Posts Tagged ‘Breaking News’

Deadly crash in Ayyat

After more than 300 citizens were burnt alive in the Ayyat train accident in 2002, tonight, another disaster took place tonight, leaving at least 20 dead…

BBC HQ occupied in Scotland

Via Lenin’s Tomb…

Over 100 supporters of Scottish Stop the War Coalition and Palestinian groups have occupied the BBC headquarters in Glasgow. They say they will not end their occupation until the BBC has reversed its decision not to broadcast an emergency aid appeal for Gaza. The protestors are demanding to meet with a senior representative of the BBC.
Keith Boyd, one of the protesters occupying BBC Scotland’s HQ, can be contacted on: +447912348366

And as for Mark Thompson, the BBC’s director general who refused to broadcast the appeal, it turns out he “is actually a deeply religious man. He’s a Catholic, but his wife is Jewish, and he has a far greater regard for the Israeli cause than some of his predecessors.”

Oxford University students occupy building in solidarity with GAZA

The wave of solidarity occupations in the UK continues, as LSE students score victory…

UPDATE: New Castle University students stage a solidarity occupation…

UPDATE: More universities join the protest wave…

UPDATE: Just a quick word.. I think what the British students did in terms of setting up multiple blogs, Twitter accounts, YouTube channels to disseminate information about their actions is a fantastic idea. You could be anywhere in the world and still follow what’s going on there almost minute by minute via the RSS feeds of these websites and accounts…

UPDATE: Comrade Alia sent me two videos of the Manchester occupation… And click below to watch a slideshow of some of the pix she took…

Train drivers on STRIKE! إضراب سائقي السكة الحديد في محطة مصر برمسيس

Train drivers are now on STRIKE in Misr Station (Cairo’s Central Train Station in Ramses Sq), demanding their bonuses…
All trains to Upper and Lower Egypt have been blocked by the drivers since 5pm… The head of the Railway Drivers Association is now negotiating with the management…
UPDATE: From Sarah Carr: Drivers have refused latest offer of part payment in July. The police have now involved themselves in convincing drivers to accept offer.
UPDATE: From Per: Police confiscate cameras of three journalists
UPDATE: Photos of previous industrial actions by the train drivers in January 2007 and November 2008 are available on flickr…
UPDATE: It’s 9:07pm. I’ve just spoken with Per who says the state-backed union officials were trying to convince the drivers to suspend the strike, but the drivers refused. Still no trains are moving in or out of the station…
UPDATE: It’s 9:11pm. I spoke with one of the drivers… He’s cursing the state union officials, and saying the strike continues…
UPDATE: 9:40pm. From Sarah: Trains running again but negotiations continuing.
UPDATE: It’s 10pm. End of negotiations. Drivers will meet again with management in ten days time.
UPDATE: Per posted a report on his blog, and Sayyed uploaded some pix of the strike to his flickr account…

UPDATE: I tagged resources on the struggle of the Railway workers here…

Birmingham Occupation in Solidarity with Gaza

Pro-Gaza British student occupations continue…

Mahalla: Thousands take to the streets in solidarity with Gaza

Thousands are marching now in Mahalla, in solidarity with Gaza…

LSE students in occupation over atrocities in Gaza

First SOAS, now LSE… The Palestine solidarity movement in Britain kicks ass…

إستشهاد القيادي بحماس سعيد صيام

The Israeli terrorist army assassinated Hamas leader Said Siyam, his son and brother…

Reports: Greece may have blocked shipment of US arms to Israel

From AJGaza…

Reports say Greece may have blocked a shipment of arms from the US to Israel, the Pentagon says it will find another supply route

MABROUK!!!

Just came  back from the Press Syndicate.. I managed to steal a couple of hours away from the office to go and witness this great event... AND YES THEY DID IT! THEY DID IT!!! THEY DID IT!!! EGYPT’S TAX COLLECTORS HAVE ANNOUNCED THE FIRST INDEPENDENT TRADE UNION IN THE HISTORY OF THE COUNTRY IN HALF A CENTURY!! MABROUK! MABROUK! MABROUK! MABROUK!!