Egypt
Wave of anti-government protests across Egypt
By Jean Shaoul, 29 September 2020
Protests have been small but testify to the social and economic powder keg over which the El-Sisi regime presides.
Egypt’s el-Sisi approves troop deployment to Libya against Turkish-backed forces
By Jean Shaoul, 28 July 2020
The eastern Mediterranean, including North Africa, has become the focus of ever widening conflicts, with all the imperialist and regional powers pursuing their own rapacious demands for control over the region’s wealth and resources.
France backs Egypt’s threat to intervene against Turkey in Libyan war
By Alex Lantier, 24 June 2020
Even as COVID-19 threatens millions in Africa, the NATO powers risk escalating their nine-year carve-up of Libya into a major regional or even global conflict.
Egypt: el-Sisi approves legal framework for military dictatorship
By Jean Shaoul, 3 June 2020
Though utilising the COVID-19 pandemic as an excuse, only five of the 18 proposed amendments are clearly tied to public health developments.
El-Sisi uses coronavirus pandemic to tighten grip on Egypt
By Jean Shaoul, 3 April 2020
Egypt did nothing to prepare for the onset of the virus, despite being identified in early February, along with Algeria and South Africa, as one of the African countries most at risk.
Hosni Mubarak, US-backed dictator of Egypt for 30 years, dead at 91
By Bill Van Auken, 26 February 2020
Overthrown in 2011 by a mass revolt of the Egyptian people, he died with his criminal legacy secured by a military regime that is even more repressive than the one he headed.
Control of offshore gas and oil provokes conflicts in eastern Mediterranean
By Jean Shaoul, 24 February 2020
A new “scramble for Africa” is being tied into a new “scramble” for the eastern Mediterranean, as Turkey, Greece, Israel, Egypt, Cyprus, Lebanon and the European powers compete over gas exploration, production licenses and pipelines.
Wider war over Libya looms as France, Egypt denounce Turkish intervention
By Alex Lantier, 3 January 2020
Less than a decade after the 2011 NATO intervention in Libya, the resulting civil war in that country threatens to escalate into an all-out regional conflict involving the major powers.
Anti-Sisi protesters return to Egypt’s streets in teeth of fierce repression
By Bill Van Auken, 28 September 2019
Security forces placed Cairo on a police state lockdown after arresting some 2,000 people in the space of a week.
Protests in Egypt shake al-Sisi’s bloody military dictatorship
By Johannes Stern, 23 September 2019
The demonstrations in Egypt evoke memories of the revolutionary mass protests that brought down long-time dictator Hosni Mubarak in the winter of 2011.
Former Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi dies during show trial
By Alex Lantier, 17 June 2019
Morsi’s death was a cold-blooded act of state murder, for which the Egyptian military dictatorship, Washington and its European imperialist allies are politically responsible.
The hangman of the Middle East: US-backed regime in Egypt hands down nearly 2,500 death sentences
By Bill Van Auken, 30 May 2019
As el-Sisi’s courts churn out death penalties, including against children, Washington is pouring in military aid that is utilized in the commission of war crimes.
Egypt stages referendum to institutionalize General Sisi’s dictatorship
By Bill Van Auken, 19 April 2019
The consolidation of the bloody police-state dictatorship enjoys the support of both Washington and the major European powers.
In meeting with Egyptian dictator, Trump rails against immigrants
By Niles Niemuth, 10 April 2019
Trump launched into a fascistic rant against asylum seekers and other immigrants on Tuesday while sitting side by side in the Oval Office with the butcher of Cairo.
Egypt hangs nine prisoners
State murder backed by imperialism
By Patrick Martin, 22 February 2019
The bloodstained dictatorship of General Abdel Fattah el-Sisi has the support of both Washington and the European powers.
French President Macron visits the hangman of Cairo
By Will Morrow and Alex Lantier, 30 January 2019
Macron’s visit to Egyptian dictator Abdel Fattah el-Sisi is a warning that his government intends to drastically step up repression of the “yellow vests” and broader popular opposition.
Pompeo in Cairo: The ugly face of US imperialism
By Bill Van Auken, 12 January 2019
Reflecting US imperialism’s priorities in the region, Pompeo mentioned Iran 25 times in his speech, compared to a mere dozen references to “terrorism.”
Egypt’s military junta condemns 75 coup protesters to death
By Chris Marsden, 30 July 2018
The blood on Sisi’s hands also drenches the palms of political leaders of all the major parties in the US, Europe and other imperialist powers.
Egyptian junta extends state of emergency and censors social media
By Johannes Stern, 23 July 2018
Five years after the July 2013 coup and massacre of more than 1,600 people on the streets of Cairo, Egypt’s Western-backed military junta is intensifying its counterrevolutionary terror.
Human right groups reveal French complicity in torture in Egypt
By Francis Dubois, 14 July 2018
French corporations and governments are active accomplices in the bloody Egyptian military junta’s mass surveillance and repression of the Egyptian people.
Egyptian dictator el-Sisi intensifies state repression
By Jean Shaoul, 25 June 2018
President el-Sisi has unleashed an extensive crackdown on all forms of dissent and political expression that far exceeds the worst excesses of Hosni Mubarak, who was overthrown by the mass uprising in February 2011.
Sisi’s sham election and the fate of the Egyptian Revolution
By Bill Van Auken, 30 March 2018
The rubber-stamp reelection of Egypt’s dictator General Sisi is symptomatic of a regime beset by insoluble economic, social and political contradictions.
Egyptian presidential elections mark new stage in counterrevolution
By Johannes Stern, 26 March 2018
The al-Sisi regime has been mobilizing tens of thousands of heavily armed troops and security forces across the country to stifle any protest.
Egyptian elections held under massive repression
By Jean Shaoul, 23 February 2018
The election is set to take place amid mounting social and economic dissent among the impoverished working class.
Terror attack on Egyptian mosque kills at least 235 worshippers
By Niles Niemuth, 25 November 2017
The Egyptian government has declared that the attack in the northern Sinai is the deadliest in the country’s modern history.
150 Sisi visits France
25 October 2017
Antiquated signalling system leads to another deadly train crash in Egypt
By Jean Shaoul, 15 August 2017
A horrific train collision just south of Alexandria, Egypt’s second city, on the Mediterranean coast, left at least 41 people dead and 179 injured on Friday.
Thousands of textile workers strike in defiance of Egyptian dictatorship
By Johannes Stern, 11 August 2017
Reports indicate that the regime is not willing to meet the demands of the workers and is preparing for a confrontation.
Egyptian junta imposes state of emergency after attacks on Coptic churches
By Johannes Stern, 11 April 2017
Egyptian dictator Abdel Fattah al-Sisi announced in a televised speech Sunday night the imposition of a three-month state of emergency.
Egyptian dictator el-Sisi welcomed to the White House
By Patrick Martin, 4 April 2017
White House meetings with el-Sisi and Jordan’s King Abdullah revolve around increasing US pressure on these regimes to join the escalating wars in Iraq and Syria.
Washington rolls out red carpet for the butcher of Cairo
By Bill Van Auken, 3 April 2017
Trump’s embrace of General el-Sisi expresses not only Washington’s criminal US policy in the Middle East, but also its deep affinity for the methods he has employed to crush the Egyptian revolution.
The freeing of Hosni Mubarak and the lessons of the Egyptian Revolution
By Johannes Stern, 25 March 2017
How is it possible that six years after the Egyptian revolution, nothing appears to be left of it, and Mubarak, the ugly face of the old regime, is free once again to show himself in public?
Protests shake Egypt after cut to bread subsidies
By Niles Niemuth, 8 March 2017
Egyptian cities were hit by protests just days after former dictator Hosni Mubarak, ousted in the 2011 revolution, was acquitted of murdering protestors and cleared for release.
Egypt plunges into economic and social nightmare
By Jean Shaoul, 9 November 2016
The IMF insists that Egypt implement reforms, including a flexible currency, cuts to subsidies, a new VAT and the privatisation of state-owned enterprises.
Egyptian junta cultivates Russia and China as a counterweight to the US
By Jean Shaoul, 20 October 2016
Egypt’s turn to Russia and China is a desperate attempt to stave off bankruptcy.
Hundreds feared drowned as migrant boat capsizes off Egypt
By Paul Mitchell, 23 September 2016
European governments and the European Union bear full responsibility for turning the Mediterranean into a watery grave.
Egyptian dictator el-Sisi secures IMF loan and prepares onslaught against working class
By Jean Shaoul, 18 August 2016
The loan comes with draconian conditions, including subsidy cuts and new taxes, which will drastically worsen the impoverishment of the Egyptian working class.
Egyptian military regime steps up repression as food becomes unaffordable
By Jean Shaoul, 25 June 2016
In the wake of the 2008 global financial crisis and the political upheavals following Mubarak’s ouster in 2011, Egypt’s economy has gone into free fall.
While cause of Egypt Air crash remains unknown, terror scare mounts
By Thomas Gaist, 21 May 2016
The US and Europe are seizing on the incident to justify an escalation of their military operations.
US and NATO leaders say EgyptAir Flight 804 was bombed, vow military response
By Thomas Gaist, 20 May 2016
Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton demanded an escalation of the war in Iraq and Syria in response to the destruction of the Cairo-bound jetliner.
German vice chancellor praises the hangman of Cairo
By Johannes Stern, 21 April 2016
“In my opinion you have an impressive president,” said Social Democratic Chairman Sigmar Gabriel, speaking in Cairo of the Egyptian despot Gen. Abdel Fattah al-Sisi.
Tensions rise between Italy and Egypt over Giulio Regeni murder
By Marianne Arens, 20 April 2016
Italian student and journalist Giulio Regeni was tortured to death in Egypt in January in a bestial manner.
Saudi Arabia pushes for alliance with Turkey and Egypt
By Jean Shaoul, 19 February 2016
Saudi efforts to effect reconciliation between Egypt and Turkey come in the wake of last December’s agreement to restore diplomatic relations between Israel and Turkey.
Egypt: Italian student tortured to death
By Johannes Stern, 17 February 2016
Evidence is mounting that the Egyptian military used bestial methods to torture student and journalist Giulio Regeni to death.
Five years of the Egyptian Revolution
By Johannes Stern, 25 January 2016
The basic problem of the Egyptian Revolution was to establish the political independence of the working class from all of the different bourgeois forces.
“Foreign made bomb” destroyed Russian plane over Sinai, Moscow says
By Thomas Gaist, 18 November 2015
Russia launched a new wave of airstrikes, against targets in Syria immediately after the FSB findings were released, including its first cruise missile strikes from the Mediterranean
Russia halts flights to Egypt after air disaster
By Patrick Martin, 7 November 2015
President Vladimir Putin made the decision after a recommendation from his intelligence chief, and based on information supplied by Britsh and American spy agencies.
Egyptian dictator al-Sisi feted by UK government
By Chris Marsden, 6 November 2015
The UK is the largest foreign investor in Egypt, having poured $25 billion into the country since 2010.
Islamic State bomb downed Russian plane over Sinai, US officials claim
By Thomas Gaist, 5 November 2015
US intelligence officials made public a “tentative conclusion” that Islamic State militants smuggled a bomb on board the Russian commercial jet that disintegrated over northern Sinai this weekend.
Two days on, no clear explanation for downing of Russian plane over Sinai
By Thomas Gaist, 3 November 2015
Claims that the plane was destroyed by ISIS remain unsubstantiated, while the Russian government and the airline differ over the possibility of a mechanical failure.
International airlines avoid Egypt’s Sinai after 224 die in Russian passenger jet crash
By Bill Van Auken, 2 November 2015
Russian investigators have so far concluded that the plane broke apart in midair over the restive peninsula.
France sells Mistral warships designed for Russia to Egyptian dictatorship
By Anthony Torres, 25 September 2015
After having canceled the Russian contract during the Ukrainian crisis, France is selling the two helicopter carriers to one of the world’s bloodiest dictatorships.
Egyptian gunships attack tourist convoy, killing at least 12
By Thomas Gaist, 16 September 2015
At least eight Mexican nationals touring Egypt’s historic Western Desert were among those killed in the apparently accidental attack.
Saudi-led coalition pours troops into Yemen
By Patrick Martin, 14 September 2015
Thousands of foreign troops, including large contingents from Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Qatar, are readying an assault on the capital, Sanaa.
Harper government making pro forma complaints over jailing of Egyptian-Canadian journalist
By Dylan Lubao, 8 September 2015
A strong supporter of Egypt’s authoritarian government, Canada has only made muted appeals for the release of Al Jazeera journalist Mohamed Fahmy.
Egyptian junta hands down three-year jail terms to Al Jazeera journalists
By Alex Lantier, 31 August 2015
Afraid that it could ultimately share the fate of Mubarak, toppled by mass protests of the working class in 2011, the junta is trying to hold on to power through sheer terror.
Egyptian military regime adopts draconian “anti-terrorism” legislation
By Johannes Stern, 18 August 2015
The measure further strengthens the repressive apparatus of one of the most bloody dictatorships in the world.
German economy minister celebrates the expansion of the Suez Canal
By Johannes Stern, 11 August 2015
The German elites are enamored with Egypt's dictatorship, which drowned the Egyptian revolution in blood and is creating attractive conditions for international finance capital.
Egyptian air force bombs Sinai after heavy clashes with ISIS affiliate
By Thomas Gaist, 3 July 2015
The strikes left at least 23 dead, one day after heavy fighting in the peninsula between government troops and Islamist forces killed some 120 people.
Germany arrests Al Jazeera journalist on warrant issued by Egyptian junta
By Alex Lantier, 22 June 2015
The arrest of Ahmed Mansour is a signal from Berlin that it views repressive measures by military dictatorships as politically legitimate.
Egyptian court confirms death sentence for former President Mursi
By Joseph Kishore, 17 June 2015
The death sentence for the Muslim Brotherhood leader is the latest judicial travesty organized by a military regime that is a key ally of the US and European imperialist powers.
Al-Sisi in Berlin: Red carpet for the hangman of Cairo
By Johannes Stern, 5 June 2015
No other event could have better exposed the “human rights” pretenses of the German ruling class than the official reception of Egyptian dictator Abdel Fattah al-Sisi in Berlin.
Egyptian dictator al-Sisi visits Berlin
By Johannes Stern, 3 June 2015
Al-Sisi’s visit is a warning to the working class: a ruling class eager to work closely with brutal military dictatorships is also prepared to adopt their methods at home.
Egyptian regime hangs six after ex-president Mursi sentenced to death
By Bill Van Auken, 18 May 2015
The executions and death sentence are emblematic of the vicious police-state character of the regime in Cairo, which is a key pillar of US and Western European imperialist interests.
Ousted Egyptian President Mursi sentenced to 20 years
By Bill Van Auken, 22 April 2015
Confirming the judiciary’s complete subordination to Egypt’s military regime, Mursi was sentenced along with 14 other Muslim Brotherhood members.
Egyptian junta condemns Muslim Brotherhood chief Mohamed Badie to death
By Alex Lantier, 14 April 2015
The trials of Muslim Brotherhood leaders aim to promote an atmosphere of political terror in Egypt, aimed in the final analysis at the working class.
Obama green lights weapons sales to Egypt, Pakistan
By Thomas Gaist, 11 April 2015
The arms transfers are being coordinated to meet the needs of the US-backed, Saudi and Egyptian-led war against Yemen
Saudi Arabia, Egypt prepare US-backed invasion of Yemen
By Niles Williamson, 27 March 2015
The State Department announced US “intelligence sharing, targeting assistance, and advisory and logistical support” for the Saudi-led invasion of Yemen.
Investors pledge billions to Egyptian junta at Sharm el-Sheikh conference
By Alex Lantier, 14 March 2015
Finance capital is launching new projects because it assumes the Egyptian military dictatorship’s bloody repression will guarantee low wages and high profits.
Egyptian junta begins executions of Islamists
By Alex Lantier, 9 March 2015
The junta’s aim is to prevent a renewed revolutionary upsurge of the working class by stepping up its police-state terror against all opposition to the military.
In leaked recording, Egyptian minister calls for machine-gunning protesters
By Thomas Gaist, 25 February 2015
Mass protests could leave the US-backed Sisi dictatorship "helpless" unless they were crushed, Interior Minister Mohamed Ibrahim warned subordinates last year.
US imperialism and the catastrophe in Libya
By Joseph Kishore, 17 February 2015
The disaster in Libya and throughout the Middle East and North Africa arises from the criminal operations of the United States and the other imperialist powers.
Egyptian court confirms mass death sentence against 183 political prisoners
By Thomas Gaist, 3 February 2015
Egypt’s military regime handed down mass death sentences against 529 alleged MB supporters in April 2014 and against another 683 in May 2014
On the fourth anniversary of 2011 uprising
At least 18 dead as Egyptian military regime violently represses demonstrations
By Thomas Gaist, 26 January 2015
At least 18 protestors were killed by security forces during mass demonstrations marking the anniversary of protests that led to the downfall of the Mubarak regime.
Canada’s foreign minister greeted by protests on Mideast tour
By Roger Jordan, 21 January 2015
Palestinians angered by Ottawa’s full-throated support for Israeli aggression pelted eggs and shoes at Canada’s Foreign Affairs Minister when he visited the West Bank.
Egyptian court overturns last remaining conviction against Mubarak
By Johannes Stern, 14 January 2015
The verdict paves the way for the release of the former dictator, four years after the mass revolutionary struggles that overthrew him.
Blood and capital
By Johannes Stern, 3 January 2015
International finance capital looks to the Egyptian military with enthusiasm not only for what it is doing in Egypt, but for the model the financial markets favor for every country.
Egypt boasts of imprisoning 10,000 in 2014
By Bill Van Auken, 24 December 2014
The US Congress this month approved a waiver of so-called human rights conditions on the provision of American military aid to the al-Sisi dictatorship.
Egyptian regime imposes death penalties on nearly 200
By Mike Head, 4 December 2014
The third mass sentencing since April comes amidst mounting repression by the US-backed military junta.
Egyptian dictator al-Sisi signs military, economic deals in Paris
By Kumaran Ira, 3 December 2014
The Socialist Party government warmly welcomed Egyptian military dictator al-Sisi.
The acquittal of Hosni Mubarak
By Alex Lantier, 1 December 2014
The acquittal of the deposed Egyptian dictator underscores the determination of the Egyptian bourgeoisie to drown the revolutionary struggles of the working class in blood.
Egyptian military regime steps up repression
By Jean Shaoul, 1 November 2014
The target of the ongoing repression by the Egyptian military junta is the working class and young people.
Egypt, UAE conducted joint air strikes in Libya
By Patrick Martin, 27 August 2014
Armed conflicts now extend across North Africa and the Middle East in a continuous band from Tripoli to Baghdad.
Human Rights Watch: Egyptian regime guilty of crimes against humanity
By Nick Barrickman, 13 August 2014
In terms of sheer numbers, the killings of protesters on August 14, 2013 at Rab’a Square in Cairo exceed the death toll in the Tiananmen Square Massacre.
US-backed Egyptian junta announces massive electricity, fuel price hikes
By Johannes Stern, 7 July 2014
In a declaration of war on the working class, the US-backed military junta announced cuts to fuel and electricity subsidies on which millions of Egyptians depend.
Tony Blair to advise Egyptian dictator al-Sisi
By Paul Mitchell, 7 July 2014
Former UK prime minister Tony Blair is to advise Egyptian president and military dictator, Abdel Fattah al-Sisi.
One year since the military coup in Egypt
By Johannes Stern, 5 July 2014
The coup revealed the essential problem of the Egyptian revolution: the chasm between the elemental anger of the Egyptian population and the absence of political leadership.
Kerry affirms US support for Egyptian junta
By Johannes Stern, 23 June 2014
In a show of support for the blood-soaked military regime in Egypt, US Secretary of State John Kerry visited Cairo on Sunday.
Egyptian junta extends presidential election due to massive abstention
By Johannes Stern, 28 May 2014
The low voter turnout reflects mass popular hostility to the US-backed military junta and its de facto leader and main presidential candidate, Abdel Fatah al-Sisi.
Egypt’s mass death sentences: A crime made in the USA
By Bill Van Auken, 1 May 2014
In conducting drumhead trials in which hundreds are sentenced to die, the Egyptian regime knows it is acting with Washington’s tacit approval.
US-backed Egyptian regime sentences 683 more to die
By Bill Van Auken, 29 April 2014
Washington stands exposed as the direct accomplice in the Egyptian junta’s crimes, with President Obama all but soaping the hangman’s noose.
US sends Apache attack helicopters to Egyptian junta
By Patrick Martin, 25 April 2014
US weaponry will soon be turned against the working people of Egypt.
Military junta implements reign of terror in Egypt
By Jean Shaoul, 16 April 2014
Egypt’s interim president, Adly Mansour, is due to sign a new anti-terrorism bill that effectively outlaws all political opposition.
Egyptian coup leader al-Sisi announces presidential candidacy
By Johannes Stern, 28 March 2014
Sisi is a US-backed dictator prepared to use fascistic methods to suppress the working class at the behest of its imperialist patrons and international finance capital.
Stop Egypt’s Pinochet from murdering 529 Muslim Brotherhood supporters!
By Johannes Stern, 26 March 2014
Monday’s death sentence handed down by a kangaroo court in Egypt to 529 supporters of the Muslim Brotherhood (MB) marks a new stage in the military junta’s brutal efforts to terrorize and intimidate popular opposition.
Egypt on the verge of a social explosion
By Jean Shaoul, 26 March 2014
The Egyptian military junta’s savage repression of the Muslim Brotherhood takes place in the context of growing social tensions and a wave of strikes.
US-backed military junta in Egypt sentences 529 Brotherhood members to death
By Johannes Stern, 25 March 2014
The biggest mass death sentence in recent history marks another escalation in the ruthless efforts of the US-backed military junta in Egypt to annihilate its political opponents.
Egyptian cabinet resigns as strike wave grows
By Johannes Stern, 25 February 2014
The military-backed government’s resignation is aimed at preparing coup leader Field Marshal Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi’s presidential bid and a confrontation with the working class.
Wave of strikes by Egyptian textile workers
By Johannes Stern, 22 February 2014
Tens of thousands of textile workers in Mahalla and other industrial centers are on strike for higher wages and better working conditions.
Three years of the Egyptian revolution
By Johannes Stern, 25 January 2014
On January 25, 2011, mass revolutionary struggles erupted in Egypt against the regime of President Hosni Mubarak.
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