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2 October 2019
Egypt: Street protests challenge Trump's favourite dictator
Street protests in Cairo and several other Egyptian cities broke out on 20 and 21 September. Although only involving dozens or a few hundred, at first, they grew in numbers and spread to other cities.
5 June 2019
On 4 June 2019, the day of the 30th anniversary of Tiananmen Square massacre, counter-revolutionary forces allied to the ruling regime in Sudan launched a violent attack on the two month-long mass opposition occupation outside the military barracks in Khartoum.
16 May 2018
Exclusive interview with Gazan activist: "The more they kill us, the more the anger increases"
Socialist Struggle Movement (CWI Israel/Palestine), which is in full solidarity with the current Gaza protests, spoke to 24-year-old Gaza activist Ahmed A-Na'ouq from Deir al-Balah city in the Gaza Strip, about the bloody repression, the devastating conditions and the protest movement.
13 December 2017
Trump's incendiary Jerusalem statement reignites Israeli-Palestinian conflict
There was a wave of protest around the world following Trump's declaration of recognising Jerusalem as Israel's capital
12 April 2017
Attacks ratchet-up Syrian conflict and fuel tensions between powers
Trump orders missile strikes against Shayrat air base: US president Donald Trump's decision to launch missile attacks against the Shayrat air base in Syria ratcheted up the long running conflict there and dangerously fuelled tensions between the US and Russia and Iran.
8 February 2017
Syria: Is an end to the war in sight?
The military victory in Aleppo by Assad's regime and its foreign backers was a turning point in the war in Syria. It has put the Syrian government once more in formal control of the country's main urban centres. Serge Jordan of the Committee for a Workers' International (CWI) examines if this is the prelude to a broader peace settlement that could end the horrors inflicted on the Syrian people.
19 October 2016
Suez 1956: the decline of British imperialism and rise of the colonial revolution
Sixty years ago Egyptian president Colonel Nasser's proclamation of the nationalisation of the Suez Canal was an electrifying rallying call for the country's working class and poor and throughout the Middle East
12 October 2016
Shimon Peres - a wolf in sheep's clothing
Most mainstream media obituaries described Shimon Peres, the recently deceased former president of Israel, as a 'peacemaker statesman' who constrained the settlerist, nationalist policy of prime minister Netanyahu's rule. In reality, Peres was a wolf in sheep's clothing.
5 October 2016
Review: international jazz protest storytelling
Music - Radio International (Kefaya): They say that you can tell a lot about a band by its name. Kefaya is an Arabic word meaning 'enough'. It was the cry of the grassroots revolutionary movement in Egypt, a powerful symbol of the 2011 Arab Spring uprisings.
May Day in central London, photo Paul Mattsson
30 April 2015
125 years of May Day: Learn lessons of past struggles
This year marks the 125th International Workers' Day, or 'May Day'. The original call for workers' demonstrations around the world on 1 May was made in July 1889 at the International Socialist Workers Congress in Paris
12 February 2014
The Square: bravery and disappointment in Egypt
David Johnson reviews the film The Square (el Midan, subtitled in English)
22 January 2014
Egypt referendum: no enthusiasm for new constitution
To no one's surprise, 98% of Egyptian voters said yes to the new constitution in the recent referendum
28 August 2013
Egypt: al-Sisi's military tightens its grip on power
Millions across the world, and especially in the Middle East, have been shocked by the killing of hundreds of mainly unarmed people in the Egyptian military's brutal clearance of the two pro-Morsi camps in Cairo.
19 August 2013
Egypt: Hundreds dead as military tries to consolidate power in blood
Millions across the world have been shocked by the killing of hundreds of mainly unarmed people in the Egyptian military’s brutal clearance of the two pro-Morsi camps in Cairo.
Anti-capitalist protest outside St Pauls in London following the Wall Street protests - We are the 99% , photo Paul Mattsson
31 July 2013
The capitalist world in turmoil
"We stand on the eve of convulsive events, the greatest in world history, of which the mighty movements in these countries are the precursor."
31 July 2013
Neither the military nor Morsi... for a workers' government
The Egyptian state's bloody crackdown against Muslim Brotherhood (MB) supporters continues, leaving hundreds dead and injured, writes Niall Mulholland.
10 July 2013
Egypt: Morsi removed - polarisation grows
For independent action by workers and poor: The stormy and bloody developments since the removal and arrest of President Morsi by the military mark a new, challenging and dangerous stage in the unfolding Egyptian revolution
3 July 2013
Mass street protests as Egypt is swept by revolution and counter-revolution
Mohammed Morsi's first anniversary as president of Egypt was marked by even bigger demonstrations than brought about the downfall of Hosni Mubarak
4 July, see new CWI article: Morsi removed - No trust in the generals
12 December 2012
Mass protests in Egypt against Mursi and his reactionary constitution
Big demonstrations have opposed Egyptian President Mohamed Mursi's attempt to seize new powers and railroad through a repressive Islamic constitution
7 December 2012
Demand the immediate release of Ramy Sabry and all activists in Egypt
The CWI condemned the organised killing of journalist Al Housseini Abou Dayf, and the kidnapping and torturing of activists by Muslim Brotherhood members during the recent mass protests
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