Egypt
Egypt: Workers flex their industrial muscle
Victory boosts workers’ confidence to defend living standards
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Egypt
Egypt: Strike wave shakes regime
Ruling elite fear social explosions
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Egypt: ‘Democratic reforms’ unravel
Workers and youth have had enough of US-supported Mubarak regime
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Egypt: Farcical election dents Bush’s Middle East strategy
With 89% of the votes, Egypt’s first contested presidential election on September 7th could have been a crushing victory for Hosni Mubarak. But according to official figures only 23% voted.
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Egypt: Ground shaking beneath Mubarak’s feet
“The fish starts rotting from the head. Don’t you smell the rot of our fish?” An Egyptian human rights lawyer, speaking out at a press conference on February 22nd, expressed the growing confidence of opponents […]
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Egypt: Mubarak regime faces ‘boiling’ opposition
Laila: There has been one governing party in power for 25 years, the ‘National Democratic Party’, the part of President Mubarak. Elections are held but they are very corrupt. The government says it wants to […]