Updates on student struggle in Israel
Submitted by Tojiah on May 3 2007 18:21
A week following the previously reported protest, another student protest took a more incendiary turn, blocking streets, burning tires and attempt to block the highway, the latter successful for a longer period of time, though faced with tougher repression.
Violence at Iranian mayday celebrations
Submitted by Ed on May 2 2007 09:56
Security forces attacked workers celebrating May Day in different cities across Iran.
Israel: teachers strike over pay and conditions
Submitted by jef costello on Apr 30 2007 08:11
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
Submitted by Red Marriott on Apr 28 2007 00:36
A review of an anthology of articles by the US autonomist Marxist-influenced Midnight Notes collective and the earlier Zerowork group.
Lebanon: electricity workers threaten strike
Submitted by jef costello on Apr 26 2007 22:25
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
Submitted by Tojiah on Apr 26 2007 15:49
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
Submitted by Joseph Kay on Apr 18 2007 12:02
A very significant statement of solidarity with the Ghazl el-Mahalla workers from the workers at Kaffr el-Dawwar, April 2007.
Egypt: Mahalla crackdown day two
Submitted by Joseph Kay on Apr 16 2007 22:09
An update from an Egypt-based libcom poster on the state repression of the workers movements in Mahalla on the Nile Delta.
Egypt: New crackdown on Mahalla workers
Submitted by Joseph Kay on Apr 16 2007 07:51
A report posted from a libcom user in Egypt concerning repression following the recent wave of strikes there.
Gaza: public sector strike spreads
Submitted by Joseph Kay on Apr 14 2007 14:18
Since last week, 15,000 public sector workers across the Gaza Strip's five biggest towns have walked out in protest at unpaid wages.
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