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7 March 2012
Revolution through Arab eyes - the Factory
Film review: David Johnson reviews a new documentary showing the history of struggle in the Middle East's largest factory...
8 February 2012
Mubarak's state machine blamed for football massacre
Seventy-four football fans were killed and hundreds injured after the final whistle blew at the al-Masry versus al-Ahly match in Port Said on 1 February, writes David Johnson
25 January 2012
Egypt - A year of revolution and counter-revolution
The 2011 revolutionary movements of young people, workers and the most downtrodden swept through north Africa and the Middle East and inspired social movements across the world...
30 November 2011
Egypt: Millions cast their votes in the first post-Mubarak elections
But military-controlled elections do not signal transition to democracy: Long queues formed at many polling stations, on 28 November, in Cairo and other Egyptian cities and towns, writes Niall Mulholland.
1 June 2011
Egypt and Tunisia: Revolutions at the crossroads
The wave of revolutions that swept across the Middle East and North Africa have now reached turning points
17 February 2011
Where now for the Egyptian revolution?
Following hot on the heels of revolutionary events in Tunisia, the Egyptian masses took to the streets during 18 tumultuous days. PETER TAAFFE assesses the current critical situation and possible developments in Socialism Today magazine.
16 February 2011
Egypt - the revolution must go on
Mubarak is no more, relegated to "the dustbin of history". He was blown away by one of the greatest mass movements in history. An edited version of this article appeared in the print edition of The Socialist.
Egyptian demonstration honours those fallen in the revolution, photo CWI
16 February 2011
Egypt: What next after the overthrow of mubarak?
Following the dramatic overthrow of both the Tunisian and Egyptian dictators, protest movements have spread throughout the Middle East and North Africa as the working and poor masses seek to remove repressive regimes...
11 February 2011
Mubarak goes: clear out the entire regime!
- No trust in Suleiman or the military chiefs!
- For a government of the representatives of workers, small farmers and the poor!
- Immediate elections to a revolutionary constituent assembly supervised by committees of working and poor people and the youth!
9 February 2011
Solidarity with the Egyptian masses
Newcastle: UP TO 100 protesters gathered at Newcastle students union to demonstrate their solidarity with the Egyptian masses on 4 February...
Revolution invokes Lenin
8 February 2011
Egypt: Is revolution derailed?
"Lenin said of revolutions that they demonstrate two things. The first is that the people cannot go on being ruled in the old way. The second is that the rulers cannot go on ruling in the old way" - The Guardian. Peter Taaffe, Socialist Party general secretary, on the Egyptian revolution.
Egypt: protestors battle with Mubarak supporting state thugs for possession of the streets while the army watches
2 February 2011
Workers and young people in Britain and across the world are watching events in Egypt closely. The revolt against mass unemployment, grinding poverty and corrupt dictatorship, which started last month...
Egypt: masses arise
31 January 2011
Egypt: Mass revolt forces Mubarak regime to brink
Hundreds of thousands remain on streets defying repression - For an indefinite general strike!
Mubarak's rotten regime is tottering on the brink. Six days of mass protests have grown into a nation-wide revolutionary wave of defiance.
Police use watercannon
28 January 2011
Egypt: Revolutionary masses move to overthrow Mubarak dictatorship
Mass protests spread across Egypt following today's Friday prayers, demanding an end to Hosni Mubarak's 30-year presidency. Demonstrations took place in Alexandria, Suez...
8 December 2010
Egypt's regime perpetrates a massive election fraud
WIDESPREAD INTIMIDATION of voters and opposition candidates and blatant ballot rigging resulted in 'victory' for Egypt's ruling National Democratic Party (NDP) in the country's recent parliamentary elections, writes David Johnson.
9 July 2010
Egypt: Thousands protest over brutal police killing
Spring wave of strikes and protests: Up to 5,000 angry demonstrators protested in Alexandria on Friday 25 June, after the brutal murder of a 28-year old man, 19 days earlier. Khaled Saeed was sitting in an internet café, writes David Johnson, on www.socialistworld.net, website of the committee for a workers' international, CWI
8 April 2009
Egyptian regime: 'Scared that independent unions will succeed; scared a revolution will happen'
ONE OF the most important recent developments in the struggle of Egyptian workers for decent living standards and democratic rights was the formation of the first independent trade union (syndicate) for over 50 years, last December...
21 January 2009
Egypt: Gaza conflict fuels anti-Mubarak opposition
THE HORRIFIC events in Gaza have caused fury throughout the Middle East. Fuelling this is the collaboration of the ruling classes with US and Israeli big business, writes Jon Dale.
3 September 2008
Inside Egypt: the land of the Pharaohs on the brink of a revolution
A new book describing the disintegration of Egyptian society claims it is a country on the brink of revolution. As if to prove the author's point, the government has banned its sale...
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