Egipt - Year in review 2013 – Workers hold 2,486 protests! new Internationalism and working class. item key of new conference of mlm parties and organisations after RIM collapse! maoistroad

 Egyptian workers held 2,486 protests in 2013, 2,243 of which took place during the reign of ousted former President Mohamed Morsi. A total of 243 protests were held under the military-backed interim government. An average of 6.1 worker protests took place each day during the year. This was down from the total in 2012 when the number of demonstrations reached 3,300. The overall number of protests in 2013 topped that of 2011 when 1,300 protests took place.