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Left Parties and Trade Unions in West Asia and North Africa Mark May Day

Peoples Dispatch May 1, 2023 Peoples Dispatch

International Workers’ Day celebrations were held in different countries of West Asia and North Africa on Monday, May 1, with trade unions and left parties organizing mass demonstrations. Marking the day, workers raised slogans of unity and revolution against capitalist exploitation.

Kenyan migrant workers gather on January 11 at their country's consulate in Beirut to demand repatriation / credit: Middle East Eye / Matt Kynaston

Kenyan Women Speak Out About Kafala Exploitation in Gulf States

Shadrack Omuka December 1, 2022 Shadrack Omuka

As many as 89 Kenyan domestic workers have been killed in Saudi Arabia over the past two years. That's why former domestic workers warn others about traveling to the Gulf countries to work under the Kafala system. But change may be on the horizon with government officials discussing ways to mitigate migrant worker abuse and exploitation. Shadrack Omuka reports from Kenya.