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The trial of six activists arrested in Zimbabwe for showing news footage of the uprisings in Tunisia and Egypt began last Thursday.

The revolution in Egypt is gaining new momentum.

It has been a breathless week for Egypt’s military rulers as strikes and mass protests gain momentum.

Some of the teachers who protested outside the Egyptian parliament last week spoke to Socialist Worker.

It started when tens of thousands of people flowed into Tahrir Square on Friday – a day they called the "Friday of Correcting the Path of the Revolution".

Thousands of workers in Egypt are preparing for some of the biggest strikes since the fall of dictator Hosni Mubarak—whose trial for ordering the mass killing of protesters resumed this week.

The Islamist mass rally in Cairo on 29 July showed the deepening alliance between some Islamists and the ruling army council. But, argues Phil Marfleet, the Islamists are an unstable coalition whose ability to contain the revolution is far from established.

Salafis Salafis have been concerned mainly with details of ritual, dress and personal morality. They are often referred to in Egypt as “Sunnis”, with the implication that they are concerned overwhelmingly with the Sunna (“the way”/”the path”) associated with key traditions of Islam and with the practice of the Prophet Muhammad. They are followers of...

Workers in Egypt were on strike throughout the Ramadan festival—and many look set to continue.

"People in Egypt are suspicious about what is happening in Libya.

In February the whole world could see that Egypt was going through a revolution, as people rose up against the dictator Hosni Mubarak.

The stunning Arab Revolutions exhibition shows the ordinary people who have risen up across the region this year.