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Sudan's tragedy: Could it happen elsewhere?

Namaa Al-Mahdi — The new commodity that the world powers are interested in is human-free land, to enable exploitation and expansion of neo-colonial interests. This is what is happening in Sudan.

Hossam el-Hamalawy: A Decade of Counter-Revolution in Egypt

Hossam el-Hamalawy — The ten years since the coup have witnessed unprecedented repression and censorship

Tahrir Square, 25th January 2011. Photo: Hossam el-Hamalawy

The rise and fall (and rise and fall) of the Egyptian left – Part 5

Phil Butland and Helena Zohdi interview Hossam el-Hamalawy about the history of the Egyptian Left.

tudents, workers and security personnel at the American University in Cairo on strike. Photo: Hossam el-Hamalawy

The rise and fall (and rise and fall) of the Egyptian Left – Part 4

Phil Butland and Helena Zohdi interview Hossam el-Hamalawy about the history of the Egyptian Left.

The rise and fall (and rise and fall) of the Egyptian Left – Part 3

Phil Butland and Helena Zohdi recently interviewed Hossam el-Hamalawy about the history of the Egyptian Left.

The rise and fall (and rise and fall) of the Egyptian Left — Part 2

Phil Butland and Helena Zohdi interview Hossam el-Hamalawy about the history of the Egyptian Left.

The rise and fall (and rise and fall) of the Egyptian left — Part 1: 1919 revolution to Nasser

Phil Butland and Helena Zohdi interview Hossam el-Hamalawy about the history of the Egyptian Left. Due to the length of the interview, it will be publishing it in several parts.

Syria: A confederal or theocratic revolution?

Contemporary crisis and workers control

This chapter is taken from An Alternative Labour History: Worker Control and Workplace Democracy, edited by Dario Azzellini and published by Zed Books. For more of Azzellini’s writings visit his website By Dario Azzellini July 31, 2016 -- Links International Journal of Socialist Renewal -- During the first decade of the current century factory occupations and production under workers’ control seemed to be limited mainly to South America, with a few exceptions in Asia. It was beyond the imagination of most workers and scholars in industrialized countries that workers would or could occupy their companies and run them on their own. Nevertheless, the crisis that started in 2008 put workers’ control back on the agenda in the northern hemisphere. Occupations of workplaces and production under control of workers sprang up in the United States, Western Europe and Egypt. This chapter describes some of these struggles and their common characteristics and differences.

Video: Struggle and suffering: The 1946-49 Greek Civil War

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Struggle and suffering: The 1946-49 Greek Civil War

Adam Hanieh: Power, wealth and inequality in the Arab world