A march will be organized on Sunday 27 January, 6pm, from the Press Syndicate to the ministerial cabinet headquarters to denounce the new law banning strikes and protests.
Tag: uprising
Public Transport workers declare a free union
Thursday was a fantastic day! I attended the launching of a new independent union in Egypt, by the BRAVE public transport workers, whose strikes were central to the overthrow of Mubarak. This was followed by another declaration of another free union, by the Manshiyet el-Bakri Hospital workers.
Many of the workers present in the event also signed to join the Democratic Labor Party. More free unions are coming soon, mark my word. The strategy adopted by the radical left is giving full support for the strike wave, pushing strongly in the direction of forming a unified labor party that represents the political interests of the working class in the ongoing revolution and, in parallel efforts, building a new federation of independent trade unions.
This revolution is hardly finished, and we have to work 25 hours a day to liaise between strike leaders and organizers of social protests across the country. We need to create national coordinating mechanisms. The spontaneity of the current strikes is not enough to achieve victory. We need structures, formed by the workers themselves, that will link the different industrial centers together, and reach out to the civil servants and students. Only then we can talk of overthrowing the military dictatorship.
#Jan25 The day it all started
The day it all started. On January 25th, 2011, political opposition to the ruthless Mubarak regime organized mass demonstrations starting from urban poor areas such as Shobra chanting against high prices and political corruption heading all the way to Tahrir, where it turned into a revolution. Many protests like this happened before and many took place that day just like this one all over Egypt, but this time the people decided “we’ve had enough” and we are still saying it. Revolution continues.