The Textile Workers League has distributed leaflets today calling for a one-hour protest against privatization this Thursday, 30 October, 3:30pm by the end of the first work shift.
Propaganda and agitation in Ghazl el-Mahalla Co factories have been resumed in full force following the set back caused by the April security crackdowns, and I learned last week that the circulation of the League’s newsletter has doubled.
More details later.
If a police officer tortures and rapes a detainee, he’s given only three years in prison.
If an officer beats a detainee to death, he’s also given three years in prison.
At a time when their leaders are in languishing in prison following a military tribunal, their organizers are still targeted by the police, their student union elections candidates are violently assaulted by security thugs, when education fees are skyrocketing as the country embraces a global recession, the Muslim Brotherhood student activists are responding by a campaign, according to a statement I received, for:
morals, Islamic dress codes for boys and girls, and issues related to the youth like regulations for socializing between the two genders and the proper way to talk.