Middle East

Suez Fertiliser Company workers score victory

Submitted by Ed on Aug 28 2007 11:25
Train drivers blockade tracks during recent strikewave in Egypt

The recent strikewave in Egypt continues as fertiliser workers are victorious in their most recent industrial action.

Class struggle in Iraq - interview with a veteran

Submitted by Mike Harman on Aug 27 2007 08:08

An interview covering class struggle in Iraq from the '40s to early '90s in Iraq.

Reservation Politics: the Palestinian experience through the historical monocle of Native Americans - Melancholic Troglodytes

Submitted by Red Marriott on Aug 16 2007 14:10
Palestinians in Native American costume protest Condoleeza Rice visit

An historical examination of the similarities and differences in the situations of the Palestinians and the Native Americans.

General strike shuts down Israel

Submitted by Ed on Jul 25 2007 17:07
This post office, like hundreds of others, have been closed by strike action

A general strike brought Israel's economy to a near halt Wednesday as all but emergency services shut down.

Palestinian union hit on all sides

Submitted by Ed on Jul 25 2007 16:57
Hamas militants have repeatedly attacked Palestinian trade unionists

An article from the Al-Jazeera website detailing the repression faced by trade unionists in Palestine not only from the Israeli state but also from the 'national liberation' militias of Hamas and Fatah.

1991: The Kurdish uprising

Submitted by Mike Harman on Jul 22 2007 11:36
Kurdish rebels, 1991

The following is an account of the uprising in Kurdistan in 1991, which buries the lies of the western media which presented this proletarian uprising as the work of nationalist parties in the north or Shi'ite religious fanatics in the south.

Syrian-Lebanese dispute and its implications for the class struggle, 1500-2003 - Melacholic Troglodytes

Submitted by Mike Harman on Jul 22 2007 08:30

Melancholic Troglodytes' pamphlet covering the history of the Syrian/Lebanese dispute from 1500-2003.

Iranian trade unionist kidnapped

Submitted by Ed on Jul 11 2007 01:16
Kidnapped: Mansour Osanloo

Iranian bus union leader, Mansour Osanloo, was kidnapped on his way home from work yesterday.

The Zanj slaves rebellion, AD 869-883

Submitted by Mike Harman on Jul 4 2007 18:40

A history of the Zanj slave rebellion - East African slaves in Mesopotamia during the 9th century. These events took place around Basra, in modern day Iraq.

Statement from Ghazl el-Mahalla's "7th of December Movement- Workers For Change"

Submitted by Khawaga on Jun 24 2007 16:08
The 7th of December Movement- Workers For Change Statement

In December, Egypt saw a wildcat strike of 27,000 people at the Ghazl el-Mahalla textile factory. As militancy has spread across and beyond the sector in the region, workers in Ghazl el-Mahalla have formulated the following statement.