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Beirut has been the scene of growing demonstrations over the past few weeks in reaction to the government’s disastrous management of waste disposal and treatment; this market-based privatised approach has catastrophic environmental consequences, hitting first and foremost the most impoverished regions of the country. The closure of the open-air landfill site in Na’ameh following local mobilisations means that tons of rubbish are left on the streets of the country’s major cities.

In the midst of the Arab uprisings in winter of 2011, the Lebanese people engaged actively by protesting for the downfall of the sectarian regime and the establishment of a secular society and state based on social justice and equality, as a giant leap forward towards the ultimate revolutionary change on  social, political and economic fronts.

Down with repression, corruption, exploitation and humiliation by the Lebanese state! Against corrupt deals and bargains sanctioned by the Lebanese State that lead to garbage catastrophes!

Day by day and at every milestone, the two dominant poles of the ruling class – March 8 and March 14 – are demonstrating its indifference regarding the fate of ordinary people. The only concern is its own direct interest in outrageous profits at the expense of everyone else.

In recent weeks, Egypt has been witnessing grave developments in the regime’s approach to smash its political opponents. One year into the iron fist rule of General Sisi, tens of thousands from the ranks of the entire spectrum of the political opposition – Islamists and others – have been detained under the protest law.