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Strikes: The common denominator

Posted on By 3arabawy

Oil workers protest عمال البترول يطالبون بالتثبيت
Although the current strike wave is still largely spontaneous without organized leadership, the common denominator between all the industrial actions remain:

1- Ridding the workplace from the corrupt managers, who are in most of the cases personnel affiliated with the Mubarak’s regime and its neoliberal program.

2- Job security. Most of the Egyptian workers spend years in the workplace without contracts, though social security and taxes are still deducted from their monthly salaries or daily wages.

Rage continues in parliament street

Posted on By 3arabawy

Protesters in front of the parliament
Thousands of protesters descended on the parliament today, calling for the continuation of the revolution, the execution of Field Marshal Tantawi, the prosecution of the SCAF generals, as well as social demands related to the renationalization of privatized factories, self management and setting a national minimum wage of at least LE1,200.

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The protesters also denounced the Muslim Brotherhood, accusing them of “selling out the revolution.” Muhammad Badie, the group’s “supreme guide” received the lion share of the demonstrators’ wrath. The Brothers mobilized hundreds of their supporters to form human chains in front of the parliament entrances, in front of the police troops. The Brothers chanted against the revolutionaries, asserting that “legitimacy now stems from the parliament, not from the (Tahrir) square.” Minor scuffles took place. Lawyer Malek Adly said the Brothers kidnapped a protesters and handed him over to the police.

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You can check out some more pix from today on my Flickr.