Event



Breaking Away, Breaking Apart: Labor Politics in North Africa

Dr. Ian Hartshorn, Assistant Professor of Political Science, University of Nevada, Reno
Oct 2, 2019 at | Fisher Bennett Hall Rm 201, 3340 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104

Sponsored by
Middle East Center

Based on more than 150 interviews with trade unionists, activists, politicians, and workers in Tunisia and Egypt, Dr. Ian Hartshorn explores how disgruntled workers broke away from their captured unions to create new, revolutionary movements among the working classes.