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Solidarity with Egyptian Workers |
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 Solidarity today condemns the actions of the Egyptian government in its suppression of a wave of mass strikes by Egyptian workers. Hundreds of workers have been arrested and detained whilst the indiscriminate use of rubber bullets, tear gas and live ammunition has left 2 dead and countless others wounded.
Writing online, one Egyptian activist described the scene in the city of Mahalla;
“Try to imagine what the pictures you see of Palestinian towns under occupation… Mahalla is similar to that now. Soldiers, armored vehicles, firetrucks.. Since last night the clashes ended. But who knows, everything may change in a second.”
In a statement issued yesterday, John Rees, vice president (Europe) of the Cairo Conference said:
”In response to a call for a strike on April 6th by the workers in the Mahallah textile complex, the biggest factory in Egypt, the Mubarak regime decided to occupy El-Mahalla complex with security forces, abduct strike committee leaders Kamal El-Faioumy and Tarek Amin and arrest political activists of every political tendency in Cairo and other cities.
Not able to suppress the protests, the Mubarak security forces used rubber-bullets, tear-gas, and live ammunition against the Mahallah people who decided to protest on the streets of the city and in different villages, leaving at least two dead and hundreds injured and around 800 arrested.
We send our solidarity to the Egyptian workers and their supporters. We call on the Egyptian dictatorship to release the 800 detained yesterday including more than 150 political activists (socialists, liberals, and Islamists), more than 600 protestors from Mahallah (mainly women and children) and Mahalah strike Committee leaders.”
ACTION ALERT:
Join Solidarity in condemning the actions of the Mubarak regime by emailing the Egyptian Embassy at;
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