Opposition to Egypt’s ruling military council (Scaf) is growing following revelations of widespread torture of activists seized by military police and huge demonstrations on Friday of last week.
The wave of uprisings inspired by the Tunisian and Egyptian revolutions is continuing across the Arab world.
Women are playing a vital role in the uprising in Syria.
Over 48,000 people marched in Prague last week against cuts. The protest was organised by the CMKOS and ASO union federations, and the anti-cuts ProAlt initiative.
A second national strike by doctors affected outpatient services in hospitals across Egypt on Tuesday of last week.
The camps have extended like a trail of gunpowder all over the country since Sunday 15 May. They have provided the spark that has ignited an atmosphere charged with frustration, indignation and anger after three and a half years of crisis and a growing spiral of cuts, the worsening of working conditions and unemployment.
Protesters in Puerta del Sol Square, central Madrid on 20 May 2011
Mass demonstrations and protest camps have mushroomed across Spain as the young and the unemployed say "enough". As many as 40 percent of Spain’s 4.5 million unemployed are under 25.
On the anniversary of the Nakba, the police and army fire live ammunition at Egyptians to protect the embassy of the Zionists.
The mass public sector strike in Botswana, southern Africa, escalated on Tuesday when the government sacked health workers in "essential" services.
As mass anti-government demonstrations in Yemen entered their fourth month the Supreme Coordination Council of the Revolution—a coalition of nearly 300 pro-democracy groups—announced their plans to escalate the protests.
Israeli forces killed dozens of Palestinians as tens of thousands marched on Israel’s borders last weekend.
