Revolution Follow

A wave of strikes across Egypt is rapidly broadening and deepening the revolution there. A national teachers strike has rallied round the slogan "Meet our demands or forget school this year."

The sight of David Cameron and French president Nicolas Sarkozy arriving in Libya as conquering heroes last week was sickening.

The revolution in Egypt is gaining new momentum.

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".

Regi Pilling looks at what Leon Trotsky meant by permanent revolution and if it still has relevance today.

Libya, revolution and imperial interference Socialist Worker (27 August) is certainly right about the West trying to get its hands on power in Libya.

Journalist Mishal Husain uses mobile phone footage and social media postings to chart the uprisings of the Arab Spring.

Recent dramatic events across North Africa, the Middle East and elsewhere once again pose an important question—what makes a revolutionary situation?

Muammar Gaddafi was always strong on radical rhetoric. He said he supported "the people" and "revolution". He claimed to oppose imperialism and unconditionally backed the Palestinians. In the 1970s and 1980s these repeated messages seduced many on the left internationally and Gaddafi was able to cultivate the image of an intransigent Arab nationalist who supported struggles for change worldwide.

It’s not every week Hollywood releases a film praising revolution. Rise of the Planet of the Apes, though, places itself firmly on the side of a downtrodden chimp—and sees him lead a powerful ape uprising.

A mother in Tsarist Russia is drawn into political activism when she sees the state’s treatment of revolutionary workers.

"The intervention of the Western powers is a real threat to the Arab revolutions. It allows the dictators to pose as defenders of national ­independence.