MB official denounces labor protests
Hassan el-Brince, a Muslim Brotherhood senior figure and FJP parliamentarian, has joined Wael Kandil in denouncing the labor protests taking place in front of the presidential palace. Brince is repeating the same delusional accusations that those sit-ins are part of some “counterrevolutionary plot.” He even goes further to describe the workers as “mercenaries” paid to protest by State Security Police and businessmen affiliated with the dissolved National Democratic Party.
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Well the MB is conservative, no wonder that they are against labor protest.
But it is really unfortunate that even left leaning commentators write negatively about labor protests. However in a free society there will always be protests. People who are not heard otherwise, must express their demands through protests and strikes. In Italy and France there are strikes all the time. France is also famous for the frequent riots, that are more or less accepted in the society. (Think of José Bové and his destruction of a McDonald’s restaurant, which made him popular.)
There must be a basic consensus in the society that protests are permissible, and must stay mostly peaceful. Which roughly means no blood or broken limbs, no major damage, no long jail sentences. People should be educated in this regard, especially journalists.
Eike.