Middle East Workers' Solidarity
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Information about the labour movement in Egypt, Iraq, Iran, and elsewhere in the Middle East, and about what's being done in the British labour movement to raise solidarity.
Egypt
Brotherhood splits behind Egyptian poll
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In Egypt’s 2011-12 parliamentary elections reactionary religious parties swept the board.
Egypt: what political voice?
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Pete Radcliff visited Cairo earlier this month. He reports on the political situation facing democracy and trade union activists.
The Egyptian Revolution: one year on ... what next?
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Date:
16 February, 2012 - 19:30 - 21:00
Location:
International Community Centre, Mansfield Road, Nottingham
Description:
Nottingham socialist Pete Radcliff will give a report back from his recent visit to Cairo and introduce a discussion on 'what next?' for the Egyptian revolution.
Kamal al-Fayoumi arrested as Egyptian regime retaliates to strikes
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Update: According to AhramOnline Kamal has been released.
Eyewitness in Cairo
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Yesterday (6 February) the atmosphere in Tahrir Square was more relaxed and somewhat confident. News of the general strike called by CTUWS for 11 February had got round.
Arab Spring impacts on Palestinians
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Hamas, the Palestinian Islamist group which runs Gaza as a one-party religious state, has moved three quarters of its staff out of Syria.
Islamist victories in Egypt. What now?
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The winners in Egypt’s first free election since World War Two are, in the words of prominent commentator Juan Cole, ‘the equivalent of the Tea Party’: conservative religious parties, of which the lar
Iraqi revolutionary Nadia Mahmood reports back from Egypt
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Date:
17 June, 2011 - 21:30 - 23:30
Location:
The Ship, 68 Borough Road, London SE1 1DX
Description:
Nadia Mahmood of the Worker-communist Party of Iraq is currently in Egypt building links with left and working-class organisations there. Come and hear her report back on who she met, what she saw and what she learned.