Nèdeem Elmahjoub's blog

Class struggle (at a low ebb) Silicon Valley nonsense: Uber and exploitation

Budapest: Anti-Orbán protests

"Orteguista ,  rather than Sandinista ,  [is]  a linguistic distinction that has become a common indicator of Ortega’s divorce from the FSLN’s founding values. Where the Sandinista Front was established as socialist, the Ortega government has  privatized  Nicaraguan industries and made welfare services contingent upon party allegiance." Activists speak out about Nicaragua's crackdowns

The evolution of neoliberalism in Tunisia 1980-2107

Iran 1999, 2009, 2011-12, 2018 are episodes which have marked the long crisis of the regime. I wouldn't speculate on any external influence, but, what is evident, is that not only calls for "democracy" and "freedoms", etc led mainly by middle class Iranians have driven those protests, but the socio-economic crisis, coupled with corruption and high inequality, has deepened. 

Led by Islamists, thousands of Moroccans rally in support if northern protests

"[I]f  grievance led explanations for the timing of the 2011 Arab Spring are correct, then the scope conditions for another mass uprising are seemingly in place." On the breadline in Sisi's Egypt

Photos from Egypt's 25 February Revolution

Sowing the seeds of dissent "The economic roots of the Syrian revolution"

The Rebirth of Arab Activism Tunisia: IMF "Economic Medicine" has resulted in Mass Poverty and Unemployment A Tunisian town during protests, December 2010 (Al-Jazeera.net) Articles: "Tunisia Struggles to End Protests" Tunisia’s Zine Ben Ali: So…will the end be gracious or graceless? CORRUPTION IN TUNISIA: WHAT'S YOURS IS MINE Unemployed Protests in Tunisia Special from Tunisia: Al-Jazeera accused of exaggerating popular unrest Special from Tunisia: Self-immolation by desperate youth sets off rare wave of protests Tunisia: The battle of Sidi Bouzid Youth Unemployment Sparks Tunisian Tinderbox How a man setting fire to himself sparked an uprising in Tunisia