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Neoliberalism, the state and revolution: the case of Egypt

Posted on 29th June 2017 by Camilla

The Egyptian Revolution that began in January 2011 was the most important breakthrough for the Arab working class in over 50 years.1 It was a blow against capitalism in its neoliberal mode and an inspiration to activists worldwide. The counter-revolution… Continue Reading →

Article Egypt, Egyptian Revolution, the state

Understanding the counter-revolution

Posted on 3rd January 2017 by Camilla

A review of Gilbert Achcar, Morbid Symptoms: Relapse in the Arab Uprising (Saqi, 2016), £12.99 Gilbert Achcar is a Lebanese socialist living in Europe and a prominent commentator on Middle Eastern politics. His recent book Morbid Symptoms is meant to… Continue Reading →

Book reviews Arab spring, Egypt, Muslim Brotherhood, Syria

Egypt: In the heart of the struggle

Posted on 7th October 2016 by Camilla

A review of Maha Abdelrahman, Egypt’s Long Revolution: Protest Movements and Uprisings (Routledge, 2015), £34.99 This book was written as the Egyptian Revolution unfolded. Its author experienced the hopes and anxieties of tens of millions of people, sharing “moments of… Continue Reading →

Book reviews Egypt

Egypt: after the coup

Posted on 2nd April 2014 by ISJ

The military coup of July 2013 was a serious setback for the revolutionary movement in Egypt.1 For army leader Abdel-Fattah el-Sisi it was an act of rescuing the revolution: for Egypt’s radical activists it was a counter-revolutionary offensive aimed to… Continue Reading →

Analysis Arab revolution, Egypt

Egypt: The workers advance

Posted on 4th July 2013 by ISJ

A striking feature of Egypt’s Revolution is the extraordinary number of people engaged in struggles in the streets and workplaces, and in formal and informal organisations. The absolute numbers, together with the proportion of the population involved and the continuity… Continue Reading →

Analysis Arab revolution, Egypt

“Never going back”: Egypt’s continuing revolution

Posted on 9th January 2013 by ISJ

For 35 years Egypt was a laboratory for neoliberalism—a local state in which hegemonic world powers and financial institutions played out their strategies for the global economy. It was also a stage on which the United States and its allies… Continue Reading →

Analysis Arab revolution, Egypt

The Egyptian workers’ movement and the 25 January Revolution

Posted on 9th January 2012 by ISJ

“It is midnight in Cairo”, intoned the BBC reporter on the Ten O’ Clock News bulletin, “and still tens of thousands are in Tahrir Square. One chant echoes again and again: ‘Go, go, go’. But this time it is not… Continue Reading →

Analysis Arab revolution, Egypt, Working class

The growing social soul of Egypt’s democratic revolution

Posted on 28th June 2011 by ISJ

This article is a preliminary and incomplete account of an unfinished revolution.1 It represents a first attempt to explore the implications of the great wave of strikes and social protests which preceded Mubarak’s fall from power and dominated the first… Continue Reading →

Analysis Arab revolution, Egypt

Act One of the Egyptian Revolution

Posted on 4th April 2011 by ISJ

Of all the startling scenes which made up Act One of the Egyptian Revolution, the events in Tahrir Square on 2 February were surely most astounding. When Mubarak sent gangs of plainclothes police to attack demonstrators, the protesters fought like… Continue Reading →

Analysis Arab revolution, Egypt

The return of the Arab revolution

Posted on 1st April 2011 by ISJ

In the winter of 1939-40 the German Marxist critic Walter Benjamin wrote a remarkable text known as “Theses on the Philosophy of History”. In it he attacked the widespread belief on the left that socialism would come about inevitably, as… Continue Reading →

Analysis Arab revolution, Egypt, Tunisia

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