Hossam el-Hamalawy
In anticipation of the Egyptian Universities’ professors’ national strike today Mubarak’s Central Security Forces troops have already moved in and surrounded the Cairo University main campus in Giza.
Elsewhere, the Resistance Students have announced they are mobilizing a march today at Helwan University in solidarity with their professors.
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.