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“You can jail a Revolutionary but you can’t jail The Revolution” – Syrian Rebel Youth banner, Homs 24/7/2013

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  • My debate with Tim Anderson on Syria: Reflections on the collapse of solidarity July 11, 2017
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  • Brief comments on the Russia-Turkey colonialist “ceasefire” December 31, 2016
  • Save Aleppo! Oh, hang on, Aleppo is not Kobani … December 13, 2016
  • Turkey, Rebels, Kurds & Assad in northern Syria: Contradictions in moves towards regional counterrevolutionary alliance September 4, 2016
  • Downing warplanes, Orwell and “US-backed” rebels August 10, 2016
  • My Thoughts on Syria July 28, 2016
  • Left wing imperialism in Syria July 6, 2016
  • How the Syrian Revolution has transformed me May 20, 2016
  • The Kurdish PYD’s alliance with Russia against Free Aleppo: Evidence and analysis of a disaster February 28, 2016
  • Bloody Counterrevolution in Aleppo: on Russian Blitzkrieg and US “betrayal” February 18, 2016
  • Compilation of Recent Russian Crimes Against Humanity in Syria February 4, 2016
  • US and Jordan demand Southern Front rebels stop fighting Assad, cut off “support” January 26, 2016
  • What’s at issue in the siege of Madaya: Mass starvation, or a few fake pics? January 14, 2016
  • What Syrians think of claim “there is no FSA” December 14, 2015
  • Turkey-Russia spat: One standard for murdered Syrian children, another for the warplanes that kill them December 3, 2015
  • Anti-Imperialism for Dummies: Ignoring Syrians and Their Own Contradictions December 2, 2015
  • The Ongoing Civil Uprising in Syria November 26, 2015
  • How Russian and American bombing consolidates support for ISIS November 9, 2015
  • The Israel-Russia ‘Axis of Resistance’: Its place in regional geopolitics October 13, 2015
  • The idiot’s guide to writing an anti-imperialist article about Syria October 11, 2015
  • Russian imperial aggression unites the Syrian opposition October 3, 2015
  • Anti-aircraft weapons for the Free Syrian Army to fight Russian aerial massacre! October 1, 2015
  • Australia joins the ‘Axis of Resistance’ September 27, 2015
  • Who has the US bombed, bombed for, and bombed with in Syria? September 3, 2015
  • Anti-Anti-Imperialism August 3, 2015
  • ​The “Israel backs Jabhat al-Nusra” fairy-tale and its deadly consequences June 29, 2015
  • Revolutionary Forces Throughout Syria condemn Nusra’s massacre of Druze Villagers June 15, 2015
  • Conspiracy theories that “the US fuelled the rise of ISIS”: Why they are a back-handed attack on the Syrian uprising June 8, 2015
  • Assad is now ISIS’s airforce and the US is Assad’s airforce: The moment the counterrevolution joins hands June 3, 2015
  • Countering apologetics for the Baathist apocalypse: Once again, Assad regime responsible for sectarianism in Syria April 1, 2015
  • The Syrian war, Israel, Hezbollah and the US-Iran romance: Is Israel changing its view on the war? February 24, 2015
  • The battles of Kobane, Aleppo and the relearning of solidarity December 20, 2014
  • As Assad and US play two-step bombing Raqqa, Assad demands US bomb more efficiently December 12, 2014
  • As Nusra plays at ISIS-lite, the US excels as Assad’s airforce November 8, 2014
  • The Syrian Revolution and the struggle for Kurdish Liberation November 1, 2014
  • Critique of Patrick Cockburn’s ‘Whose Side is Turkey on?’ October 31, 2014
  • Yet again on those hoary old allegations that the US has armed the FSA since 2012 September 28, 2014
  • Syrian rebels overwhelmingly condemn US bombing as an attack on revolution September 25, 2014
  • On accusations of FSA truces with ISIS or subservience to the US September 19, 2014
  • On celebrity revolutionaries, shallow analysis, and rebels bearing arms August 21, 2014
  • Shameless Cooke knifes Syrian people’s resistance to Assad/ISIS fascism August 13, 2014
  • Comment: Will ‘anti-imperialists’ oppose US air strikes in Iraq? August 11, 2014
  • How Assad Junior has reformed Syria July 20, 2014
  • Iraq and Syria: The struggle against the multi-sided counterrevolution June 25, 2014
  • Reluctant critique of leading Australian academic on Syria June 22, 2014
  • No Revolution is Perfect June 11, 2014
  • The Gulf and Islamism in Syria: Myths and Misconceptions June 3, 2014
  • The sectarian regime is the cause of sectarianism among the opposition February 16, 2014
  • US: No arms to FSA while fighting ISIS because ISIS might get the arms! January 16, 2014
  • Israel and the Syrian War January 3, 2014
  • Comments on Syria early 2014 January 1, 2014
  • The US, Iran, Russia-Syria and the geopolitical shift: Anything for the region’s oppressed? December 4, 2013
  • On questions of disillusion among Syrian revolutionaries December 1, 2013
  • For a Civil, SecularState: 106 Groups Unite in the Union of Free Syrians November 29, 2013
  • Assessment of new Islamic Front alliance November 25, 2013
  • Saudi Arabia and the ‘Islamic Army’ in Syria: What’s New, What’s Not? November 13, 2013
  • How many have died in Syria? October 10, 2013
  • Empowering the Democratic Resistance in Syria September 26, 2013
  • Syria: war threat, the US-Russia deal, and left delusions September 25, 2013
  • Report on relative strength of armed rebels in Syria September 24, 2013
  • What’s the war about? September 24, 2013
  • Stupid story about rebels spilling sarin in tunnels exposed as fraud September 24, 2013
  • Palestinians and the Syrian uprising September 24, 2013
  • On tall tales of rebels tripping and spilling sarin in tunnels and Saudis supplying their nemesis September 24, 2013
  • Syrian revolution: Class against class basis of uprising September 24, 2013
  • The question of arming the rebels September 24, 2013
  • Campaign for Peace and Democracy: Roundtable on Syria September 24, 2013
  • The jihadi-Kurdish war in the north: And how to write bullshit about Syria September 24, 2013
  • Homs: Is this what (BS-style) “anti-imperialist” liberation looks like? September 24, 2013
  • Issues in the current stage of Syrian revolution September 24, 2013
  • The Growing Challenge to The Syrian Regime and the Syrian Uprising September 24, 2013
  • Best statement on Syria to date: Campaign for Peace and Democracy September 24, 2013
  • A Dispatch from ‘Free’ Syria: How to Run a Liberated Town September 24, 2013
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Blogroll

  • Al-Monitor
  • All Hope Abandon Ye Who Enter here
  • Azmi Bishara
  • Balkan Witness Syria
  • Commentary on the Struggle for Freedom Blog by Ben Allinson-Davies
  • Darth Nader
  • Democratic Revolution in Syria
  • EA WorldView
  • Eternal Spring What can I say? Simply wonderful blog, with wonderful politics.
  • Free halab A blog about the Syrian Revolution
  • Hassan hassan A blog about Syria and the Gulf
  • Isqatannizam Impressive collection of articles featuring revolutionary councils and self-organisation and other left-oriented analysis
  • Leil-Zahra Mortada – Making Noise and More Noise
  • Leila's Blog Wonderful analysis
  • Local Coordinating Committees
  • mabisir ما بيصير Views on anthropological, social and political affairs in the Middle East
  • Magpie 68 Excellent analysis
  • MENA Solidarity Network
  • News of the Revolution in Syria
  • Palestinian Camps Network News Union News of the Palestinian camps under Syrian occupation
  • Qawem Excellent Syrian revolution archive full of links and stories, by yasmeen mobayed
  • Qunfuz
  • Radio Free Syria Excellent source of Syria revolution news also strongly supporting Palestinian resistance
  • Random Shelling Revolutionary Syrian blog apparently influenced by anarchism
  • Red Lines
  • Struggle – Syria Archive
  • Syria Comment
  • Syria Deeply
  • Syria Direct
  • Syria Freedom Forever
  • Syria Solidarity Movement UK The UK organisation in solidarity with the Syrian revolution, not to be confused with the despicable Ba’athist US organisation of the same name
  • Syria Sources in English Extraordinary resource with countless excellent sources classified into useful categories
  • Syria Witness
  • Syria World War IV Report
  • Syrian Freedom
  • Syrian Observer
  • Syrian Observer
  • Tahrir-ICN
  • The Creative memory of the Syrian Revolution Excellent site documenting the Syrian revolution from the outset
  • The debunkation of Assadist media An excellent resource that exposes the fraud of much of the Assadist propaganda about alleged rebel massacres
  • The Most Important Thing: Two speaking tours and the Syrian Revolution
  • The Revolting Syrian Hundreds of pages of videos, audio and reports of Assad’s crimes
  • Traducciones de la revolucion siria Excellent Spanish-language blog on Syrian revolution
  • Unfettered Freedom Blog by Ben Allinson-Davies
  • WE Write What We Like
  • Yalla Souriya Excellent daily update from the revolution’s fronts
  • Yassin al-Haj Saleh Wonderful writings of Syria’s leading revolutionary intellectual

Other useful articles on Syrian revolution

  • A guide for the Palestinian or “pro-Palestinian” shabiha sympathizer in your life By Nicole Gervitz. “You can take your neutrality and hang yourself with it”
  • A guide for the perplexed on Syria A guide to some useful articles and writers on the Syrian revolution
  • A left wing response to left wing delusions on Syria “Dear friends everywhere, We, Syrians, or a vast majority of us, do not accept using the term ‘civilwar’ when talking about our revolution. We hope that you can take serious
  • A Map of Non Violent Activism in Syria Non violent resistance in Syria? Don’t make me laugh. Those trying to topple Assad are all cannibals and head choppers…. The reality is Syrians in their tens of thousands continue to resist the Assad regimes brutality through non-violent methods of st
  • A review of the origins and development of the revolutionary process (part 1)
  • Against the Assad Regimes Conquest of Eastern Aleppo: Black Rose Anarchist Federation Excellent piece by an important anarchist collective
  • Aleppo: the tomb of the left Terrific piece by by Santiago Alba Rico, famous Spanish leftist
  • An introduction to syria its history and its present revolutionary struggles
  • An introduction to Syria its history and its present revolutionary struggles Excellent overall description of Syria, its recent history and the revolution
  • Asad and ISIS: They're both the same
  • Assad and the post eternity era Superb to the point prose by Elias Khoury
  • Assad regime kills so many detainees it amounts to extermination of civilian population UN says
  • “A Discussion Paper on Local Councils in Syria” by the Martyr and Anarchist Comrade, Omar Aziz Wonderful discussion on role of revolutionary local organising in Syria
  • “You can jail a Revolutionary but you can’t jail The Revolution”: the Syrian people will not kneel! These words were written on a placard by a young Syrian revolutionary in the besieged city of Homs and translates very well the determination of the Syrian people. More than two years after the beginning of the revolution, the Syrian people have actually
  • Barrel Bomb Blitz (WARNING: GRAPHIC) Graphic footage of the impact of the barrel bombing carried out daily by the Genocide-Regime
  • Betrayal on all sides Article on Kobane and its relation to the Syrian revolution by US Socialist Worker
  • Building the Syrian cause
  • Chomsky: The Arab world has harbored fantasies about the supernatural power of the United States Interview with Noam Chomsky on Syria.
  • Civil Society Groups in Syria 2011-2014
  • Defend the Revolution till the End or Contribute to its Defeat? Critique of the revised position of Alan Woods by Spanish Trostkyists
  • Dynamics and Prospects for the Syrian revolutionary process
  • Empowering the Democratic Resistance in Syria
  • Empowering the Democratic Resistance in Syria
  • Exodus and betrayal How a Syrian Nakba was created Excellent piece like David Hearst
  • Fathers of ISIS
  • Fighting on all fronts Womens resistance in Syria Important piece by Leila Al Shami
  • For a Civil, Secular State: over 100 Groups Unite in the Union of Free Syrians About 106 military units, media organisations, civil formations and rescue squads – thus covering all aspects of revolutionary work – have assembled to form the Free Syrian Union, acknowledging the flag held up from the beginning of the revolution.
  • Forsaking the Syrian Revolution: An Anti-Imperialist Handbook Excellent piece critiquing the “Teflon anti-imperialist fantasy” of the “metropolitan left” by Fadi A. Bardawil
  • Framing the Syrian revolution debate by Mary Rizzo – Important debate
  • Freedom a common destiny for Gaza, Yarmouk and the Golan
  • Freedom for Jihad and Syria’s Wretched of the Earth Great discussion of the revolution within Damascus itself
  • Have Islamists Hijacked Syrias Democratic Revolution? The title tells it all about this important question. Very thorough article.
  • How A Plague on Both Your Houses Aids CounterRevolution in Syria Powerful argument against ‘plague on both your houses’ vacuousness
  • How did Syria become a burning country? Excellent, all-round interview with Robin Yassin-Kassab, co-author of Burning Country, the best book on Syria
  • How does the Islamic State change the perception of the conflict in Syria? Keynote speech by Dr. Bente Scheller at Syria conference “Syrien: Neue Aufmerksamkeit für einen alten Konflikt” in Berlin on November 5th, 2014
  • How The Assad Regime Benefitted From Gassing Its Own People
  • How the US Lost Its War Within Hours
  • How Western Aid Bungled Syrias Opposition and Paved the Way for ISIS
  • Imperialism sectarianism and Syrias revolution Joseph Daher is a member of the Syrian Revolutionary Left Current and runs the blog syriafreedomforever.wordpress.com. He spoke with Solidarity’s Mark Goudkamp about the Syrian revolution
  • Islamism as Internationalism?
  • Israel and the coming Arab revolution
  • Israel, US invoke 'Islamist terrorism' fears as a pretext for retaining Assad: Palestinian analysts Very vcaluable reading about what the US and Israel oppose in Syria and how the term “al-Qaida” is simply used as a brush with which to tar the entire revolution, all parts of which they hate and fear
  • Its good we’ve woken up but what about all the other Kobanes? From the superb Eternal Spring blog
  • Kobanê Turkey and the Syrian Struggle Interview with Joseph Daher from the Syrian Revolutionary Left
  • Kobani, the Kurdish issue and the Syrian revolution a common destiny By Joseph Daher, Syrian Freedom Forever. An excellent overview of the relationship between the Kurdish struggle and the Syrian revolution.
  • List of Progressive and Democratic Syrian Opposition Groups, Individuals and Websites Excellent List of sources from a wide range
  • Local Governance Dynamics in Opposition Controlled Areas in Syria
  • Losing the Syrian Grassroots: Local Governance Structures Urgently Need Support Very thorough look at grassroots organising and council-like structures in Syrian revolution
  • Manual in images: How to destroy your cities and annihilate your people
  • Netanyahu fantasies aside, Iran is part of the problem
  • Obama Can Read … When It Suits Him
  • Obama’s self-unravelling strategy in Syria
  • Oday Tayem: Son of the Two Intifadas Syrian-Palestinian involve din boith Intifadas
  • Old certainties turned upside down in Middle East Excellent wide-ranging article by Corey Oakley in Australia’s ‘Red Flag’ publication
  • On MOnsterphilia and Assad: The problems with the "anti-imperialist" position on Syria Just excellent
  • One cartoon that captures the horrible truth about Assad and ISIS
  • Open Letter to the Stop The War Coalition (StWC) on hosting Assad's Apologist Nun A low point for the anti-war movement, inviting a pro-war speaker, relieved only when the regime tool pulled out
  • Palestine and Syria are one! In memory of the Palestinian Syrian revolutionary activist and actor Hassan Hassan
  • Palestinians in Syria and the Syrian Uprising Excellent, very thorough, research on the issue.
  • Palestinians in Syria struggle for bread and agency Very good desriptionn of hisgtoric emnity of Syrian regime to Palestinians and how this transaltes into the current genocide in Yarmouk
  • Peace or Pacification Excellent piece by Robin Yassin-Kassab on current (early 2016) situation
  • Peering into the faultlines a response to New faultlines in the Middle East ISIS in a regional context' By Sam Charles Hammad, one of the best overall articles on ISIS, Iraq and Syria at the current conjuncture
  • Portrait of a Revolution: The Journey of Faiek al-Meer Superb, beautiful, and excellent information about nature of revolution
  • Prominent leftists' statement ""Solidarity with the struggle of the Syrian and Syrians for the dignity and freedom" We, the undersigned, stand in solidarity with the millions of Syrians and Syrian fighting for dignity and freedom since March 2011. We call on the peoples of the world to put pressure on the Syrian regime to end its oppression and its war against the Syri
  • Prospects for Syrias revolution Ghayath Naisse is a doctor and exiled activist. He is a co-founder of the Committees for the Defense of Democratic Freedoms and Human Rights in Syria, formed in 1989, and an activist with the Revolutionary Left Current in Syria. This interview was conduct
  • Response by a Syrian Anarchist to the First of May statement on Syria Excellent response from anarchist on the ground in Syria to statement made by supporters of good will far away.
  • Response to ‘Syria: the revolution that never was’ Effective rebuttal of those claiming there was never a revolution by Syrian blogger Darth Nader
  • Revolution and Imperialism in Syria Excellent general analysis by Socialist Resistance UK
  • Revolution from the inside out
  • Revolution within the revolution: the battle against ISIS
  • Rojava and Kurdish Political Parties in Syria Analysis by Nader Atassi
  • Self organisation in the Syrian Revolution Great piece by Mark Boothroyd
  • Self organization in the Syrian peoples revolution This is a genuine popular revolution; the driving social forces are the workers and more broadly the impoverished urban and rural social strata. These forces have been able to create, despite the outrageous violence of the regime, a popular armed resistan
  • Shock and Awe versus Dentists Farmers and Students
  • Socialists and wars in the 21st century – The case of Syria Great analysis by Richard Fidler
  • Some useful articles on the Syrian revolution A list of useful articles on the Syrian revolution compiled by Andy Pollack, a strong supprter of it.
  • Statement on Syria by 299 Syrian luminaries An Important Call by 299 signatories, many luminaries of Syrian culture among them–women and men; Christians, Sunnis, Alawites, and people across all backgrounds in Syria, many of them still in-country–the list includes Yasin Haj Saleh, Khawla Dunia, Sa
  • Statement on Syria by Marea Socialista (Venezuela) Excellent statement by this important part of the Chavez movement leading the venezuelan revolution, so much in contrast to the unfortunate position of the leadership
  • Supporting grassroots movements in Syria Great piece by Leila Shroms
  • SYRIA A PERSONAL STATEMENT by CPD CO-DIRECTORS Excellent statement on Syria by CPD directors Thomas Harrison and Joanne Landy
  • Syria and Surrealism Superb critique of so-called foreign policy “realism” on Syria by Muhammad Idrees Ahmad
  • Syria and the Left A Call to Arms Leftist manifesto following fall of Aleppo By Charles Davis, Kareem Chehayeb and Loubna Mrie
  • Syria genocide by international consensus Outside Syria, not many people remember the peaceful protests calling for freedom and democracy that began the Syrian revolution in March 2011, and how those protests were met by the Assad regime.
  • Syria in the Context of the Arab Uprisings: Videos A number of excellent videos of talks to this pro-revolution conference in the US, ‘Syria in the Context of the Arab Uprisings.’ Talks by Yasser Munif, Nader Atassi, Ella Wind, Budour Hassan etc.
  • Syria in travail: Interview with Abdulaziz al-Khair Interview with Abdalaziz al-Khair*, leading figure of the National Coordination Body for Democratic Change, leading member of Communist Action Party
  • Syria or elsewhere there are no pure revolutions just revolutions… The role of the revolutionary is to be on the side and struggle with these popular organizations struggling for freedom and dignity and to radicalize as much as possible the popular movement towards progressive objectives, while fighting against opportuni
  • Syria: an analysis of the International coalition intervention led by the USA – Syria Freedom Forever
  • Syria: life in the rebel strongholds After more than two years of bloodshed the Syrian conflict is no closer to a resolution. Author Robin Yassin-Kassab takes a personal journey into the troubled nation
  • Syria’s revolution behind the lines Great microcosm of revolution
  • Syria’s western-backed rebels? Not in weapons A useful antidote to this truly Orwellian defamation of the FSA that the mass media and their loyal “left” poodles insist on
  • Syrian Anarchist Challenges the Rebel-Regime Binary View of Resistance Excellent discussion of the self-organising of the revokution on the ground
  • Syrian Fascism and the Western Left Excellent and thorough article by Nicole Gevertz
  • Syrian Revolution and the Role of the Intellectual Great essay by veteran Syrian leftist and intellectual: “Syria’s “Wretched of the Earth” are participating in a revolution against a government, a party, and an authoritarian financial-military junta, and against a “nationalist” leadership of di
  • Syrian Revolution Documentary (Stories From Idlib: A Revolution Ignored) Great documentary from Ben Allison-Davies
  • Syrian revolutionaries resist violent fundamentalists
  • Tal al Zaatar: Historical record of Syrian-Phalangist massacre of Palestinians
  • Ten Fundamental Issues to Understand the Syrian Revolution There is a very powerful and profound revolution in Syria! It is part of the social and political process called “Arab Spring” by the press and “North Africa and Middle East revolutions” by us. The revolution in Syria is currently the highest and
  • The "rebel massacre" in Syria that wasn't
  • The Anti Imperialism of Fools
  • The assault on Aleppo Excellent interview with Leila al-Shami
  • The civil administration of the insurgency in Aleppo
  • The crisis in Syria today: how should the Left respond?
  • The dreams of Aleppo Impressive photo-diary of the story of Aleppo – protests, schools, massacres, resistance and dreams – by Malek Tarboush
  • The Free Alawi Front
  • The Iraqi revolution v the knee-jerk narrative
  • The left, imperialism and the Syrian revolution Of the millions of people who have risen up in revolt across the Arab world these past 19 months, few have suffered as much for their courage as the revolutionaries fighting the Assad dictatorship in Syria. Yet the Syrian revolution – in the eyes of som
  • The life and work of anarchist Omar Aziz and his impact on self organization in the Syrian revolution He advocated for radical changes to social organization and relationships in order to challenge the foundations of a system based on domination and oppression. Aziz saw positive examples all around him … He saw in such acts “the spirit of the Syrian peo
  • The racist methods of Truthout's anti-imperialism Excellent article on much of the left’s racist style of “anti-imperialism” over Syria in particular. The title is unfortunate, as it is not only Truthout, and in fact Truthout also has some very good articles on Syria, one of which is also linked here.
  • The revolution and the war Interview with Dr. Yasser Munif following recent visit to Syria
  • The Rise of Al Qaeda in Syria: Separating Fact from Mythology
  • The role of US Imperialism in Syria and the Left’s Dilemma
  • The secularists extremism problem
  • The struggle continues: Syria’s grassroots civil opposition The discourse on Syria has been dominated by discussions of militarization, Islamization, sectarianism and geopolitical concerns. Conversely there has been relatively little focus on Syria’s grass roots civil opposition. This has led to a lack of knowle
  • The struggle for Kobane: an example of selective solidarity Excellent piece by Leial Shroms deals with much more than the title
  • The Syrian bourgeoisie and the people's revolution Excellent class analysis by Ghayath Naisse
  • The Syrian Double Revolution and the Euro-Leftist Double Impotency
  • The Syrian Regime Is Responsible for the Crisis in Yarmouk & No One Is Talking About It
  • The Syrian Revolution and the Martyrdom of Aleppo Another terrific leftist response to the fall of Aleppo by French comrades
  • The Vilification of Foreign Fighters in the Syrian ‘Conflict’ Excellent deconstruction of the essentialist generalisations about foreign fighters in Syria
  • The West’s Syria policy has been shaped by media missionaries Critique of Cockburn among others by Muhammad Idrees Ahmad
  • Then and Now: The Syrian Revolution to Date A young nonviolent resistance and the ensuing armed struggle. One of the best overall looks at the grass roots nature of the revolution from its satrt to today, particularly the ongoing peaceful element of the revolution, by the wonderful Mohja Kahf
  • THREE LESSONS LEARNED FROM THE SYRIAN CONFLICT An excellent explanation of why the criticism of the opposition for not creating a coherent alternative misses the point of why.
  • Three Monsters treading on Syria's exhausted body Excellent commentary on current US attack, on top of the genocide and destruction of Syria already meted out by the fascist Assad regime and its ISIS twin.
  • To “leftist” admirers of Assad’s Syria Critique of Assad’s “leftists” by a real Syrian leftist Farouk Mardam-Bey
  • Top 12 Essential Articles Top 12 articles on Syria based on a survey among some websites
  • Understanding a Revolutionary Syria: Rebellions, Uprisings, and the Persistence of Tyranny
  • Understanding Syria Resource Page Terrific compilation of Syria sources by Mark Boothroyd
  • Understanding Syria’s Revolution: A Response to Mairead Maguire’s Article on Syria. By Joseph Daher Generally excellent background; especially interesting the way Assad’s neo-liberal policies spurred Islamisation
  • Understanding Syrias revolution today The uprising against Bashar al-Assad and his regime is one of the most heroic and determined of the Arab Spring that began more than two years ago. In this edited and expanded version of a speech given at the Socialism 2013 conference in Chicago, Yusef Kh
  • Understanding the West’s position on Syria

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Month: July 2014

How Assad Junior has reformed Syria

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