‘Visions of Solidarity’: US Revolutionary Socialist Hip Hop

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  • MC Red October
  • MC Red October

A solidarity message I received from MC Red October:

We’re doing our part here to build the anti-imperialist side of things. It’s not easy, but more and more people are turning against the war in Iraq and raising questions about US foreign policy more generally. It is a very exciting time. Today I’m performing near a military base with the Iraq Veterans Against the War bus tour.
We hope to see soldiers turn against the war in increasing numbers, because of how important that was to stopping the Vietnam war.

Lawsuit against interior minister over mobile phones ban

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Al-Masry Al-Youm reports that a lawyer by the name Nabil Ghebrial has filed a lawsuit against General Habib el-Adly, Mubarak’s interior minister, and the sheriffs of Zeitoun and Khosous Police Stations, trying to get the Administrative Court to revoke Adly’s decree to ban citizens from carrying their mobile phones inside police stations, following the break out of videogate.

It seems Adly forgets, however, that it is his police agents not the citizens who film the abuse. As for the citizens, they film this, Adly Basha:

Report: 53 labor struggles during June

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The Egyptian Workers and Trade Unions Watch issued its report for the month of June 2007.

The report documents 53 labor struggles during the month, which ranged from strikes, sit-ins, protests, threats to strike.

Those who took part in the protests/strikes were at least 13,000 workers, while those who threatened industrial action were at least 61,000 in total.