Tunisia
Protests in Tunisia greet one-year anniversary of Ben Ali’s overthrow
By Alex Lantier, January 16, 2012
Saturday marked the one-year anniversary of Tunisian President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali’s ignominious flight from Tunisia to exile in Saudi Arabia.
Tunisia delays forming government amid a new wave of strikes
By Kumaran Ira, November 15, 2011
Rising strikes in Tunisia underscore continuing popular opposition to the political establishment, which has still not succeeded in assembling a government after the latest elections.
From Tunisia to “Occupy Wall Street”: Who is the AFL-CIO’s Stuart Appelbaum?
By David Walsh, October 8, 2011
The New York Times October 5 noted the role of Stuart Appelbaum, of the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union, in relation to the Wall Street protests. Appelbaum has extensive ties to the US government and political establishment.
International finance presses for counter-revolution in Tunisia
By Olivier Laurent, May 5, 2011
The political reforms in Tunisia aim to remove people from power who are too politically associated with the dictator Ben Ali, whilst justifying the maintenance of the social conditions against which the Tunisian masses revolted.
Tunisia prime minister resigns amid mass demonstrations
By Patrick Martin, February 28, 2011
Mohammed Ghannouchi resigned less than 48 hours after 100,000 people marched through the capital demanding his ouster.
NPA meeting in Paris backs imperialist policy on Egypt, Tunisia
By Kumaran Ira and Alex Lantier, February 11, 2011
WSWS reporters attended a February 9 meeting of France’s New Anti-Capitalist Party in Paris, titled “Tunisia-Egypt, from revolt to revolution.”
Pakistan: Red Cross warns of Tunisia-style unrest in wake of floods
By Ali Ismail, February 9, 2011
Last year’s floods have exacerbated food insecurity in Pakistan to the point that the poverty-stricken country could soon see Tunisia-style unrest, the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) has warned.
SEP (UK) public meetings
Egypt, Tunisia and the perspective of permanent revolution
February 5, 2011
Upcoming public meetings in the UK will address the uprising in Egypt, which marks a new stage in the class struggle in the Middle East and internationally.
An errand-boy for French imperialism: NPA’s Olivier Besancenot visits Tunisia
By Alex Lantier, January 31, 2011
On January 25-26, New Anti-Capitalist Party (NPA) spokesman Olivier Besancenot made a perfunctory visit from France to Tunisia.
Egypt, Tunisia, and the fight against US imperialism
By Bill Van Auken, January 28, 2011
Two weeks after US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton warned Arab leaders that their region’s “foundations are sinking into the sand”, the growing revolutionary upsurge of the masses has revealed that the pillars of Washington’s own policy in the Middle East are rotten and crumbling.
US pursues two-track policy to suppress protests in Egypt and Tunisia
By Barry Grey, January 27, 2011
The United States is working intensively to suppress mass protests in both Tunisia and Egypt and prop up the local ruling elites that are entirely subordinate to American imperialism.
Police crackdown in Tunisia meets resistance
By Ann Talbot, January 25, 2011
Tunisian police used tear gas against protesters gathered outside the office of Prime Minister Mohamed Ghannouchi on Monday morning.
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