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Middle Eastern and North African Socialists
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...
Syrian Writers, Artists, and Journalists Speak Out Against Assad, Jihadists and Imperialist Intervention
We unreservedly, and in the strongest language, condemn the Russian and US approach of intervening in our internal Syrian affairs. At least since 2013, these two powers have been working to co-opt the Syrian liberation struggle under the rubric of the “war against...
Destroying Syria to Thwart Democracy: Assad’s Role in the Syrian Catastrophe
It becomes critically important to demand that the International Criminal Court indict Assad for command responsibility for war crimes and crimes against humanity. There have been times when UN spokespeople have indicated that he has been responsible for both, yet at...