Egyptian cement workers refuse buy-out and propose self-management The Cement workers in Tora, Helwan and Suez are refusing an early buyout scheme their Italian…
Egypt: Garment workers' sit-in reaches 26th day Report from Egyptian blogger Hossam el-Hamalawy on a sit in of over 150, mostly female garment workers at the Mansoura-España Garments Company.
Israel: nine students arrested outside the Knesset. The students were arrested for assaulting police officers.
Strikes in Egypt spread from centre of gravity The longest and strongest wave of worker protest since the end of World War II is rolling through Egypt. In March, the liberal daily al-Masri al…
Interview with Rasem Al Bayari, Palestinian trade unionist Being a trade unionist is a very dangerous business in Palestine.
Updates on student struggle in Israel A week following the previously reported protest, another student protest took a more incendiary turn, blocking streets, burning tires and…
Violence at Iranian mayday celebrations Security forces attacked workers celebrating May Day in different cities across Iran.
Israel: teachers strike over pay and conditions Teachers in Haifa and Tel Aviv have voted to take strike action after the collapse of negotiations over pay and conditions.
Darkness at midnight: Review of Midnight Oil - Work, Energy, War, 1973-1992 by Midnight Notes A review of an anthology of articles by the US autonomist Marxist-influenced…
Lebanon: electricity workers threaten strike Staff at EDL (Lebanese Electricity) have given notice of strike action to begin on May 4.
Student protest in Israel breaks out of police and leaders' control Massive assembly evolves into street-blocking march, as students protest against tuition hikes.
Kafr el-Dawwar workers are in the same trench as Ghazl el-Mahalla A very significant statement of solidarity with the Ghazl el-Mahalla workers from the workers at…