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O Egito em tempo de revolução: As lutas dos trabalhadores antes e depois das revoltas de 2011

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Título
O Egito em tempo de revolução: As lutas dos trabalhadores antes e depois das revoltas de 2011
Revista Crítica de Ciências Sociais
Autor
Iside Gjergji
Assunto
Egito
Egypt
labour movement
mouvement ouvrier
movimento operário
processo revolucionário
processus révolutionnaire
redes sociais
revolution
revolutionary process
revolução
réseaux sociaux
révolution
social media
Égypte
Abstract
Western commentators have referred to the Egyptian revolution as a Facebook-revolution, i.e. a social and political phenomenon mostly instigated (basically through social media) by middle-classes and highly-educated young people calling for Western democratic (and, ça va sans dire, pro-market) reforms. This untrue revolutionary postcard have been erased the underlying socioeconomic roots of the 2011 Egyptian uprising. As a consequence, the unprecedented wave of labour protests over the last three years almost seems to come out of the blue and, moreover, the Egyptian workers’ role in the 2011 upheaval receive little attention. This paper argues that socioeconomic factors are at the very heart of the Egyptian uprising and, in this perspective, it aims to contribute some essential aspects in considering the rising Egyptian labour movement as a key actor in a long-term revolutionary process.
issue
103
Páginas
81-110
Date
2014-05
título curto
Revista Crítica de Ciências Sociais
Língua
pt
doi
10.4000/rccs.5544
issn
2182-7435
Publisher
SciELO Portugal
Coleções
Zotero - Teste