Assad or the Naked Lion
“As the regime applies its scorched earth policy and starves the population to bring it to heel, it insists on showing that in the regions it controls, life follows its natural course.”
Read MoreCategory: Syria and the Left
Some activists have lost their moral compass with respect to Syria
Maher Arar writes: “The inconsistency of positions taken by these activists and their cult-like stubbornness make them look closer to religious zealots than to people who are seeking the truth.”
Read MoreRazan Zaitouneh’s “Women in The Syrian Revolution” (2013)
The Experience of Local Councils in the Syrian Revolution
“We are not less that the workers of the Paris Commune… They lasted 70 days and we are still here since a year and a half.”
Read MoreThe Multipolar Spin: How Fascists Operationalize Left-wing Resentment
This article was originally published by Alexander Reid Ross, author of the book ‘Against The Fascist Creep’. Republished here for education purposes.
Read MoreFrom Syria to Palestine: Struggles Against Dictatorship, Imperialism, and Zionism (Audio)
Panel at Left Forum 2017 With Ramah Kudaimi, Shireen Akram-Boshar, Jehad Abusalim and myself, hosted by Ashley Smith.
Read MoreThe Syrian Revolution: Context and Consequences (Audio)
On Yassin Haj Saleh’s Book ‘The Impossible Revolution’
“Syrian society has been without a sense of historical purpose or a ‘project’ that could unite the people and align their expectations […] Today, not only is the project devoid of any national or humane aspects: it is a killing machine.”
Read MoreNo, the Assad regime is not ‘defending his own country’
Regime tactics are designed to overwhelm pro-democracy and secular opposition groups, forcing them into defensive mode, while empowering, directly and indirectly, more conservative and authoritarian groups.
Read MoreOmar Sabbour: Regarding statements by Syrian opposition and Western solidarity groups
In Syria, Civilian Lives Don’t Matter
Anti-war activists should be calling on all foreign forces to leave and holding the perpetrators of war crimes to account.
Read More‘That Father’. Aleppo, August 2012.
Whenever I hear ‘leftists’ engage in whitewashing or conspiracy theories, I think of that father cradling his dead daughter.
Read MoreThere is something under Aleppo’s rubble to be mourned for everyone
Marxism and the Struggle Against Counterrevolution in Syria
“The Syrian Revolution is facing the gravest dangers in the nearly six years of its existence.”
Read MoreAnarchists in Agrabah
“There wasn’t anything ‘anarchist’ about them given that they shut down a panel featuring a Syrian Arab anarchist, Leila, and insulted a Syrian Kurdish anarchist, Shiar.”
Read MoreWhat’s behind Stop the War’s aversion to Syria voices?
To the isolationists, “they” needn’t be asked what they think of their country’s situation, for “we”, as owners of great social capital, know best.
Read MoreWretched of the Earth: Thoughts on Syria, Palestine and Discourse
On Suffering and Solidarity
Those who suffer entrust their pain in the conscience of those who take upon themselves the task of standing to injustice and oppression.
Read MoreCelebrating the Work of ‘Enab Baladi’, Citizen Chroniclers of the Syrian Revolution
“Among the many Syrians who criticized Robert Fisk for his coverage of the Daraya massacre were just ordinary citizens from Daraya running a humble news service while the massacre was happening.”
Read MoreOn The Allies We’re Not Proud Of: A Palestinian Response to Troubling Discourse on Syria
We, the undersigned Palestinians, write to affirm our commitment to the amplification of Syrian voices as they endure slaughter and displacement at the hands of Bashar Al-Assad’s regime.
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