The Alliance of
Middle Eastern and North African Socialists
Syria’s Unfinished Revolution: Review of Joseph Daher’s Syria After the Uprising
Joseph Daher’s new book, Syria After the Uprisings, is perhaps the most detailed and comprehensive explanation of the nature of the Syrian state, the causes and character of the revolution, and the reasons for its defeat and, in the words of the book’s subtitle, the...
Iran Popular Protests Against Regime Intensify in Response to Iran Downing of Passenger Plane
The eloquent statements and slogans voiced by the latest wave of mass protests in Iran seem to indicate that the uprising has entered a new stage. The efforts of the regime to derail the protests after the U.S. assassination of Qassem Soleimani and to give the...
Oppose U.S. and Iran War by Showing Solidarity with Uprisings in the MENA Region
The most worrisome aspect of these developments is that they might lead to catastrophic consequences and full-scale war. That would in turn overshadow the wave of uprisings that have broken out in the Middle East and North Africa region in 2019, from Sudan and...
Mass Upsurge Against India’s Citizenship Amendment Act
The Citizenship Amendment Act In combination with the nationwide National Register of Citizens has been compared, by opposition parties and others, to the infamous Nuremberg Race Laws that disenfranchised and rendered stateless German Jews, reminding people that RSS...
Why the Latest Uprising in Iran Matters?
Emma Wilde Botta of Jacobin interviews Frieda Afary from the Alliance of MENA Socialists: "This appeal for help and support is not just for the sake of the Iranians. It is for the sake of defending similar struggles against capitalist exploitation, racism, sexism,...
Call for Solidarity with Uprisings in the Middle East & North Africa
Will the uprisings in the Middle East and North Africa succeed in moving the region in a progressive and revolutionary direction, or will authoritarian regimes simply change face, survive and engage in endless wars? Which scenario will prevail? Much depends on what...
Statement from Tehran University Students in Solidarity with Mass Protests Against Iranian Regime
We, the students, while maintaining the distance from both poles, emphasize the common fate of the Iranian masses and all other working class around the world - from Chile to Iraq, Syria, and Lebanon. We defend their rightful protests and we will continue our struggle...
Lebanon’s Uprising: Forward, Backward, or Nowhere?
Lebanon has passed the 50 day mark of an uprising that seeks to remove the current ruling class in power since the end of the Lebanese Civil War and rid itself from the confessional system that has plagued the country since its independence. The uprising has, so far,...
Public-Private Partnerships as a tool for privatization and reinforcement of clientelist networks
Syria's reconstruction can often seem like a distant prospect. Here, Joseph Daher assesses how the Syrian government is doubling-down on its pre-war neoliberal policies in the hope of drivin forward the country's reconstruction and economic renewal. But what will...
