http://arabist.net/arabawy/2006/09/17/lecture-resisting-vote-rigging/ Fri, 21 Nov 2008 06:21:48 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 http://arabist.net/arabawy/2006/09/17/lecture-resisting-vote-rigging/#comment-73 Hossam el-Hamalawy Sat, 23 Sep 2006 16:29:56 +0000 http://arabist.net/arabawy/2006/09/17/lecture-resisting-vote-rigging/#comment-73 The obstacles are many, but the most important one is the fact that there is no single political group that has the enough grassroot support in the industrial centers, which could mobilize for it. There are breakthroughs for lefties in several places, and sure the movement is revived, but still it needs more efforts to link with the factories and have enough presence in the labor circles, so they could push for an alternative union body. The obstacles are many, but the most important one is the fact that there is no single political group that has the enough grassroot support in the industrial centers, which could mobilize for it.
There are breakthroughs for lefties in several places, and sure the movement is revived, but still it needs more efforts to link with the factories and have enough presence in the labor circles, so they could push for an alternative union body.

]]> http://arabist.net/arabawy/2006/09/17/lecture-resisting-vote-rigging/#comment-43 issandr Mon, 18 Sep 2006 09:09:00 +0000 http://arabist.net/arabawy/2006/09/17/lecture-resisting-vote-rigging/#comment-43 There's been some talk over the years of setting up independent alternative trade unions. Did it ever amount to anything? What are the obstacles to setting up trade unions beyond state control beyond legal ones? There’s been some talk over the years of setting up independent alternative trade unions. Did it ever amount to anything? What are the obstacles to setting up trade unions beyond state control beyond legal ones?

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