Greetings to the courageous people of Egypt and to the 9 March group who have struggled for freedom on Egyptian university campuses. We stand in solidarity with you and your demands for freedom, dignity, social justice and a decent livelihood. Your courage in standing up to your dictatorial regime and its brutal police is an inspiration to the world, including members of the University and College Union (UCU)—the union of university academics and administrators at Warwick University.
You have led the way to a new future in the Middle East, where governments respect the aspirations of their people and no longer repress them and steal from them. We honour and remember the hundreds of people who sacrificed their lives and the many more who were injured, arrested or tortured during your revolution. We support you as you continue to build social justice and political freedoms in your countries.
Tuesday, 1 March 2011
Warwick UCU sends message of solidarity to union in Egypt
Greetings to the courageous people of Egypt and to the members of RETAU, the first independent trade union in Egypt. We stand in solidarity with you and your demands for freedom, dignity, social justice and a decent livelihood. Your courage in standing up to your dictatorial regime and its brutal police is an inspiration to the world, including members of the University and College Union (UCU)—the union for university and college academics and administrators in the UK.
You have led the way to a new future in the Middle East, where governments respect the aspirations of their people and no longer repress them and steal from them. We honour and remember the hundreds of people who sacrificed their lives and the many more who were injured, arrested or tortured during your revolution. We support you as you continue to build social justice and political freedoms in your countries.
You have led the way to a new future in the Middle East, where governments respect the aspirations of their people and no longer repress them and steal from them. We honour and remember the hundreds of people who sacrificed their lives and the many more who were injured, arrested or tortured during your revolution. We support you as you continue to build social justice and political freedoms in your countries.
Coventry University--Teach-in--2 March, 6pm
The Winter of Angerin the Middle East:
Towards a Spring of Democracy?
Wednesday, 2 March 2011, 6.00 – 7.30 p.m.
Hillman Lecture Theatre, George Eliot Building, Coventry University
Are the Tunisian and Egyptian revolutions the dawn of a new era in the Middle East?
Dr Nicola Pratt
University of Warwick
The revolutions in context: Reclaiming the Arab state from US client regimes
Dr Alex Kazamias
Coventry University
All welcome
Friday, 25 February 2011
SOAS event with Ahdaf Soueif & Glbert Achcar
SOAS Palestine Society
&
The Egyptian Students Association at the University of London
Present:
Marching towards Tahrir: Revolutionary momentum from Sidi Bouzid to Benghazi
Conversation and analysis with Ahdaf Soueif and Gilbert Achcar
Chaired by
Nadje Al-Ali
Professor of Gender Studies
Chair, Centre For Gender Studies (SOAS)
Ahdaf Soueif is an Egyptian short story writer, novelist and political and cultural commentator. Her novels include: ‘The Map of Love’ and ‘In the Eye of the Sun’. Ahdaf was present in Cairo during the Jan 25 Revolution.
Gilbert Achar is a Professor of Development Studies and International Relations at SOAS. His research interests and publication topics include: politics and development economics of the countries of the Middle East and North Africa, empire theory and the unfolding of US hegemony globally and in the “broader Middle East”, social change and social theory.
Monday the 28th of February 2010 at 6pm
Khalili Lecture Theatre (KLT)
Solidarity with the Arab People: demonstrate, London
Demonstrate Friday 25 February : Assemble 3.30pm
Bahrain Embassy, 30 Belgrave Square, London SW1X 8QB
March via the Libyan Embassy to Downing Street
Supported by: Libya Watch for Human Rights • British Libyan Solidarity Campaign • Yemeni Human Rights Watch • Egypt Liberation Initiative • Bahraini Freedom Movement • Stop the War Coalition • Palestine Solidarity Campaign • British Muslim Initiative
International Women's Day: Women of the Revolution
On the 100th anniversary of International Women's Day we celebrate the bravery of women activists and discuss what's next for their human rights in the Middle East and North Africa.
Venue: Human Rights Action Centre, 17-25 New Inn Yard, London EC2A 3EA
Date:Tue 08 Mar 2011
Date:Tue 08 Mar 2011
More info: http://www.amnesty.org.uk/events_details.asp?ID=1770
Tuesday, 22 February 2011
LSE students occupy in solidarity with Libyan uprising
22 February
Students at LSE have occupied the Senior Common Room in protest at LSE's continued links with the Gaddafi regime. They are demanding that LSE condemns the brutal crackdown on protests, returns money donated by the Gaddafi International Charity and Development Foundation. Saif-al-Islam, Colonel Gaddafi's son, is an alumnus of LSE.
Rush messages of support to lselibyasolidarity@gmail.com
Students at LSE have occupied the Senior Common Room in protest at LSE's continued links with the Gaddafi regime. They are demanding that LSE condemns the brutal crackdown on protests, returns money donated by the Gaddafi International Charity and Development Foundation. Saif-al-Islam, Colonel Gaddafi's son, is an alumnus of LSE.
Rush messages of support to lselibyasolidarity@gmail.com
Cambridge teach-in: From Tunisia to Egypt and beyond
Speakers: Maha Abdel-Rahman (Development Studies), Anne Alexander (CRASSH), Glen Rangwala (POLIS), Dina Makram-Ebeid (LSE) and others tbc. Film, slideshow and music from the Egyptian revolution
Keynes Hall, King's College, Cambridge 2-4pm, Wednesday 23 February
This event will create an open space to discuss the revolutions in Tunisia and Egypt, and the growing number of protests in other countries across the Middle East. You can hear firsthand accounts of the uprising in Cairo and join the debate about what the overthrow of Ben Ali and Mubarak means for the region and the wider world. We will also discuss organising in solidarity with those fighting for democracy and social justice in the Middle East.
Keynes Hall, King's College, Cambridge 2-4pm, Wednesday 23 February
This event will create an open space to discuss the revolutions in Tunisia and Egypt, and the growing number of protests in other countries across the Middle East. You can hear firsthand accounts of the uprising in Cairo and join the debate about what the overthrow of Ben Ali and Mubarak means for the region and the wider world. We will also discuss organising in solidarity with those fighting for democracy and social justice in the Middle East.
Saturday, 19 February 2011
UEA Norwich flashmob for the MidEast
Assemble at the centre of the square at UEA, on Weds. 23rd at 1.30pm, for a brief flashmob in solidarity with the people of the Middle East who are rising up.
Bring your mobile phone, obviously! ;-) :-)
Organised by C'llr. Dr. Rupert Read, rupertread AT fastmail.co.uk
Bring your mobile phone, obviously! ;-) :-)
Organised by C'llr. Dr. Rupert Read, rupertread AT fastmail.co.uk
Events in Aberdeen
1) February 15: "Egypt's Revolution", Hosted by the Arab House Society, King's College, Room KCF22, 6pm
2) February 22nd: "Palestine, with reflections from the Arab Uprisings", Debating Society, Taylor Building, Room C11, 7pm
3) March 2nd: "Democracy, Development and the causes of the Arab Revolutions", Hosted by the Politics and International Relations Society as part of International Development Week, Taylor Building, Room A21, 6pm
4) March 22nd: "Resisting Berlusconi's Italy: Lessons from the Arab Uprisings", Hosted by the Italian Society, Taylor Building, Room C11, 5pm
2) February 22nd: "Palestine, with reflections from the Arab Uprisings", Debating Society, Taylor Building, Room C11, 7pm
3) March 2nd: "Democracy, Development and the causes of the Arab Revolutions", Hosted by the Politics and International Relations Society as part of International Development Week, Taylor Building, Room A21, 6pm
4) March 22nd: "Resisting Berlusconi's Italy: Lessons from the Arab Uprisings", Hosted by the Italian Society, Taylor Building, Room C11, 5pm
Rally in solidarity with the Libyan uprising in Manchester
Outside the BBC on Oxford Rd
12-2pm Sunday 20th Feb
5-7pm every day next week from Mon 20th Feb
12-2pm Sunday 20th Feb
5-7pm every day next week from Mon 20th Feb
Solidarity appeal from the independent Egyptian Property Tax Collectors'
'We brought the workers onto the streets and the regime cracked'
When I spoke in London two years ago, I said 'in Egypt the workers'
movement is opening the door of freedom.' Now we have seen that come
true.
Mubarak going has opened the door to trade union freedom here. And we
will
support freedom around the world.
For so many years we were doing it on our own, fighting against a police
state, and all the official trade unions were tools of the government.
Now
we'll have free trade unions, free opinion and free political parties.
When
we went out to the workers, that was the turning point in this
revolution.
We went to the factories and offices and told people the truth. We
brought
the workers onto the streets and the regime cracked.
We want to thank you for your solidarity. We learnt from your struggles.
We
still need your support. We're not talking about money, but about
solidarity. Above all we want to learn together, to exchange ideas to
build
our common struggle.
Tarek Mustafa, National Treasurer, RETAU
Cairo 11 February 2011
Rush messages of support to:
reta.union.reta@gmail.com
When I spoke in London two years ago, I said 'in Egypt the workers'
movement is opening the door of freedom.' Now we have seen that come
true.
Mubarak going has opened the door to trade union freedom here. And we
will
support freedom around the world.
For so many years we were doing it on our own, fighting against a police
state, and all the official trade unions were tools of the government.
Now
we'll have free trade unions, free opinion and free political parties.
When
we went out to the workers, that was the turning point in this
revolution.
We went to the factories and offices and told people the truth. We
brought
the workers onto the streets and the regime cracked.
We want to thank you for your solidarity. We learnt from your struggles.
We
still need your support. We're not talking about money, but about
solidarity. Above all we want to learn together, to exchange ideas to
build
our common struggle.
Tarek Mustafa, National Treasurer, RETAU
Cairo 11 February 2011
Rush messages of support to:
reta.union.reta@gmail.com
Teach-in, From Tunisia to Tahrir
This event is organised as part of national solidarity with the Egyptian revolution on UK campuses
The Egyptian Revolution .. and Beyond
An event hosted by the Centre for the Advanced Study of the Arab World (CASAW)
The University of Manchester
Thursday 24 February 2011
1.00 – 5.30pm
Programme:
Session 1: 1-2pm
"Personal Accounts and the Role of the Youth Movement in the Egyptian Revolution" - Speakers: Hoda Elsadda, Katan Alder, Tom Brook
Session 2: 2-3pm
"Links between the Revolutions in Tunisia and Egypt
3-3.30: Tea & Coffee Break
Session 3: 3.30-4.30pm
"The Influence of the Labour Movement in the Egyptian Revolution" - Speaker: Dalia Mostafa
Session 4: 4.30-5.30pm
"Can the Revolution Spread Across the Middle East ?" Speaker: TBC
Egypt's Revolution and Beyond
As part of 'Solidarity with the Egyptian Revolution on UK Campuses'
Roundtable discussion, 21 Feb 2011, 6pm, at Warwick University, main campus, Room MS.04
Nicola Pratt, Associate Professor of the International Politics of the Middle East: Background to the revolution and its implications for the Middle East region
Hazem Azmy, Theatre and Performance Studies: Theatre and Identity in Egypt since 9/11 and personal reflections on the Egyptian revolution
Salma Belaala, Marie Curie Fellow, CRER: Will Algeria and Libya follow Egypt?
Jan Aart Scholte, Professor of Politics and International Studies: International dimensions of Egypt's Transformation
All welcome.
Roundtable discussion, 21 Feb 2011, 6pm, at Warwick University, main campus, Room MS.04
Nicola Pratt, Associate Professor of the International Politics of the Middle East: Background to the revolution and its implications for the Middle East region
Hazem Azmy, Theatre and Performance Studies: Theatre and Identity in Egypt since 9/11 and personal reflections on the Egyptian revolution
Salma Belaala, Marie Curie Fellow, CRER: Will Algeria and Libya follow Egypt?
Jan Aart Scholte, Professor of Politics and International Studies: International dimensions of Egypt's Transformation
All welcome.
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