Tunisia - working class revolt

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Vice news report on the protests.

 

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Report from Human Rights Watch

Tunisia: Police Use Violent Tactics to Quash Protests

Police in several Tunisian governorates appear to have responded to social justice protests in recent weeks with excessive force at times, leaving one man dead and arresting hundreds, including many minors.

www.hrw.org

 

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This is a reasonable summary of the situation.

Ben Ali’s Ghost Still Haunts Tunisia

The Arab Spring’s democratic success story is wrestling with the vestiges of an authoritarian past.

foreignpolicy.com

 

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Mechichi is properly full of shit isn't he?

 

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Thread:

 

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Demo now over. Some tweets from earlier:

 

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Reuters report on today's protest. I'm not sure that the claim about numbers is correct.

Thousands protest in Tunis despite police blockade

Thousands of protesters backed by Tunisia's powerful labour union gathered in central Tunis on Saturday in the country's biggest demonstration for years, defying a police lockdown that blocked roads in a large area of the capital.

www.reuters.com

Unlike previous marches in a wave of protests that have spread across Tunisia in recent weeks, Saturday’s rally was backed by the UGTT union, the country’s most powerful political organisation with a million members.

Samir Cheffi, a senior UGTT official, said the protest was needed to protect liberties. “Today is a cry of alarm to defend the revolution, to protect freedoms under threat,” he said.

Protesters chanted against the moderate Islamist Ennahda party, a member of successive government coalitions, and reprised the Arab Spring slogan: “The people want the fall of the regime”.

 

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There was also this.

 

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Crimethinc article on the protests.

Tunisia: From the 2011 Revolution to the Revolt of 2021

Tunisia is experiencing its largest grassroots revolt since the Arab Spring, with implications for all North Africa.

crimethinc.com

 

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A thread from a Tunisian activist interviewed for the Crimethinc article.

 

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Student union at heart of protests rocking Tunisia

A left-wing student union has been at the forefront of political protests currently racking democratic Tunisia, actions that have led to its activists...

www.universityworldnews.com

Warda Atiq, the secretary-general of L'Union générale des étudiants de Tunisie (UGET), told University World News that 50 members of UGET have been arrested and 32 remain in pre-trial detention.

 

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Some activists talking. I'm not sure it leads anywhere much. Short film produced by Nawaat.

 

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Calls for cannabis decriminalisation.

After 30-Year Jail Sentence for Cannabis Users, Some Demand Decriminalization - Meshkal

A series of protests which began on January 15 in various cities and neighborhoods across the country have largely focused on economic inequality and police repression. But recently, […]

meshkal.org

 

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I'm not sure what to make of this as yet.

Tunisia president accused of staging coup after suspending parliament

Kais Saied invokes emergency article of constitution after violent protests against country’s biggest party

www.theguardian.com