Tag: counter-maspero

Twittering from Mahalla

Posted on By 3arabawy

Bloggers continue their trips to Mahalla to report on the 27,000 strong strike, in the Middle East’s biggest textile mill. Nora Younis and Salma were there on Friday. Here are some of the entries on Nora’s Twitter:

Security around factory was relaxed. about 7 hours ago from txt
We spoke to tens of workers all seemed very united. Insisted to show us well kept machines with high sense of ownership! about 7 hours ago from txt
Wondering if we could get chairman on camera too! about 7 hours ago from txt
We are heading back to cairo. Shot footage and salma took good photos. about 7 hours ago from txt
Workers main chant: wa7ed, etnein, hosni mubarak fain. about 9 hours ago from txt
Thousands of workers prayed friday inside factory then protests erupted against gov, chairman, and corruption. about 9 hours ago from txt
Workers who voted for mubarak ask him to return favor. about 9 hours ago from txt
In mahala factory. Thousands of workers and families continue their strike. about 9 hours ago from txt

Spread the word… and the image المقاومة بالصـورة أيضاً

Posted on By 3arabawy

Labor strikes, factory occupations, student protests, street clashes, sit-ins, anti-regime cartoons, activist animations–these all need to be collected, archived, and uploaded to the net. We cannot just be content with spreading the “word,” we have also to spread the “image”.

If you have any video clips of demos, strikes, activist songs, don’t just leave them on your computer hard disks or mobile phones. Go ahead and get a free YouTube account and start uploading ya shabab.

VISUALIZING DISSENT

Labor protest in Alexandria

Posted on By 3arabawy

Citizen-journalism at its best.

While walking in the street Alexandrian blogger Moneer unexpectedly bumped into a protest by Tersanet Iskandriya (Alexandria Arsenal) retired workers, who accepted an early buyout, only to get ripped off by their bosses.

Moneer swung into action right away, interviewed the workers, took photos, video clips, uploaded them to the net, with a detailed report and even a Google Earth snapshot of the protest location.

This is a great illustration for how citizen-journalist can act. Documenting the “memory of the class” is only getting easier and easier.