Teacher, Researcher, Organizer with the @IWW building a new society within the shell of the old
Toronto/Edinburgh/Beirut
Joined June 2012
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My latest project on the uprisings/revolutions in Sudan, Algeria, Iraq, Lebanon, and Iran has now been published! Get it in print with a 20% discount or in digital format on a PWYC basis. Special thanks to all the contributors. darajapress.com/publication/…
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An injury to one is an injury to all.
The IWW stands in solidarity with all workers in Palestine suffering from Israeli occupation & genocide. We ask that other branches proudly show support for our international brothers and sisters.
@WorkersinPales1 @iww @LondonIWW
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إنّ حادثة بلدة كحّالة هي نتيجة للتناقضات التي تعتاش عليها البرجوازية اللبنانية لإعادة انتاج هيمنتها على مجتمعنا في كيان معدّ للإنهيار. تجدّدت طيلة العقود بل وحتّى القرون الأخيرة في المنطقة صراعات داخلية بين مختلف الأطراف البرجوازية التي جيّشت الجماهير المفقرة لتقاتل نيابة عنها
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The IWW was founded on this day in 1905 (followed by a 12-day long Convention!)
Read more here: iww.org/history/founding.
Happy 118th Birthday to us!
The IWW's response to the shameful email sent out by the University of Glasgow about the MAB a few days ago. Full solidarity with @UCUGlasgow and our dual carders! iww.org.uk/news/the-universi…
The state-building project is the graveyard of Lebanon's social movements and hopes for change.
What is first needed is accountable and democratic public institutions, and the social contract also needs to be rethought. The Lebanese population needs to agree on what kind of state it aspires to, and what social justice would entail in that state, especially since the crisis calls for rebuilding. Then, trust, transparency, and anti-corruption can start to be addressed.
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Won’t anyone think of the poor independent businesses owned by very wealthy individuals happy to exploit their workers to become richer.
I wonder who the “mainstream union representative” could be.
Also solidarity with the @clydesideiww
Direct action tactics are 🔑 – at Glasgow, Scotland
Learned about the @_EHSSU_ at today's @EdinburghMayDay rally. Inspiring to see students step up to demand better education standards. Hope their voices are elevated by all of us who teach.
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IWW Saramago Workers union statement 21/04/2023
iww.org.uk/news/iww-saramago…
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📢 Casework victory 📢
We supported a teacher at a big chain school whose DOS tried to discipline them - w/o reason and w/o process.
After some quick advice to the worker on their rights, the manager swiftly decided to resolve the matter amicably - w/o disciplinary action!✊✊
ALT Image shows to women with their fists up. Above it says victory and lists the email address of the TEFL Workers union: [email protected]
A short article on why theories of deprivation cannot explain when revolutions happen
jadesaab.com/deprivation-and…
Currently reading this and I cannot recommend it enough. Not only is the book a treasure trove of resources on the 2019 revolution and an exemplar of the quality academic work arising from Lebanon...
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Palestine is a national cause, an Arab cause, the cause of the oppressed, of the colonized & formerly colonized, of anyone who believes in & practices freedom,anyone who refuses to accept that some people are less human than others. What do you believe in, what do you fight for?
An article I wrote for the French anarchist magazine Alternative Libertaire.
jadesaab.com/the-cnt-money-a…
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All along, since my first Marxist book in 1973, I've made the argument that social movements are just as important as trade unions in articulating the pathway towards socialism. The left has this fiction that the only working class that counts is the industrial working class.
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As a Palestinian, i’m offended by the silence attended by colleagues working on justice and decolonisation. This is not self-indulging. I’m fed up with the pseudo bravery that the discourse claims. bit by bit, i am losing faith in values & commitments academic research promotes.
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Today more workers were fired. Still no communication from the bosses ❌. We'll be back out tomorrow (Friday) at the CCA 12pm - 2pm and 5pm - 8:30pm. See you there! 🚩❤️🖤
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Big turnout at the @clydesideiww picket this evening at the CCA. Workers were fired from Saramago pub after self-organised collective action. Hunneds of people came out and demonstrated their support, including members of dozens of unions & orgs. up the workers' autonomy 🏴⚒️
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Great demo this morning outside the CCA on sauchiehall st, and another one this afternoon at 5:30.
Dump yer boss, especially if they hide behind claims of being ethical or hosting alternative crowds.
ALERT: Saramago workers in Glasgow FIRED for taking union action READ MORE HERE > iww.org.uk/news/iww_saramago…
There will be a protest being organised outside Saramago on Sauchiehall Street at 12pm on Tuesday 21st March, bring banners, bring your joy, bring your solidarity!
#iww
