A video of Kefaya’s demonstration in solidarity with the Mahalla strikers, Thursday night, Cairo’s Press Syndicate…

Listen to the NDP official admitting how scared the regime feels regarding the ongoing Mahalla strike, yet still stupidly blaming the Muslim Brotherhood for the unrest in the textile sector…!

In solidarity with the Ghazl el-Mahalla strikers, independent singer and friend Ehaab Abdou, wrote and sent me a poem… Click on the poster below to download it…

Fellow bloggers travelling up North, kindly print out this peom and distribute it among the strikers…
Shokran ya Ehaab…!

Kareem el-Beheiri continues his coverage of the sixth day of Ghazl el-Mahalla strike… Click on the pic he took below…

A Friday seremon was held in the factory, where a local imam called on the workers continue resistance and stay steadfast in the face of pressures…
No sabotage was reported in the factory, contrary to the government [...]

Ghazl el-Mahalla blogger Kareem el-Beheiri interviews labor leader El-Sayyed Habib…

Habib ends the interview by issuing a clear call to all international labor unions to express their solidarity with the strikers…
To find out more about the life of Habib, click on the pic below…

[Above: El-Sayyed Habib showing his visitors anti-govt cartoons drawn by the workers. Photo [...]

Today’s Al-Masry Al-Youm had a detailed report by Ali Zalat on the “Night of Rumours and Horrors”, where he described the picture in the factory, the night before yesterday, when there were signs Mubarak’s troops were about to storm the compound to break the 27,000 strong strike… Click on Ali’s pic below to read the [...]

Comrade Mohamed Gaber uploaded some of the pro-Mahalla demo pix to his flickr account… Click on the photo below to check’em out..

[Above: Gaber holding Carlos Latuff's cartoon, during Thursday's solidarity demo with the Mahalla strikers.]

(Thanks Heba)
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Bloggers continue their trips to Mahalla to report on the 27,000 strong strike, in the Middle East’s biggest textile mill… Nora Younis and Salma were there on Friday… Here are some of the entries on Nora’s Twitter…
Security around factory was relaxed. about 7 hours ago from txt
We spoke to tens [...]

The International Textile, Garment and Leather Workers Federation has sent Hosni Mubarak the following letter…
Egyptian Government Urged to Intervene to Protect Rights of Striking Textile Workers
FOR THE PRESS
Egyptian Government Urged to Intervene to Protect Rights of Striking Textile Workers
For immediate release: September 27, 2007
The Egyptian government been urged to act immediately to protect the [...]

Despite all the criticisim I level against Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International regarding some of their stands towards the Palestinian cause, I’ve always respected their sincere solidarity campaigns launched with Egyptian activists. But one thing I cannot comprehend at the moment, is how these two rights watchdogs have paid so much attention to demos [...]

I received a statement issued by the Mahalla Solidarity Committee on Thursday, with more details about the solidarity action with the Ghazl el-Mahalla strikers… Click on the poster below to download the (Arabic) statement…

According to the statement, a number of textile labor activists in Bolivara, El-Soyouf, and Alexandria Spinning and Weaving have met and are [...]