In less than three hours, expect the Kafr el-Dawar Textile Mills, home to roughly 12000 workers, to come to a complete halt in solidarity with Ghazl el-Mahalla.
My heart and thoughts go out to the textile strikers in the Nile Delta.
Tag: strikes
Solidarity from Latuff
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 strikers demonstrate in support of the Mahalla 5
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.