respected political thinker, economist and writer, evaluates developments in Tunisia in an interview with Aydinlik Magazine. We also asked Samir Amin his views about Hu Jintao’s visit to USA and currency policy of the China. We present a broad summary of the interview with (…)
, by BESANCENOT Olivier
January 26, 2011 — Collective Resistance — Olivier Besancenot, spokesperson for the Nouveau Parti Anti-Capitaliste, was in Tunisia earlier this week to find out about the revolution happening there. Here are his impressions. This interview first appeared in French on the NPA website. The (…)
, by KALLANDER Amy Aisen
The January 14 departure of Tunisian President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali amidst popular protests was a long overdue demonstration of the possibility for genuine democratization in the Arab world. Mohamed Bouazizi, the street vendor whose self-immolation set off the protests, tapped a deep vein of (…)
, by GUIGA Wafa, HJORT Linn
The Tunisian trade union federation, the UGTT, which was the only trade union allowed until very recently, played a key role in the massive protests.
I think that the most important thing is that the revolution will spread in all countries in the region, or it could abort. Therefore it is (…)
, by ILTIS Tony
After 23 years of dictatorial rule, Tunisian President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali was forced to resign and flee to Saudi Arabia on January 14 due to a mass uprising.
The uprising began on December 17 in the provincial town of Sidi Bouzid with an act of individual desperation.
Mohammed Bouazizi (…)
, by CHOSSUDOWSKY Michel
General Zine el Abidine Ben Ali , the defunct and deposed president of Tunisia is heralded by the Western media, in chorus, as a dictator.
The Tunisian protest movement is casually described as the consequence of an undemocratic and authoritarian regime, which defies the norms of the (…)
, by ELTAHAWY Mona
For 23 years, Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali presided over the most tightly run ship in the Arab world. So perfect a police state was his Tunisia, with its ubiquitous informers and portraits of the president, that no one predicted Ben Ali’s ship could capsize.
But capsize it did Friday, after a (…)
, by UGTT
Statement of the National Administrative Commission of the General Union of Tunisian Workers (UGTT) issued on January 21, 2011.
1. The General Union of Tunisian Workers is a national organisation necessarily interested in political affairs, given its history of struggle during the colonial (…)
As an affirmation to our involvement in the revolution of our people who are struggling for their right to dignity and freedom, whom their sacrifices resulted in dozens of martyrs and thousands of injured and detainees, and in order to complete the victory against the internal and external (…)
, by McNALLY David
Popular upheavals always carry a distinct sonic resonance. The cascading chants that reverberate through the streets, the roar of the crowd as it drives back the riot police and seizes the city square – all this and more produces an unmistakable acoustic effect. The rhythm of revolt pulsates (…)
, by PHILLIPS Leigh
EUOBSERVER / BRUSSELS - Socialists and conservatives in the European Parliament have accused each other of cosying up to Tunisian ex-dictator Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali, with senior figures in the French political establishment also tainted by association.
Left-wingers and human rights (…)
, by UGTT
The members of the National Administrative Commission of the Tunisian General Trade Union (UGTT) held an extraordinary meeting on Tuesday, January 18, 2011 in Gammarth, headed by the General Secretary comrade Abdessalem Jerad. They analysed the rapid developments witnessed by the country and (…)
, by CHAMKHI Fathi
The Tunisian popular masses have just made erupted onto the political scene in a spectacular fashion! They have succeeded, after 29 days of a social and democratic revolution, in driving out the dictator Ben Ali! This is a great victory!
It is a great day for us all, which we share with all (…)
, by HAMMAMI Hamma
1. The success achieved so far is only half the way, and the other half is achieving the desired democratic change and implementing it on the ground.
2. Democratic change cannot spring from the same party, figures, institutions, apparatuses, and legislations that maintained the dictatorship (…)
, by HAMMAMI Hamma, PCOT
1. The success achieved so far is only half of the way and the other half is achieving the wanted democratic change and implementing it on the ground.
2. The democratic change cannot spring from the same party, the figures, the institutions, the apparatuses and the legislations that maintained (…)
, by PCOT
Tunisia has lived since December 17, 2010, the day when the current popular revolt against unemployment, exclusion, poverty, cost of living, the shameless exploitation, corruption, injustice and tyranny began. These popular protests started in the city of Sidi Bouzid and have since extended to (…)
, by PTPD
First of all, our party intends to remain in opposition, and not to enter the next government, although two of our allies in the Alliance for Citizenship and Equality plan to take part in a government of national unity (namely the Ettajdid Movement and the Democratic Forum).
[Editor’s note: (…)
, by NPA / NPA l’Anticapitaliste
President Ben Ali’s last speech did not convince anyone. All day there were massive demonstrations, particularly in the capital Tunis, with tens of thousands of people demanding Ben Ali out.
Neither the announcement of a complete change of government, nor of early elections put a stop to the (…)
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