There were around five to six thousand workers at the Shiroodi
sports stadium near Tehran. The
Labour House, however, again
used its own rotten old method for dispersing the workers.
Egypt is entering a crisis. The
working class is standing up, as strike after strike shakes the country. The
government has decided to hit back, attempting to close the Centre for Trade
Union and Workers’ Services.
For the last three years Egypt has
experienced a wave of strikes, mainly in order to fight against a new wave of
privatisation of state owned companies promoted by the Mubarak government. The movement started amongst textile workers but has now
spread to other sectors, encouraged by the fact that most of the strikes have
ended up in victories