http://arabist.net/arabawy Sat, 04 Jul 2009 12:02:47 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en My feature in Al-Masry Al-Youm on the Tanta Flax and Oil Company strike... A political taboo for two decades, nationalization is a recurrent demand in the latest wave of labour strikes in privatized textile firms. Hossam el-Hamalawy reports The Nile Delta village of Mit Hebeish, 10 minute drive from the southern entrance ... http://arabist.net/arabawy/2009/07/04/the-n-word/ International Socialism: Gandhi: the man behind the mythstags: India, GandhiIn India and elsewhere Gandhi has been criticised for being “anti_modern”, a hardline traditionalist, a blackmailer who used fasting as a means of getting his way; on the left he is seen as the “mascot of the bourgeoisie” and anti working ... http://arabist.net/arabawy/2009/07/04/3arabawy-bookmarx-07042009-a-m/ The Honduran coup d'etat - The Big Picture - Boston.comFantastic pictures!tags: Honduras, Photography, Resistance, Military, CoupDaily News Egypt - El-Badeel staff start sit-in as weekly edition axedtags: El-Badeel, Egypt, Media, Left, Sit-inDaily News Egypt - Muslim Brotherhood will not challenge successiontags: Egypt, MuslimBrothers, Mubarak, تعريصاليوم السابع | حفظ التحقيقات فى ... http://arabist.net/arabawy/2009/07/03/3arabawy-bookmarx-07032009-p-m/ From Reuters via @MohamedWaked... An Israeli submarine sailed the Suez Canal to the Red Sea as part of a naval drill last month, defense sources said on Friday, describing the unusual maneuver as a show of strategic reach in the face of Iran. Israel long kept its three Dolphin-class submarines, which are ... http://arabist.net/arabawy/2009/07/03/israeli-sub-sails-suez-signaling-reach-to-iran/ Tanta Flax and Oil Company workers on strike since May 31st, Mit Hebeish, Gharbeia Province... http://arabist.net/arabawy/2009/07/03/strikers_flax/ يالالاللي: إذا فلسنصبر ولنحتسبtags: Egypt, MuslimBrothers, Detaineesأخبار سياسية | شيخ الأزهر: النقاب ليس فريضة وموقف ساركوزي منه شأن داخليtags: Azhar, Niqab, France, Racism, Wankers, Islamophobia, تعريصBigotry dressed as gallantry: Sarko and the burqa « The Moor Next Doortags: Niqab, France, Islam, HumanRights, Racism, Women, Islamophobiaعلقة ساخنة من أبطال الكتان المضربين ... http://arabist.net/arabawy/2009/07/02/3arabawy-bookmarx-07022009-p-m/ Unions on Twitter | Creative Unionstags: Twitter, Unions, Workers, Activism, Media1) Set up your website to receive incoming RSS feeds from the picket lines or other major events like conferences. 2) Labor leaders can twitter their daily activities to keep members apprised of what leadership is working on and fighting for. 3) If you ... http://arabist.net/arabawy/2009/07/02/3arabawy-bookmarx-07022009-a-m/ Egypt's strike wave continues... http://arabist.net/arabawy/2009/07/02/strikes-3/ قيادات عمالية تشكل اللجنة التحضيرية للعمال | مركز الدراسات الاشتراكية - مصرtags: Egypt, Workers, التحضيرية, اللجنةعمال طنطا للكتان يطالبون بتأميم الشركة | مركز الدراسات الاشتراكية - مصرtags: Workers, Strikes, Egypt, Tanta, Flax, OilDaily News Egypt - More than 300 Shia Egyptians arrestedtags: Egypt, Shiites, Detainees, HumanRights, Pigs, PoliceDaily News Egypt ... http://arabist.net/arabawy/2009/07/01/3arabawy-bookmarx-07012009-p-m/ Apocalyptica... http://arabist.net/arabawy/2009/07/01/apocalyptica-metal-cellometal-doommetal/ Follow comrade @mohamedwaked on Twitter... http://arabist.net/arabawy/2009/07/01/radical-tweets/ Honduras, A return to the Dirty War? http://arabist.net/arabawy/2009/07/01/honduras-a-return-to-the-dirty-war/ نقل قيادات رابطة المراقبين الجويين لمطارات نائية لإجهاض الوقفة الاحتجاجية - بوابة الشروقtags: Egypt, Workers, Air, traffic, Controllers, DemonstrationsThe Angry Arab News Service/وكالة أنباء العربي الغاضب: Obama and Hondurastags: Obama, Honduras, dirtywarThe statements by Obama on Honduras leads to think that 1) either he is lying and there is a ... http://arabist.net/arabawy/2009/07/01/3arabawy-bookmarx-07012009-a-m/ BM News: Tanta, police violence and workers’ strike « Bikya Masrtags: Egypt, Workers, Twitter, Tanta, Flax, Oil, Strikes, Media, police, pigsbitlyFF :: Add-ons for FirefoxUseful FireFox Add-on for shortening links. It's very helpful with Tweeting.tags: Firefox, Add-on, Plug-ins"التحضيرية للعمال".. تنظم فاعليات للمطالبة برفع الحد الأدنى للأجور | مركز الدراسات الاشتراكية ... http://arabist.net/arabawy/2009/06/30/3arabawy-bookmarx-06302009-p-m/ Police banned Al-Masry Al-Youm (E) journalist Joseph Mayton today from entering the Tanta Flax and Oil Company to cover the ongoing strike. Police agents stopped the traffic in front of the factory's compound in Mit Hebeish and shoved Joey and the other journalist into a microbus that dropped them off ... http://arabist.net/arabawy/2009/06/30/police-ban-journalists-entry-to-tanta-flax-and-oil-co/ http://arabist.net/arabawy/2009/06/30/14407/ President of the Independent Union of Real Estate Tax Collectors, Kamal Abu Eita, slams the state-backed General Federation of Trade Unions, calling on workers to strike for free unions, during a public meeting at the Press Syndicate... http://arabist.net/arabawy/2009/06/30/kamal-2/ U.S. treads carefully with Honduras crisis - Los Angeles Timestags: Honduras, dirtywar, USA, MilitaryThe administration's approach appeared designed to avoid damaging Washington's ties either to U.S.-allied backers of the coup that forcibly removed President Manuel Zelaya or the regional powers that have universally condemned it.But while condemning the overthrow, U.S. ... http://arabist.net/arabawy/2009/06/30/3arabawy-bookmarx-06302009-a-m/ Blogger Wael Abbas is currently staging a sit-in at the Cairo International Airport. Wael was heading back from Sweden where he was attending a social media conference. His plane arrived around 3am in Cairo. His passport was taken by State Security Police for four hours, and was only returned to ... http://arabist.net/arabawy/2009/06/30/blogger-harrassed-at-cairo-airport/ Mostafa, a 37-year-old Tanta Falx and Oil Co worker, shouting he was unlawfully sacked two years ago after taking part in a strike. The reinstatement of nine sacked workers, including Mostafa, is one of the demands of the ongoing strike. http://arabist.net/arabawy/2009/06/30/mostafa/