Tag: Revolution
Solidarity with the Syrian revolution
Nureddin Sabir calls on freedom-loving people worldwide to declare publicly their support for the Syrian people and to participate in the Global Day of Solidarity with the Syrian Revolution on 31 May.
In solidarity with the people of Syria
A petition in support of the Syrian people’s struggle against dictatorship and genocide has been launched by the Global Campaign of Solidarity with the Syrian Revolution, which also has a Facebook page
Critical thinking gone missing – worldwide
Lawrence Davidson explores the reasons for the absence of critical thinking among Americans and others, from lack of interest in matters that don’t affect their daily lives to bureaucratic groupthink and ideology.
The proxy war destroying Syria
Jamal Kanj argues that between them, an arrogant tyrant, Bashar Assad, a fractious, visionless, bankrupt opposition, and Russia, the USA and Turkey are breaking up Syria into mini Israel-type ethnocentric states.
Is a third Palestinian uprising in sight?
Uri Avnery says if there is no end to the Israeli occupation in sight, the third Palestinian Intifada will break out one day, quite suddenly, when nobody has been talking about it”.
Megalomaniac vs monomaniacs in Syria
Jamal Kanj argues that while Bashar Assad is part of Syria’s problem, not its solution, the “detached, five-star hotel denizens” of the external opposition have no domestic credibility, leaving Israel the winner.
Syria’s Assad plays Israel card, apes Gaddafi
Nureddin Sabir looks at how Syrian dictator Bashar Assad has learned nothing from the other fallen Arab dictators in Tunisia, Egypt and Libya, but is aping them, almost word by word.
Syria: state brutality and human agony
Graham Peebles argues that a negotiated exit of Assad’s regime, backed by civil disobedience, offers the best hope for ending the Syrian conflict and putting Syria’s destiny in the hands of Syrians.
The West is doing the right thing in Libya
Nureddin Sabir explains why opposition by the left and the anti-imperialist and anti-war movements to the NATO military action to protect civilians in Libya is misplaced and deeply flawed.
Israel, Syria and Assad’s useful idiots
One of the most frequently recurring myths about Syria is that Israel does not regard Bashar Assad as being in its interest and that it is trying to hasten his fall by