Inspired by the Ghazl el-Mahalla strikers, Brazilian cartoonist Carlos Latuff has sent me the following cartoon:
Bloggers heading up north please print out the cartoon and distribute it among the strikers. Tell them their struggle is inspiring people in other continents as far as Latin America. Thanks Latuff!
Thousands of Ghazl el-Mahalla strikers demonstrated following breaking their fast with the dusk prayers, demanding the release of their five detained comrades, reports Kareem el-Beheiri.
I received a statement from the Workers’ Coordination Committee regarding the Ghazl el-Mahalla Strike.
The statement describes how the political forces are now united behind the Mahalla workers, and includes details about the solidarity movement with the strikers that is mushrooming. Not only was there a solidarity protest at the Grain Mills, and a strike looming in few hours at Kafr el-Dawar.. but there were statements issued by the Textile workers in Ghazl Shebeen workers, as well as a strong fundraising campaign for the strikers among the workers in Mahalla, Tanta, Helwan, Shobra, the Tenth of Ramadan City, Suez, Alexandria, Beheira, Mansoura, Ismailia and Port Said.
The statement also includes more details about the case against the Mahalla Five, and it turns out there are new charges leveled against two journalists from the opposition Al-Wafd newspaper for “inciting the strikers”!!!!! Basically it’s a move by the Mubarak’s regime to intimidate labor correspondents from covering the strike.
Down with Mubarak… Victory to the Mahalla Strikers…