''Al-'Amal'' (in

Arabic Arabic (, ' ; , ' or ) is a Semitic languages, Semitic language spoken primarily across the Arab world.Semitic languages: an international handbook / edited by Stefan Weninger; in collaboration with Geoffrey Khan, Michael P. Streck, Janet C ...

العمل) was a weekly

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published in

Aden Aden ( ar, عدن ' Yemeni: ) is a city, and since 2015, the temporary capital of Yemen, near the eastern approach to the Red Sea (the Gulf of Aden), some east of the strait Bab-el-Mandeb. Its population is approximately 800,000 people. ...

from 1957. ''Al-'Amal'' was the organ of the

Aden Trade Union Congress The Aden Trade Union Congress (ATUC or TUC) was a trade union in the Aden Colony, a British protectorate in Yemen. History The ATUC was founded in 1956 during serious labour unrest in the area. Its organ was Al-'Amal (1957). The Secretary Gener ...

(ATUC). The newspaper was only allowed to print 1,500 copies weekly by the authorities. The newspaper carried the slogan 'Freedom, Bread and Peace'. After a year of existence, and had the same editor as ''al-Ba'ath''. ''Al Amal'' was banned for having fomented dissent amongst workers. ATUC later launched ''al-'Ummal'' (in

العمال meaning ''The Workers'') as its new organ. Amin Al Aswadi served as the

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of the newspaper.

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