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Turkey

Boğaziçi University students protest appointment of government loyalist as rector

February 5, 2021 Dilan Kafkas, CWI Türkiye

Demonstrations have been continuing at Boğaziçi University since January 2021. Students and university staff are resisting the appointment of a government loyalist, Melih Bulu, as rector, by Presidential Recep Tayyip Erdogan. The reason for appointing […]

Egypt

Egypt: The road to the 2011 revolution

January 25, 2021 David Johnson

Ten years ago a mighty uprising of Egyptian workers and youth ousted President Hosni Mubarak’s brutally dictatorial regime, an event that resonated around the world. Starting on 25 January 2011, increasing numbers turned out in […]

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Ten years since the ‘Arab Spring’- key lessons for socialists

January 23, 2021 Judy Beishon

The year 2011 began with mass protests spreading across the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) which shook the ground beneath the feet of the region’s many autocratic regimes. The decades-long dictators – Ben Ali […]

Lebanon

Lebanon’s overlapping crises create desperate situation for working class

January 12, 2021 Iain Dalton

Like many countries around the world, 2021 has begun with a new lockdown being implemented across Lebanon, until the end of January. This is a result of a dramatic increase in the numbers of Covid […]

Turkey

Turkey: Metal workers fight low wages, poor conditions and union-busting

December 18, 2020 Berkay Kartav, Devrimci Sosyalist Sol - CWİ Türkiye

Metal workers employed by a factory in Corum, Turkey, joined the United Metal Workers union to improve low wages and bad working conditions in the factory. They have been sacked by the management on trumped-up […]

Iran

Iran: Release the Haft Tappeh Workers’ Union representatives!

November 2, 2020 Lukas Zöbelein, Sozialistische Organisation Solidarität (CWI Germany)

On 30 October, four representatives of the Haft Tappeh Workers’ Union were arrested by the Iranian regime’s security forces and imprisoned in the Shush detention centre. The arrested workers are Ebrahim Abasi Monjezi, Yousef Bahmani, […]

Greece

Turkey and Greece tensions over eastern Mediterranean Sea natural gas 

September 26, 2020 Berkay Kratav, EK Türkiye – Devrimci Sosyalist Sol (CWI)

After reaching a peak in August, the tensions between Turkey and Greece, both of which are members of Nato, over natural gas reserves in the eastern Mediterranean Sea have now entered a new phase, with […]

Egypt

Egypt: Support for Sisi dwindles as his regime increases repression

September 7, 2020 David Johnson, CWI

Popular support for Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi’s dictatorial regime is vanishing. Only fourteen per cent of adults took part in August’s Senate election, despite polling stations open for two days and voting is compulsory. […]

Iran

Strike wave marks new stage in revival of Iranian workers’ movement

September 4, 2020 Lukas Zöbelein, Sozialistische Organisation Solidarität (CWI Germany)

Since the beginning of August, Iran has seen more and more workers from different sectors follow the example of the Haft Tappeh sugar cane workers who went on strike on 14 June. These workers started […]

Turkey

Turkey: Public service workers sacked by presidential decree continue struggle

August 27, 2020 CWI Reporter, Turkey

Public service workers in Turkey who were expelled in the aftermath of the failed coup attempt against the Erdogan government in July 2016 are continuing their determined resistance. Their struggle sets an example for the […]

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