Just came  back from the Press Syndicate.. I managed to steal a couple of hours away from the office to go and witness this great event… AND YES THEY DID IT! THEY DID IT!!! THEY DID IT!!! EGYPT’S TAX COLLECTORS HAVE ANNOUNCED THE FIRST INDEPENDENT TRADE UNION IN THE HISTORY OF THE COUNTRY IN HALF [...]

Today the dream comes true… Egypt’s Real Estate Tax Collectors are declaring this afternoon the country’s first independent trade union in half a century, after more than 27,000 civil servants endorsed the call for the free union…

Join the celebrations, 4pm, Press Syndicate…

From the Daily News Egypt…
A policeman who shot a man in Mohandiseen late last month has been charged by the South Giza Prosecutor with murder. His case was referred to court where he is due to stand trial.
Officer Adel Al-Shahed, 23, was charged with the murder of former handball player Tamer Mashour, 31, after a [...]

Egyptian Police Brutality الشرطة المصرية from Hossam on Vimeo.
El-Badeel has obtained exclusive video of Egyptian Police officers cheering and celebrating the shooting of a man, in Marsa Matrouh. The video was taken by the officers, who are seen and heard showering the man with insults, as a trophy..

We are on the side of the Greeks…

Greek Intifada…

It’s a sad day…
An Egyptian emergency court convicted 22 people for participating in deadly food riots in April, handing out sentences ranging from three to five years, the presiding judge said.
The remaining 27 defendants in the high profile case held in the northern provincial capital of Tanta 55 miles (90 kilometers) north of Cairo, were [...]

The Mumbai attacks…

A statement by our comrades in Greece…

Comrade Nikos interviewed by Democracy Now…
I’m bookmarking resources on the Greek intifada here… Spread the link ya shabab…

Pigs are the same everywhere, in Greece, Egypt, or America…
A New York City patrolman used his baton to sodomize a man in a subway station, and two complicit colleagues helped him cover it up, the Brooklyn district attorney charged on Tuesday as he unsealed indictments against three police officers.
Using graphic detail, the district attorney described [...]

Clashes are taking place in El-Elyan Village located 10 km from Tebbeen, south of Cairo, between the citizens and police troops. The details are still fuzzy, but there are unconfirmed reports of two deaths, 13 injuries and the arrests of more than 20 citizens. The road between Tebbeen and El-Saff has been totally shut down…
UPDATE: [...]

Leftist lawyer Ahmed Seif El-Islam Hamad was named Human Rights Defender in Egypt, by Amnesty International…

My article in the December ‘08 issue of the (UK) Socialist Review on Egypt’s Real Estate Tax Collectors is now available online…