Tonight 7pm, Monday 12 November, The Center for Soicialist Studies is organizing a public meeting on the Tax Officers’ Strike. Speakers will include some of the leading trade unionists in the current fight: Said Abdel Wanis, Ezzat Shedid, and Mervat Helal.
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Demonstrate against Omraniya Police torturers
Egyptians Against Torture activists have called for a protest, Thursday 15 November, 6pm, in front of El-Omraniya Police Station, after two detainees died under torture in less than three months.
The Torture Factory is located at El-Haram Street, between Nasr Eddin Station and the Security Directorate. More information about the protest could be found here. Make sure you also check out the Torture Wikipedia entries on Omraniya’s pigs.
October industrial action report
I received a report from the Egyptian Workers and Trade Unions Watch documenting 56 labor conflicts in the last two weeks of October.