Event: Striking back? Workers and the battle for social justice in Egypt

A discussion and film showing of ‘Out on the Street’ by Philip Rizk and Jasmina Metwaly hosted by Middle East Solidarity magazine Strikes, sit-ins and protests by workers resisting privatisation, corruption and police brutality played a key role in preparing the ground for the Egyptian revolution of 2011, while mass walkouts during the uprising itself…

“The Square” to be screened at London’s Human Rights Watch Film Festival

On Tuesday 18 March, a Film Festival Benefit will mark the start of the 2014 Human Rights Watch Film Festival in London. The evening will feature the screening of The Square at the Curzon Mayfair Cinema, followed by a reception at Dartmouth House. The Square: From the overthrow of Hosni Mubarak’s 30-year-long dictatorship in 2011…

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Event: Striking back? Workers and the battle for social justice in Egypt

“The Square” to be screened at London’s Human Rights Watch Film Festival