Protesters chanted against SCAF and slept in front of the military armored vehicles so as to prevent them from moving, as demonstrations continue in front of the Israeli embassy in Giza, demanding the expulsion of the ambassador and severing all relations with the apartheid regime.
Tag: #jan25
Resources on the 25 January 2011 Egyptian Revolution.
Independent union of public transport workers threaten to strike
I attended a meeting last night that included the leaders of the independent union of public transport workers, where they were discussing their ongoing fight with the government over pay and corruption in the transport authority.
There are divisions among the trade unionists whether to pursue the strike on Sunday or to postpone it for two weeks to coincide with the start of schools on 17 September so as to have more impact. The situation should be clarified on Saturday night.
“The dead won’t vote”
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| From Piggipedia |
SS Police General Muhammad Refaat Qomsan—the man who oversaw and helped engineer the rigging of elections under Mubarak and who still keeps his job—is now a reformed man, a revolutionary, and he’s assuring us that the next parliamentary elections won’t be rigged and that the “dead won’t vote.”
Yeah, right.