“There is a Pre-History to this Revolt”: As Egypt’s Military Bans Labor Strikes,........

“There is a Pre-History to this Revolt”: As Egypt’s Military Bans Labor Strikes, Mona El-Ghobashy Examines How Egyptian Labor and Social Movements Laid the Roots For the Revolution



"Just days after the Egyptian labor movement joined the popular uprising that ousted Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, the ruling military council has called on labor leaders to halt strikes and protests. “Egyptian politics didn’t begin Jan. 25,” says Barnard College Professor Mona El-Ghobashy, who has written extensively on politics and social movements in the Middle East and North Africa, “There is a pre-history to this revolt. For us to understand the significance of what is happening today, we have to link it to the fabric of the Egyptian politics starting in 2000.”...."