Egypt: Labor and professional syndicates join popular uprising Egypt is currently witnessing unprecedented labor and professional unrest in parallel to the popular…
On food Food has always been an issue in Egypt, whether happy arguments such as who makes the best tameyya or koshari in town, or the persistent anxiety of Egyptians about food prices and how to…
The political carnival A revolutionary, organic, engaged, democratic space has emerged in Tahrir Square. Numbers swell and fall throughout the day, people come and go,…
“We’re Not Leaving Until Mubarak Leaves”: interview with Hossam el-Hamalawy This interview with Egyptian revolutionary socialist journalist Hossam el-Hamalawy was conducted on…
Second guessing the army A sole military checkpoint was set up on the Western side of Qasr el Nile bridge on Friday. On Saturday, this checkpoint became considerably more…
The henchman A strange peculiarity about the Egyptian regime is its insistence on attempting to retain a veneer of legitimacy – even after 30 years of flagrantly falsified elections, torture, corruption…
Egypt unrest: Interview with an Egyptian anarchist An e-mail interview with Nidal Tahrir of the Black Flag Egyptian anarchist group about the uprising.
Roots of the Egyptian revolutionary moment Transcript of an interview with an Egyptian student and activist, describing the strikes and social movements that preceded the present rebellion…
Justice for All: the Struggle for Worker Rights in Egypt 2010 pamphlet on the history of the workers' movement in Egypt. Produced by the AFL-CIO, we do not agree with all of the content but reproduce it due to it containing important factual information.
The nomenclature of a protest There’s now a lot of coverage (too much, too late) on the protests in Cairo and the subsequent ‘pretexts’ by state lackeys dressed up as pro…
The Problem of the Baltagayyah The most recent story in this lamentable chain of media reports is that of “protestors” in Alexandria turning on one another — internecine …