More solidarity with the Egyptian Free Union Activists…
Dear Tax Collectors Friends,
We, as Limter-İş Union — that represents 40,000 workers and is affiliated to DİSK (Confederation of Revolutionary Workers’ Unions) — heard about your resistance.
We salute you on behalf of the shipyard workers, a part of our whole working class.
Your resistance is our resistance!
Cem Dinç,
General Secretary [...]

Information about Mahalla is available in Turkish here…

Comrade Cigdem Cidamli sent me a couple of pix and a report on a Palestine solidarity event in Istanbul…

Thousands demonstrated in Britain on May Day… In Turkey, Istanbul was a scene of riots and clashes with the pigs… I received this message from Comrade Cigdem Cidamli on May 2…
dear hossam
I could not write you yesterday because of too much tear gas and other events but you can read what happened yesterday from the [...]

I received the following message from Turkey…
Massive preparation for the 1st of May amidst threats by the Prime Minister
(23.04.2008)- Turkey is on the brink of a historical 1st of May event. Three main labor confederations Turk-Is, DISK and KESK made the call for a 500 thousand strong massive meeting in the Taksim Square. The neoliberal [...]

From Al-Jazeera…
Turkish police have used tear gas to break up May Day demonstrations in Istanbul, arresting up to 700 people, including half a dozen union leaders.
Disk, the country’s labour confederation, said at least one person was badly hurt in the violence as police used water cannons against protesters armed with Molotov cocktails on Tuesday afternoon.
The [...]