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Tony Sullivan

International Socialism: The Egyptian workers' movement and the 25 January Revolution - 1 views

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egypt workers

shared by Tony Sullivan on 13 Jan 12 - Cached
  • The mass strikes of September 2011 paralysed the government and the military council and opened up the road to the crisis of November. The independent unions and strike committees which led these strikes are part of what is now probably the biggest social movement in Egypt (with the possible exception of the Muslim Brotherhood), and certainly the biggest organised movement with real roots in the everyday struggles of the poor
  • Will organised workers move into the leadership of the mass revolutionary movement? This article argues that two conditions for this happening have already been met: the workers’ movement has begun to gain enough mastery over its constituent parts to be able to use its social power in battle with the state, while the demands that are now being raised by this movement cannot be satisfied within the limits of neoliberal capitalism in the context of intensifying economic crisis at a local and global level.
  • While the numbers of participants were probably lower than February, the significance of September’s strikes lay in the qualitative shift towards coordinated national and sector-wide strikes.
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  • these were mass strikes articulating generalised social demands with a degree of common purpose which in itself constituted a formidable political challenge to the ruling military council.
حسام الحملاوي

United We Stand فلنتحد at 3arabawy - 0 views

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taxcollectors Egypt Unions left Socialists FreeUnion 3arabawy revolution

shared by حسام الحملاوي on 10 Mar 09 - Cached
  • حسام الحملاوي on 10 Mar 09
     
    The tax collectors domino effect
حسام الحملاوي

اعتصام مفتوح لعمال وسائقي النقل العام لعدم صرف الحوافز - بوابة الأهرام الإلكت... - 0 views

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Egypt Revolution Protests Dictatorship Unions Public Transportation النقل العام

shared by حسام الحملاوي on 10 Feb 11 - Cached
  • حسام الحملاوي on 10 Feb 11
     
    Al-Ahram is not mentioning the political demands of the strikers
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