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Middle Eastern and North African Socialists
Syrian Kurds Protest in Solidarity with Aleppo
The Kurdish protesters in Erbil and Qamishli specifically condemned the Syrian Army’s callous disregard for civilian lives in Aleppo city...“Civilians in that war-ravaged city have suffered the most under attacks by regime troops and their allies, like Russia, Iran...
British-Syrian Author/Activist Leila Al-Shami in Dialogue with Russian Anti-War Activists
Leila al-Shami, co-author of Burning Country, a writer who has worked with human rights movements in Syria and elsewhere in the Middle East, gave this interview to Ilya Matveev and Gabriel Levy on 29 November for OpenLeft (before the fall of Aleppo to the government...
Iranian University Student Questions Iran’s Role in Syria Genocide
History has judged us guilty because we have remained silent about the horrible genocide in Syria... Are we really standing on the right side in Syria? 500,000 have been killed, generations have been burned, and Syria has been destroyed. Where do we stand in this...
Assad Regime’s Imperialist Allies Respond to Trump’s Election by Escalating Military Offensive
Joseph Daher's interview with Real News Network December 2, 2016 Highlights: In Syria, Eastern Aleppo had been a symbol of the democratic alternative. The Islamic State had been kicked out in the beginning of 2014 following an uprising of the democratic forces, both...
The Tragedy of the Syrian Revolution and the Responsibilities of Socialists
The inaction of the majority of the global Left in face of the Syrian regime/Russia/Iran perpetrated massacre in Aleppo is the sign of a very deep problem. In this article, I will attempt to explore the roots of this problem in order to draw out some lessons about...
Trump and the Middle East
US support for authoritarian regimes, in the Middle East and elsewhere, is likely to increase. Trump repeatedly expressed his respect for "strong men", on the model of the authoritarian, macho and white man, stating that even "the bad guys" like Saddam Hussein and...
Election of Donald Trump Marks Regression to Authoritarianism
Although Trump’s message has been against “big government,” in fact his economic plan which mainly consists of tax cuts for large companies and massive spending cuts in the public sector, does not contradict the rule of a strong state/army. His authoritarianism might...
A Palestinian Response to Troubling Discourse on Syria
It is our position that any discussion of Syria that neglects the central role of Bashar Al-Assad and his regime in the destruction of Syria, directly contradicts the principles of solidarity by which we abide. We have reflected on our own tendency to heroize those...
Calling for an End to the Interventions in Syria is Not Nearly Enough
The ceasefire was born to fail because it did not address the political roots of the problem in Syria: the Assad regime. The agreement provided for greater military coordination between Russia and the United States in the “war against terrorism” , targeting the...