Palestine: The “deal of the century” or a new attempt to liquidate the Palestinian question
On January 28 in Washington, a so-called Middle East peace plan was presented by US President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, and in the notable absence of the Palestinian side. The outlines of the project were put together by Jared...
Nine years of struggle for democracy in Syria
This article was first published on the Websites of Socialist Resistance and International Viewpoint SOCIALIST RESISTANCE – The movement for democracy which erupted in 2011 in Syria, alongside others in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA), gave hope that the...
Al-Mounadil/ah Newspaper threatened with suspension, and its website with closure: No to stifling the freedom of expression!
"The following statement, published on 30 January 2020, explains the Moroccan judiciary’s threat to close the revolutionary socialist newspaper and website, al-Mounadil-a (‘the Militant’). As the al-Mounadil-a editorial board suggests below, such threats are parts of...
The ‘Caesar Bill’: A step towards accountability in Syria, or a worsening economic crisis
Article first published on the website Syria untold: https://syriauntold.com/2020/01/27/the-caesar-bill-a-step-towards-accountability-in-syria-or-a-worsening-economic-crisis/ The Caesar Bill has become the subject of debate among progressive and democratic Syrian...
Global Protests Say “No War With Iran.” Can They Inspire a New Antiwar Movement?
BY Emma Wilde Botta & Frieda Afary, PUBLISHED : January 25, 2020 Originally published on Truthout: https://truthout.org/articles/global-protests-say-no-war-with-iran-can-they-inspire-a-new-antiwar-movement/ Today, people around the world are taking to the streets...
Western “Anti-Imperialists” Silence Middle Eastern and North African Voices
By Daliah Lina January 26, 2020 “You stand with the terrorist troops. You are a jihadist.” This just covers a part of the public smearing I had to face the last couple of weeks since Trump’s airstrike on Qassem Soleimani. One who has been involved in political debates...
Imperialism, Anti-Imperialism and International Socialist Solidarity Today: Panel Recording
Recording of panel at Howard Zinn Conference, December 6, 2019, San Francisco https://wearemany.org/a/0/0/imperialism-anti-imperialism-and-international-socialist-solidarity-today The U.S. is no longer an unrivaled empire dominating the world system. It has suffered...
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...
