On this day, 18 January 1977, workers and poor people across Egypt rose up against the ending of state subsidies for basic goods. Despite the government killing hundreds of people, strikes, demonstrations and riots forced the government to back down in just two days.
This is a short history of the uprising: https://libcom.org/history/1977-egypts-bread-intifada https://www.facebook.com/workingclasshistory/photos/a.296224173896073/1327641040754376/?type=3
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