https://www.wsws.org/en/topics/feature/uptunhttps://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/2021/01/19/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/2018/01/15/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/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/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/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/2013/02/25/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/2013/02/09/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/2012/08/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/2012/02/pers-f16.htmlThe failure of strike calls by petty-bourgeois “left” parties in Egypt highlights the need for an independent political struggle by the working class with the aim of taking power and establishing socialism.Thu, 16 Feb 2012 05:00:00 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/3e18a3eb-5d22-4a05-ab9e-9d1b525ccdfC/pers-f16.html2012-02-16T05:00:00Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2012/02/egyp-f11.htmlThousands marched in Cairo, Alexandria, and other cities against the US-backed Egyptian military junta yesterday.Sat, 11 Feb 2012 05:00:00 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/c8f9e838-20b4-40b9-8ae0-9c77d898440F/egyp-f11.html2012-02-11T05:00:00Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2012/01/pers-j25.htmlOne year ago today, millions of workers in cities throughout Egypt took to the streets on the first day of revolutionary protests against President Hosni Mubarak.Wed, 25 Jan 2012 05:00:00 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/5958c129-cf82-4108-ae6a-2dedf024af4D/pers-j25.html2012-01-25T05:00:00Zhttps://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/2011/09/pers-s13.htmlIn recent days a new wave of strikes and protests against the US-backed military junta has swept over Egypt.Tue, 13 Sep 2011 05:00:00 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/2b453ee0-80cb-4d5c-afa0-c6c8b1fed3bD/pers-s13.html2011-09-13T05:00:00Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2011/09/egyp-s10.htmlEgyptian workers and youth mounted mass protests in cities across Egypt yesterday, after a new wave of strikes swept the country in recent days. In Cairo tens of thousands of protesters gathered in iconic Tahrir Square, one of the epicenters of the Egyptian revolution.Sat, 10 Sep 2011 05:00:00 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/3e6a4d75-7de9-4da6-9970-fa04a2e9e37D/egyp-s10.html2011-09-10T05:00:00Zhttps://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/2011/08/isra-a03.htmlOver 100,000 Israeli municipal workers took strike action on Monday in a show of solidarity with the nationwide tent city protests against the exorbitant cost of housing.Wed, 03 Aug 2011 05:00:00 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/5301c45b-9989-445f-9ccf-4bb6314c70bK/isra-a03.html2011-08-03T05:00:00Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2011/08/egyp-a02.htmlYesterday the Egyptian military and security forces attacked protesters on Tahrir Square in Cairo to clear it and bring protests to a halt.Tue, 02 Aug 2011 05:00:00 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/68a52b00-29ed-425a-9a32-3baf1e92156L/egyp-a02.html2011-08-02T05:00:00Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2011/08/syri-a02.htmlSyrian security forces allegedly killed around 100 people in the Syrian city of Hama over the weekend.Tue, 02 Aug 2011 05:00:00 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/87973763-d971-4d8d-a084-21984780422E/syri-a02.html2011-08-02T05:00:00Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2011/07/syri-j28.htmlThe regime of President Bashar al-Assad has deployed tens of thousands of troops to quell the growing protest movement, now in its fifth month.Thu, 28 Jul 2011 05:00:00 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/f4c43deb-fce2-4f65-a144-5e77c3af581G/syri-j28.html2011-07-28T05:00:00Zhttps://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/2011/07/syri-j15.htmlLast week’s meeting of French and US ambassadors with opposition activists in Syria signaled a sharp escalation of tensions with the Assad regime.Fri, 15 Jul 2011 05:00:00 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/d026c8b7-aa21-4ec5-8972-c5958fddd8cH/syri-j15.html2011-07-15T05:00:00Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2011/07/egyp-j08.htmlHundreds of thousands of workers and youth are expected to turn out to the streets today in protests dubbed “Friday of Persistence” or “The Revolution and the Poor first”.Fri, 08 Jul 2011 05:00:00 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/062548c3-bb23-4ee7-b0c6-1ca02370714F/egyp-j08.html2011-07-08T05:00:00Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2011/07/egyp-j04.htmlOn Friday tens of thousands of workers and youth went to the streets in at least five governorates in Egypt to denounce the politics of the US-backed military junta and its leader, Field Marshal Mohammed Hussein Tantawi.Mon, 04 Jul 2011 05:00:00 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/6eaa665d-598b-45f1-aee9-a39546b8126E/egyp-j04.html2011-07-04T05:00:00Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2011/07/syri-j04.htmlAt least 28 protesters were killed Friday, as security forces opened fire on what were the largest demonstrations since political unrest first gripped Syria four months ago.Mon, 04 Jul 2011 05:00:00 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/857f0bcd-a11d-4eb2-a18b-ab379b60a5aH/syri-j04.html2011-07-04T05:00:00Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2011/06/egyp-j30.htmlOver one thousand have been injured in clashes that began Tuesday and continued into Wednesday morning, with protesters demanding the ouster of the Egyptian military regime.Thu, 30 Jun 2011 05:00:00 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/59374d99-e94b-42b7-be0c-2e5daaa7cdbF/egyp-j30.html2011-06-30T05:00:00Zhttps://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/2011/06/yeme-j29.htmlAs fighting continues in Yemen, with US warplanes and drones striking targets inside the country, Washington is working to form a pliant regime in the country.Wed, 29 Jun 2011 05:00:00 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/46e9409a-c079-4d38-a0ed-7cb41b6f30aM/yeme-j29.html2011-06-29T05:00:00Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2011/06/bahr-j23.htmlA military court in the US-allied monarchy of Bahrain has handed down lengthy prison sentences to 21 people involved in anti-government protests earlier this year.Thu, 23 Jun 2011 05:00:00 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/dc942d93-68bd-4757-bd0b-d9ffccccb63I/bahr-j23.html2011-06-23T05:00:00Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2011/06/yeme-j17.htmlAs heavy fighting between the government and opposition militants continued in Yemen, the US carried out further air strikes in the south of the country.Fri, 17 Jun 2011 05:00:00 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/4fe83e39-71ef-4308-975c-fef94341439H/yeme-j17.html2011-06-17T05:00:00Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2011/06/egyp-j17.htmlThe upsurge of industrial struggle by Egyptian workers that preceded the January revolution shows no sign of diminishing.Fri, 17 Jun 2011 05:00:00 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/c98c881f-3879-430a-858f-3003b77a461F/egyp-j17.html2011-06-17T05:00:00Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2011/06/bahr-j15.htmlThe US-backed dictatorship in Bahrain proceeded this week with the military trial of 47 doctors and nurses rounded up during mass protests last March.Wed, 15 Jun 2011 05:00:00 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/c3505b28-fcf2-41f8-a118-34808dd137cC/bahr-j15.html2011-06-15T05:00:00Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2011/06/syri-j14.htmlThe brutal crackdown being waged by Bashar al-Assad’s Ba’athist regime against protests in Syria has caused an estimated 10,000 Syrians to flee Jisr al-Shughour into Turkey.Tue, 14 Jun 2011 05:00:00 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/90752c2e-8ceb-499f-9c70-831f151d761H/syri-j14.html2011-06-14T05:00:00Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2011/06/syri-j08.htmlThe Syrian regime has threatened a military crackdown against the town of Jisr al-Shughour, after claiming that “armed gangs” killed 120 members of the security forces there.Wed, 08 Jun 2011 05:00:00 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/81f5d4af-d88c-41c0-bdb3-28f73231ad3I/syri-j08.html2011-06-08T05:00:00Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2011/06/yeme-j08.htmlAs fighting between pro- and anti-government forces continues in Yemen, the major powers are maneuvering to secure their interests in the strategically vital country.Wed, 08 Jun 2011 05:00:00 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/5f25dcd5-a79f-43e9-bfef-8cb59cee07fD/yeme-j08.html2011-06-08T05:00:00Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2011/06/yeme-j03.htmlHeavy fighting between anti-government rebels and forces loyal to president Ali Abdullah Saleh raged through Wednesday night and into Thursday in Sanaa, the capital of Yemen. Dozens of people were believed killed, many of them civilians caught in the crossfire between tribal militiamen and various factions of army troops.Fri, 03 Jun 2011 05:00:00 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/4e585ce8-51d0-4f3d-a71e-376967b45e3E/yeme-j03.html2011-06-03T05:00:00Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2011/06/egyp-j03.htmlHundreds of doctors marched from the doctors’ syndicate to the Egyptian Cabinet offices with their unmet demands on May 29, threatening to go back on strike.Fri, 03 Jun 2011 05:00:00 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/7f660927-024e-443f-a605-0848579f117B/egyp-j03.html2011-06-03T05:00:00Z