https://www.wsws.org/en/topics/country/tunisiahttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2024/08/09/jnol-a09.htmlSaied‘s aim is to consolidate his one-man dictatorship and impose the full burden of Tunisia’s deep-rooted economic problems on the working class on behalf of the country’s corrupt financial elite.Fri, 09 Aug 2024 18:11:31 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/d8e0b6b1-b2d7-4a85-b7c5-fe4b7d3bef5N/jnol-a09.html2024-08-09T18:11:31Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2024/03/17/lqki-m17.htmlCrocker is in a position to know. Beginning his diplomatic career with a posting in the US consulate in the inland port city of Khorramshahr, near Iran’s oilfields, in 1972 during the Shah’s reign, he later served in Lebanon, Syria, Afghanistan, Iraq, Pakistan and Kuwait.Sun, 17 Mar 2024 18:01:07 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/279138bc-4170-4c0a-bab4-8cf18669c37D/lqki-m17.html2024-03-17T18:01:07Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2023/07/27/prxr-j27.htmlThe EU has promised Tunisia’s autocratic ruler financial aid worth €900 million in return for preventing refugees from reaching its borders.Thu, 27 Jul 2023 20:23:33 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/7bd678a7-9047-4feb-95cb-86d1f1ef900N/prxr-j27.html2023-07-27T20:23:33Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2023/07/27/rkzb-j27.htmlGreece has been at the epicentre of the fires, with the Greek Fire Brigade fighting a losing battle against more than 500 blazes for almost two weeks.Thu, 27 Jul 2023 20:05:08 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/1ebc0c94-f1f6-43ff-b73b-a1d962023a3A/rkzb-j27.html2023-07-27T20:05:08Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2023/04/04/c821-a04.htmlAt least 29 refugees drowned off the Tunisian coast in three boat accidents last week, and another 67 people are missing, according to aid agencies.Tue, 04 Apr 2023 02:14:10 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/8dd93f1b-a086-4c0c-b438-536552b806bP/c821-a04.html2023-04-04T02:14:10Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2022/06/18/axkc-j18.htmlWorkers across Tunisia walked out in protest of President Kaïs Saïed’s plan to rewrite the constitution and slash vital subsidies that keep wheat and bread affordable.Sat, 18 Jun 2022 04:53:31 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/3116e344-ee75-494c-bdef-1509419e267G/axkc-j18.html2022-06-18T04:53:31Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2022/04/05/tuni-a05.htmlThis year has seen numerous demonstrations protesting social and economic conditions, with the total number of demonstrations in the eight months since Saïed’s July coup topping those that proceeded it.Tue, 05 Apr 2022 23:23:48 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/7f10080e-d9de-4a36-86ee-d2f6eb1891aM/tuni-a05.html2022-04-05T23:23:48Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2021/07/28/tun1-j28.htmlOn Sunday, President Kaïs Saïed sacked the Islamist Ennahda Movement government, suspended parliament and deployed the army amid mounting anger among workers.Wed, 28 Jul 2021 01:32:37 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/281e8aeb-0d2c-470a-bf20-7bc226b5238F/tun1-j28.html2021-07-28T01:32:37Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2021/07/28/afri-j28.htmlThe Delta variant is leading to a surge of infections that is overwhelming the inadequate health care infrastructure across the Maghreb and all of Africa.Wed, 28 Jul 2021 02:45:06 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/0ca5ad90-2dcf-42fe-96bd-d0628fbc318M/afri-j28.html2021-07-28T02:45:06Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2021/07/08/abc2-j08.htmlThe criminal character of the European Union is nowhere more clearly revealed than in its brutal treatment of people seeking refuge.Thu, 08 Jul 2021 01:22:20 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/36d53f21-ed66-4d94-8ba8-69482fad018A/abc2-j08.html2021-07-08T01:22:20Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2021/01/19/tuni-j19.htmlTen years after revolutionary uprisings in Tunisia and Egypt, explosive anger is building in working-class districts across North Africa amid the COVID-19 pandemic.Tue, 19 Jan 2021 04:17:14 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/93151508-194a-4f5e-88a6-27841df1338K/tuni-j19.html2021-01-19T04:17:14Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/01/18/tuni-j18.htmlEight years after the ouster of Tunisian dictator Ben Ali in 2011, renewed mass struggles are erupting.Fri, 18 Jan 2019 05:00:00 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/7c6f7d31-c003-47b5-93a1-8ef49378b34N/tuni-j18.html2019-01-18T05:00:00Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2018/12/28/tuni-d28.htmlIn a video on social media, Zorgui said he hoped his act would cause a new revolution, eight years after the toppling of Tunisian President Zine El Abedine Ben Ali.Fri, 28 Dec 2018 05:00:00 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/a79ff9c6-f8df-442b-85d4-227f2036702F/tuni-d28.html2018-12-28T05:00:00Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2018/01/15/tuni-j15.htmlThe new wave of protests was prompted by anger over mass unemployment, corruption and the 2018 finance law.Mon, 15 Jan 2018 05:00:00 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/a9eaa45e-27e4-4bb4-8b57-11bbc7f5d08F/tuni-j15.html2018-01-15T05:00:00Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2018/01/12/tuni-j12.htmlProtests against unemployment and the 2018 austerity budget in the industrial heartlands of southern Tunisia are now spreading across the country.Fri, 12 Jan 2018 05:00:00 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/7f786958-76b9-4e69-8834-afe0cc7538cE/tuni-j12.html2018-01-12T05:00:00Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2018/01/10/tuni-j10.htmlComing in the wake of similar upheavals by the most oppressed layers of workers and youth in Iran, the Tunisian events are indicative of a rising tide of global class struggle.Wed, 10 Jan 2018 05:00:00 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/b2252364-a87d-492a-bc45-80893478499G/tuni-j10.html2018-01-10T05:00:00Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2016/01/26/tuni-j26.htmlAmid growing social unrest, Washington and Paris are boosting military aid to Tunisia to prepare to suppress social opposition in the working class.Tue, 26 Jan 2016 05:00:00 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/37718b8d-df60-41eb-b846-57a63a4d516M/tuni-j26.html2016-01-26T05:00:00Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2016/01/23/tuni-j23.htmlNone of the grievances that drove the working class into revolutionary struggle five years ago against first Ben Ali in Tunisia, then Mubarak in Egypt, have been resolved.Sat, 23 Jan 2016 05:00:00 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/37018c85-79f4-498d-bd99-f77fe15a2caL/tuni-j23.html2016-01-23T05:00:00Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2015/06/27/terr-j27.htmlThe attacks have raised concerns of a global offensive by Islamist terrorist groups that have emerged from US-led wars in Libya and Syria.Sat, 27 Jun 2015 05:00:00 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/c8cbf216-b706-4ddb-9d30-b164ccb840bF/terr-j27.html2015-06-27T05:00:00Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2015/04/23/esse-a23.htmlHolland and Essebsi are using the horror provoked by Islamist terror attacks to justify a massive development of police-state and military powers.Thu, 23 Apr 2015 05:00:00 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/0187bc58-ec3e-45bf-baaf-73a3279d083D/esse-a23.html2015-04-23T05:00:00Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2015/03/20/tuni-m20.htmlIn the final analysis, the atrocity in Tunis is the result of the catastrophes created by the US wars in Iraq and Libya and the proxy war Washington has waged in Syria.Fri, 20 Mar 2015 05:00:00 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/832c1965-3e36-4275-9a46-b8546012398O/tuni-m20.html2015-03-20T05:00:00Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2014/12/19/tuni-d19.htmlThe coming to power of Nidaa Tounes represents an attempt to restore the old Ben Ali regime that the working class toppled in revolutionary struggles nearly four years ago.Fri, 19 Dec 2014 05:00:00 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/1593bf91-3191-4742-90dc-89771c8103dB/tuni-d19.html2014-12-19T05:00:00Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2014/12/03/freg-d03.htmlThe Socialist Party government warmly welcomed Egyptian military dictator al-Sisi.Wed, 03 Dec 2014 05:00:00 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/80f50924-1f1e-4072-ac86-f56b489443cP/freg-d03.html2014-12-03T05:00:00Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2014/01/21/tunis-j21.htmlThe Tunisian ruling elite is stepping up its “national dialogue.”Tue, 21 Jan 2014 05:00:00 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/7a6af6b5-1ad9-4efe-a58b-c2a9da984b3F/tunis-j21.html2014-01-21T05:00:00Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2014/01/08/tuni-j08.htmlAs the Tunisian Revolution approaches its third anniversary, the Tunisian ruling elite is resuming its “national dialogue” aimed at pre-empting renewed working class struggles.Wed, 08 Jan 2014 05:00:00 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/9ddabf1f-dfc0-4b9b-bdd6-e8d8e1b8e28E/tuni-j08.html2014-01-08T05:00:00Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2013/10/15/tuni-o15.htmlThe Tunisian ruling elite is desperately seeking a way out of a deepening political and economic crisis.Tue, 15 Oct 2013 05:00:00 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/e7f2d898-8287-4006-bbde-36cc0978d96G/tuni-o15.html2013-10-15T05:00:00Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2013/07/27/tuni-j27.htmlOpposition leader Mohamed Brahmi was killed outside his home in Tunis by unidentified attackers.Sat, 27 Jul 2013 05:00:00 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/ba3557c9-9c13-47ea-a85b-162a3337ddcA/tuni-j27.html2013-07-27T05:00:00Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2013/03/07/tuni-m07.htmlAfter Chokri Belaïd’s assassination, Paris is seeking to advance the petty-bourgeois Popular Front to advance its imperialist interests in Tunisia.Thu, 07 Mar 2013 05:00:00 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/f6501b96-0271-4c27-a446-c8a05ea3479J/tuni-m07.html2013-03-07T05:00:00Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2013/02/25/tuni-f25.htmlThe bourgeois media is seeking to endow ex-Prime Minister Hamad Jebali with democratic credentials, despite his role in betraying the aspirations of the workers and youth who overthrew the dictator Ben Ali and repressing social protests.Mon, 25 Feb 2013 05:00:00 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/b6cd22da-527d-490d-999a-ea97d049ee5A/tuni-f25.html2013-02-25T05:00:00Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2013/02/12/tuni-f12.htmlThe murder last Wednesday of anti-Islamist politician Chokri Belaïd has undermined the government coalition, whose main component is the Islamist Ennahda Party.Tue, 12 Feb 2013 05:00:00 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/d2df154c-3c7f-4760-8c72-117495e3df8O/tuni-f12.html2013-02-12T05:00:00Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2013/02/09/tuni-f09.htmlThe current political eruption in Tunisia, the most widespread since the events of late 2010 and early 2011, occurs just days before the second anniversary of the fall of US-backed dictator Hosni Mubarak in Egypt.Sat, 09 Feb 2013 05:00:00 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/7b817cb9-77d7-432e-9dab-65655cdad44J/tuni-f09.html2013-02-09T05:00:00Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2013/02/08/tuni-f08.htmlMass protests and attacks on the ruling Islamist Ennahda party offices broke out throughout Tunisia after the assassination of a prominent Tunisian secular politicianFri, 08 Feb 2013 05:00:00 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/ff59cb81-df93-4cd4-a001-a8f5fb8092fJ/tuni-f08.html2013-02-08T05:00:00Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2012/12/19/tuni-d19.htmlAt the last minute, the UGTT union called off a one-day national strike called against the assault by Islamist thugs on UGTT members.Wed, 19 Dec 2012 05:00:00 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/da40920e-692c-4709-ab62-ecb64909028A/tuni-d19.html2012-12-19T05:00:00Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2012/12/10/tuni-d10.htmlThe UGTT union has called a one-day national strike for December 13, amid rising working class protests and clashes with right-wing Islamist groups.Mon, 10 Dec 2012 05:00:00 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/d9a3ceff-ee10-4e34-8156-c15d6ca5668P/tuni-d10.html2012-12-10T05:00:00Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2012/12/04/tuni-d04.htmlPolice have brutally repressed protests against the scrapping of programmes against poverty and unemployment in the town of Siliana in Tunisia.Tue, 04 Dec 2012 05:00:00 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/60d9d71c-ab02-4cf0-8dc0-786b3da1f94B/tuni-d04.html2012-12-04T05:00:00Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2012/08/tuni-a29.htmlPolice stood aside last week as hundreds of Salafist thugs attacked workers and youth in Sidi Bouzid, the starting point of the Tunisian Revolution and the Arab Spring.Wed, 29 Aug 2012 05:00:00 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/774d397e-76b8-409e-8fec-22374f3b693P/tuni-a29.html2012-08-29T05:00:00Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2012/08/tuni-a17.htmlOn Tuesday, several thousand workers demonstrated in Sidi Bouzid.Fri, 17 Aug 2012 05:00:00 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/7a07f161-dc09-4ff7-a195-a4c372398f1H/tuni-a17.html2012-08-17T05:00:00Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2012/06/tuni-j27.htmlOn June 14 former President Ben Ali, along with 22 Interior Ministry officials, stood trial of for the massacres in Thala and Kasserine during the Tunisian revolution.Wed, 27 Jun 2012 05:00:00 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/a642922c-05ee-473d-9155-4787db83069O/tuni-j27.html2012-06-27T05:00:00Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2012/01/tuni-j16.htmlSaturday marked the one-year anniversary of Tunisian President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali’s ignominious flight from Tunisia to exile in Saudi Arabia.Mon, 16 Jan 2012 05:00:00 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/28973972-c95a-4578-b030-794e5499639A/tuni-j16.html2012-01-16T05:00:00Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2011/11/tuni-n15.htmlRising strikes in Tunisia underscore continuing popular opposition to the political establishment, which has still not succeeded in assembling a government after the latest elections.Tue, 15 Nov 2011 05:00:00 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/8900afb2-9cbc-46d8-880d-fbd708fa8e9A/tuni-n15.html2011-11-15T05:00:00Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2011/10/tuni-o28.htmlTunisia held elections Sunday to elect a 217-member Constituent Assembly, tasked with drafting a new constitution after mass protests toppled President Ben Ali this January.Fri, 28 Oct 2011 05:00:00 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/848073c2-706c-43aa-a8e2-a51c860a9e1C/tuni-o28.html2011-10-28T05:00:00Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2011/10/tuni-o17.htmlThe Constituent Assembly election in Tunisia, slated to draft a new constitution, is scheduled for October 23.Mon, 17 Oct 2011 05:00:00 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/7fb6c6a6-f34d-49c8-acba-2837915a5a6J/tuni-o17.html2011-10-17T05:00:00Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2011/08/tuni-a25.htmlAnti-government protests took place across Tunisia on August 15. Thousands of Tunisians participated, denouncing the interim government and calling for its resignation.Thu, 25 Aug 2011 05:00:00 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/0897e3d9-b470-4bc4-80fe-31874e9e995A/tuni-a25.html2011-08-25T05:00:00Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2011/08/tuni-a10.htmlThe lack of popular interest in the Constituent Assembly elections is a devastating verdict on the Tunisian Transitional Government’s attempts to give itself a veneer of pseudo-democratic legitimacy.Wed, 10 Aug 2011 05:00:00 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/94d27f64-c730-4dbb-832b-57d3e5dbea2A/tuni-a10.html2011-08-10T05:00:00Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2011/07/tuni-j22.htmlIn recent days Tunisian security forces have violently attacked a new wave of anti-government protests across the country.Fri, 22 Jul 2011 05:00:00 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/e68239ad-4b16-4a22-ae7b-725e6d17169P/tuni-j22.html2011-07-22T05:00:00Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2011/06/tuni-j29.htmlOn June 8, the interim Tunisian government decided to postpone the Constituent Assembly elections to October 23.Wed, 29 Jun 2011 05:00:00 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/4fe02874-0740-4877-92ce-34ab6cda113F/tuni-j29.html2011-06-29T05:00:00Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2011/05/tuni-m27.htmlTunisian interim prime minister Beji Caid Essebsi met with French president Nicolas Sarkozy on May 17-18 to plan joint strategy against continuing protests in Tunisia.Fri, 27 May 2011 05:00:00 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/c2e0e8e0-71e5-446b-a1d2-ddf94e68c94F/tuni-m27.html2011-05-27T05:00:00Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2011/05/tuni-m17.htmlLast Monday, the Tunisian interim government announced the formation of the independent electoral committee to oversee the July 24 election of a constituent assembly.Tue, 17 May 2011 05:00:00 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/6e1eac3a-978d-43a3-8640-087c26162caM/tuni-m17.html2011-05-17T05:00:00Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2011/05/tuni-m09.htmlDemonstrators in Tunisia calling for a “new revolution” were brutally attacked by riot police after warnings of a possible military coup.Mon, 09 May 2011 05:00:00 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/a78c53ee-7ef8-424f-9c02-eb57505e7d2L/tuni-m09.html2011-05-09T05:00:00Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2011/05/tuni-m05.htmlThe 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.Thu, 05 May 2011 05:00:00 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/f107e6e0-ef2e-448a-aaa2-0fef751d5bcF/tuni-m05.html2011-05-05T05:00:00Z