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I was a student at the London School of Economics (LSE) when the "June War" or the "Six Day War" broke out between Israel and Egypt and the rest of the Arab world, 40 years ago this month.

Textile workers at the Mansoura-España Garments Company in Egypt’s Nile Delta have occupied the plant in protest at unpaid wages and the sale of the company.

The Cairo Conference comes to London Hamdeen Sabahy, an independent MP in the Egyptian parliament and a leading figure in the anti-imperialist movement, will be joined by leading activists from the Middle East in a forum on resistance.

Shocking details – including video footage – have come to light of the brutal torture methods routinely used by Egypt’s security services.

The Egyptian government has begun a crackdown on trade unionists at the heart of a recent wave of strikes.

The 5th Cairo anti-war conference, held in Egypt last week, was a demonstration of the growing resistance in the Middle East and its links to the worldwide anti-war movement.

The Cairo Conference took place after a series of inspiring mass strikes that have spread across Egypt.

Osama Hussein Nasr, known as Abu Omar, is an Islamic preacher who was kidnapped by the CIA in 2003.

The Egyptian regime is attempting to silence any criticism directed against it by pushing through changes in the constitution. The US-backed president Hosni Mubarak is trying to dress up the changes as "democratic reforms".

Opposition groups in Egypt have demonstrated against a constitutional amendment that would silence criticism of the regime.

Egypt’s winter of discontent is growing. Following victories in major strikes last month, 13,000 workers at the Samanoud textile factory walked out on Thursday of last week, demanding an increase in food allowances.

It began in Egypt’s biggest factory in December with a strike of 27,000 textile workers. Then it spread to other textile mills across the Nile Delta.