Tag: visualizing dissent
A Visual Diary of a Working Class: The Real Estate Tax Collectors’ Strike
Several bloggers visited the strikers’ camp before its suspension.
Check out some pix by IRC President and by Spellz. Also, Mak forwarded me some shots he took with his mobile:
More photos by journalist and friend Jano Charbel:
And some pix by Farah.
Good job ya shabab. I hope the blogosphere continues to devote this excellent attention to the current wave of strikes. Mubarak’s dictatorship will not be overthrown except by a general strike or another Jan 1977.
We need to continue disseminating the photos of the struggles both locally and abroad. “Seeing” the industrial action by photos and/or videos has a ultra-empowering effect on those who are fighting for the same cause in Egypt and elsewhere, more than just “hearing” or “reading” about it.
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!