Hossam el-Hamalawy
The profs are still determined to go ahead with their national strike on 23 March, despite coming under pressures from the regime.
For continuous updates, keep an eye on the Egyptian Universities Strike and Tadamon Blogs.
In other developments, the Socialists on campuses continue mobilizing in solidarity with the Palestinian resistance, while in Alexandria, the Muslim Brotherhood students are facing continuous assaults by police-hired criminal thugs.
The Professors’ “Strike Coordination Committee” issued a statement, with a set of demands to the govt, urging all university lecturers and assistant lecturers to join in the national mobilization on 23 March.
My heart and thoughts go out to the brave professors who are leading the fight for the independence of the university from police rule and for improving the work conditions for tens of thousands of lecturers around the country.
I hope to see good mobilization by the Socialist Students, MBs and all other student groups on the campuses in solidarity with their teachers.
In other developments, Doctors without Rights called for a meeting 14 March, one day before the planned sit-in, to discuss strategy and tactics vis a vis the syndicate board and the govt…
UPDATE: The profs have launched a blog for planning and publicizing the strike. Check it out here.
Protests, statements over Palestine and skyrocketing tuition fees continue on Cairo University campus, led by the Socialist Students, Muslim Brothers, and the professors’ 9th of March Movement for the Independence of the Egyptian Universities.