A chart I drew during a tutorial I gave to Al-Masry Al-Youm’s English Edition journalists on the use of social networks to spread information, with labor strikes as a case study.
Archive for the 'Labor عمال' Category
The fight has officially begun… Egypt’s postal workers demand an independent trade union…
Following the police ban of the 7th Cairo Anti-War Conference (which was scheduled from 14 to 17 May), the Center for Socialists Studies will be holding an alternative one-day event, this Friday 15 May, with the participation of activists from Denmark, Britain, Iraq and Italy.
The Sessions:
11am to 1pm: Presentations and exchanging experiences about the solidarity movement with the Arab resistance, and obstacles facing the movement
2pm to 4pm: The future of the solidarity movement with the resistance
5pm to 7pm: Linking the struggles.. The social questions and the struggle against imperialism
The Center is located 7 Mourad Street, Giza..
يوم تضامن عالمي بمناسبة ذكرى النكبة
في سياق المنع الأمني لمؤتمر القاهرة الدولي السابع، لمناهضة الاستعمار والصهيونية، والذي كان من المقرر له ان ينعقد في الفترة14-17مايو الجاري. يتشرف مركز الدراسات الاشتراكية بدعوتكم لحضور فعاليات موازية، بالاشتراك مع ناشطين من الدانمارك، وانجلترا، والعراق، وإيطاليا. وذلك يوم الجمعة، 15مايو2009، بمقر مركز الدراسات الاشتراكية،7ش مراد، الجيزة.
الجلسات:
الجلسة الأولى: 11-1: إشكاليات دعم المقاومة، وتبادل الخبرات
الجلسة الثانية:2-4: سبل وآليات عملية لدعم المقاومة في الفترة القادمة
الجلسة الثالثة: 5-7: الربط بين النضال الاجتماعي، والنضال ضد الاستعمار
This is the sixth multimedia piece Isabel and I are working on, part of a bigger project to document the fight for free unions in Egypt… In this video, Tax strike leader Abdel Qader Nada recalls his colleagues’ dedication to the strike in the face of their personal struggles.
The Center for Socialist Studies has put out its new monthly issue of The Socialist…
1200 workers at El-Masriya Pharmaceuticals are now staging a sit-in and hungerstrike in their company premise..

























