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SUMMARY:Book launch: The Workers' Movement and Egypt's Long Revolution - D
 r Maha Abdelrahman (Centre of Development Studies and POLIS)\, Anne Alexan
 der (CRASSH
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DESCRIPTION:CGHR is pleased to host the launch of two new books: Egypt's L
 ong Revolution by Maha Abdelrahman\, and Bread\, Freedom\, Social Justice:
  workers and the Egyptian Revolution by Anne Alexander and Mostafa Bassiou
 ny\n\nAbout the books:\n\nBread\, Freedom\, Social Justice: Workers and th
 e Egyptian Revolution\, Anne Alexander and Mostafa Bassiouny\n\nCollective
  action by organised workers played a fundamental role in the Egyptian rev
 olution\, which erupted after years of strikes and social protests. Yet th
 is aspect of the revolutionary process has received little attention from 
 researchers until now. Drawing on the authors' decade-long experience of r
 eporting on and researching the Egyptian labour movement\, Bread\, Freedom
 \, Social Justice provides the first in-depth account of the emergence of 
 the independent unions during Mubarak's last years in power. It also explo
 res the destabilising impact of workers' mobilisations on the military and
  Islamist regimes since 2011\, including the contradictory political effec
 ts of social protests during the crisis which engulfed Mohamed Morsi's pre
 sidency in 2012-2013.\n\nCopies of the book will be available at the launc
 h for the special price of £15 (RRP £16.99)\n\n\nEgypt's Long Revolution
 : Protest Movements and Uprisings\, Maha Abdelrahman\n\nThe book analyses 
 new forms of political mobilisation that arose in response to ever-increas
 ing grievances against authoritarian politics\, deteriorating living condi
 tions for the majority of Egyptians as a consequence of neo-liberal polici
 es and the machinery of crony capitalism\, and an almost total abandoning 
 by the state of its responsibilities to society at large. It argues that t
 he increasing societal pressures from different quarters such as labour gr
 oups\, pro-democracy movements and ordinary citizens during this period cu
 lminated in an intensifying culture of protest and activism that was vital
  in the lead up to the dramatic overthrow of Mubarak. It also argues that 
 the features of these new forms of activism and political mobilisation hav
 e contributed to shaping the political process since the downfall of Mubar
 ak.
LOCATION:Room S1\, Alison Richard Building\, Sidgwick Site\, 7 West Rd\, C
 B3 9DT
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