Egypt
4 July 2016 · · Syria, USA, Egypt, Iran
Morbid Symptoms - Relapse in the Arab Uprising
The Arab winter as ‘morbid symptom’ Farooq Sulehria reviews Morbid Symptoms - Relapse in the Arab Uprising by Gilbert Achcar. Published May 2016 by Saqi Books, London; ISBN: 9780863561832; P…
12 February 2016 · Women, Egypt
Women’s rights and struggles: Five years after Jasmine revolution
In the run up to International Women's Day on March 8 we aim to publish a number of articles on women's resistance internationally. Farooq Sulehria interviewed Feminist and revolutionary Ahl…
8 December 2013 · Egypt, Syria, USA
People Want: A Radical Exploration of the Arab Uprising
The People Want: A Radical Exploration of the Arab Uprising, by Gilbert Achcar, Saqi books, London Review by Farooq Sulehria Brushing aside a host of fashionable narratives to explain the Ar…
2 October 2013 · · Syria, USA, Egypt, Kurdish struggle · 3 comments
Syria between Revolution and Counter-Revolutions
image no longer in the archive The monarchies want to make a sectarian war out of a democratic uprising. Gilbert Achcar, author of the new book The People Want was interviewed by Terry Conwa…
20 September 2013 · Egypt
An activist's experience of the Egyptian revolution - videos
Photo by Mosa'ab Elshamy, murdered by the counter revolution HANNAH ELSISI, socialist activist from Cairo on the experiences of the Egyptian revolution at a meeting organised by the Anti-Cap…
12 September 2013 · Egypt, Syria
Meeting: Syria and Egypt- Are the Arab revolutions in retreat? What are the results and prospects?
image no longer in the archive MEETING: THURSDAY 19 SEPTEMBER 7:30pm, at ULU, Malet Street, London, WC1E 7HY Speakers: GILBERT ACHCAR , author of The People Want: A Radical Exploration of th…
1 August 2013 · · Egypt, Women
The Arab Spring - results and prospects
Phil Hearse reviews The People Want by Gilbert Achcar, Saqi Books, 2013, £17.99 Is the Arab Spring heading towards what more than one commentator has called ‘Libyan winter’? Was it after all…
6 July 2013 · · Egypt, Brazil · 4 comments
If they come for Muslim Brotherhood in the morning....
Key link between Egyptian ruling class and American imperialism A lot of comrades in Egypt and elsewhere are saying that the overthrow of Mohamed Morsi is a victory both for the revolution a…
4 July 2013 · · Egypt · 2 comments
The Coup in Egypt
A movement that would scare any ruling class The near equality in strength of the two camps contending for power in Egypt led the army to stage a Bonapartist coup writes Sungur Savran It is …
23 November 2012 · · Israel, Palestine, Egypt, Britain
Arrest Israeli War Criminals!
Despite all of the convoluted arguments from Israel’s propagandists, the truth about Israel’s onslaught on Gaza is patently clear to everyone ? yet another murderous attack on civilians livi…
19 August 2012 · · Egypt
Libya after the Elections
Ten months after the overthrow of the old Gaddafi regime the Libyan people participated in their first bona fide national election in almost half a century on the 7 th of July writes Patrick…
12 August 2012 · · Egypt, Trade Unions, USA, Women · 3 comments
Egypt: The Revolution Continues
Eighteen months after mass protests and strikes ousted dictator Hosni Mubarak from power, the basic aspirations that drove Egypt’s uprising remain largely unfulfilled writes Adam Hanieh . Th…
23 April 2012 · students, Egypt
It’s kicking off
Tony Traub discusses Paul Mason’s new book. Why It's Kicking Off Everywhere: The New Global Revolutions Verso £12.99 Paul Mason is a BBC journalist who is not afraid to confront the shortcom…
7 March 2012 · Women, Egypt
"We affirm our solidarity with women in the revolutionary process”
Statement by the International Committee of the Fourth International This statement on solidarity with women in the revolutionary process in the Arab region was adopted by the annual IC meet…
7 March 2012 · Egypt
Defend Eygptian independent trade unionist
The Democracy and Workers’ Rights Center in Palestine strongly condemns the sentence of six months imprisonment issued in absentia by the misdemeanor court of Helwan in Egypt against Mr. Kam…
7 February 2012 · Egypt, USA, Syria, Israel
Revolutions are not over
Saudi Arabia, along with other Gulf states, have been key protagonists in the counter-revolutionary wave unleashed against the uprisings. Indeed, 2011 has clearly demonstrated that imperiali…
29 November 2011 · · Egypt, USA
The revolution continues
Gilbert Achcar reports on the most recent developments across the Arab world While voices were being raised from the right, and part of the left, declaring the “Arab Spring” over and advisin…
3 November 2011 · Egypt, USA
#OWS You Don’t Need a Weatherman
Abra Quinn reports from Oakland. image no longer in the archive One of the signs at Occupy Oakland’s General Strike today read “There are decades when nothing happens, and there are weeks wh…
2 October 2011 · Egypt · 1 comment
Libya - a thoroughgoing popular revolution
This eyewitness account is taken from Socialistworker.org A RECENT editorial SocialistWorker.org editorial ("Who really won in Libya") suggested that it was NATO that, in fact, won the revol…
1 April 2011 · · Egypt
Workers’ Movement key in Middle East Uprisings
When future historians attempt to analyse the reasons why Hosni Mubarak was finally despatched as Egyptian president they will very probably record that it was not the mass occupation of Tah…
12 March 2011 · Egypt, Women, Palestine · 12 comments
First and above all, it’s a democratic uprising
SR speaks to Gilbert Achcar about the root causes of the popular revolts in Libya, Egypt, Tunisia and Yemen and the prospects for revolutionary change across the region. His books include Th…
6 March 2011 · Egypt · 1 comment
Support the Libyan revolution! Gaddafi out!
Fourth International Bureau The shock waves of the Tunisian and Egyptian revolutions continue to spread throughout the Arab world and beyond. For several days, it has been Libya which is at …
26 February 2011 · Egypt, Trade Unions, Palestine, Women · 2 comments
Permanent revolution in the Arab world
The International Committee of the Fourth International at its annual meeting in late February 2011 unanimously adopted the following statement. 1. The extraordinary victory of the Egyptian …
16 February 2011 · Africa, South Africa, Egypt, Women
South African rebellion comes to Grahamstown
The rebellion of the poor has been spreading from town to town, from squatter camp to squatter camp, since 2004. Last week it arrived in Grahamstown. There is no third force, political party…
14 February 2011 · Egypt, Britain, Israel, Trade Unions · 1 comment
Egypt: The Clash of Two Spirits
image no longer in the archive The Mubarak regime—sans the former President himself—has entered into its “Greatest Hits” phase, offering up figures who have been a dominant fixture in elite …
12 February 2011 · Egypt, Israel, USA, Trade Unions · 5 comments
Mubarak Gone: It Is Vital the People Not Stop
One thing is clear from the events of the last 18 days: the power of the people is now back on the world stage in a dramatic fashion. What has transpired in Egypt is nothing less than the la…
8 February 2011 · Egypt · 2 comments
12 February: Global day of action for Egypt
In solidarity, in defiance: global day of action for Egypt, 12 February Saturday 12 February 2011, 12pm to 2pm Trafalgar Square, London Celebrate the enormous achievements of the Eygptian pe…
4 February 2011 · Egypt · 2 comments
Whither Egypt? Gilbert Achcar explains the movement longing for democracy
Do you think that Mubarak's pledge on February 1st not to contest the next election represented a victory for the movement, or was it just a trick to calm down the masses as on the very next…
1 February 2011 · Egypt
SR's "Days of Rage" explains Tunisia and Egypt revolutions
Socialist Resistance has a new pamphlet on the revolutions in Egypt and Tunisia. You can read it below. For a copy, send three first class stamps and your address to our office.
31 January 2011 · Egypt, Trade Unions, USA
Tunisia and Egypt: the revolutions are underway
image no longer in the archive Statement by the Bureau of the Fourth International “The most indubitable feature of a revolution is the direct interference of the masses in historical events…
16 February 2010 · · Palestine, Israel, Iraq, Egypt · 2 comments
Resource wars and the Middle East
Phil Hearse Imperialism has always involved the theft of resources. Julius Caesar said that after his conquest of Gaul, of the 11 million inhabitants, three million had been killed and one m…
6 January 2010 · Palestine, Egypt · 1 comment
URGENT: Viva Palestina faced with 2,000 riot police in the port of Al-Arish!
Our situation is now at a crisis point! Riot has broken out in the port of Al- Arish. This late afternoon we were negotiating with a senior official from Cairo who left negotiations some two…
8 January 2009 · Palestine, Israel, Egypt · 1 comment
Resistance says "Break Links With Apartheid Israel!"
Zionist Israel Slaughters Over 760 Palestinians: Unions must build direct solidarity. A statement by Socialist Resistance’s steering committee. Since Israel withdrew its troops and settlers …