If the relatively small number of refugees can be used today as an excuse for restricting freedom of movement, building walls and impenetrable borders, increasing the powers of the security state, and fomenting divisions based on race, religion, or national origin, what will tomorrow bring when the effects of climate change and ecological collapse cause vast movements of people around the globe?
Syria, Refugees, and Solidarity Read More »
Statement by the Alliance of Middle Eastern and North African Socialists in support of the sovereignty from below of the Syrian popular classes struggling for democracy, social justice, and equality
Against the Continuing Assaults on Idlib and on Kurds in Northeastern Syria Read More »
I refuse to belong to a family with a thousand faces, which doesn’t know right from wrong, which doesn’t know God and conscience, and which God and conscience don’t know.
“Between me and you is the blood of five hundred thousand poor Syrians.” Read More »
Muhammed Najem tells of life under siege with raw images showing the population’s suffering mixed with everyday moments of relative normality. He also accompanies these with comments full of sensitivity, tenderness, black humor, irony, and resilience.
A Teenager Photographs the Syrian War Read More »
The international focus on state failure or state survival fails to value the actions of everyday Syrians, ignoring potential new avenues for practicing everyday dissent worldwide.
Toward an Alternative “Time of the Revolution” Read More »
It is critical to understand that the “Russiagate” hoax narrative is Trump’s narrative. By insisting for over two years that Russian interference was overblown, “left” skeptics have been defending the worst president in US history.
Russiagate, Syria, and the Left Read More »
“See these people who are going out and protesting? They will once again go out against Bashar al-Assad, corruption, oppression, Russia, Iran, and all the nations of the world. This nation will never submit again. This matter has already been decided. We’re already victorious; we can’t be defeated. These coming days, I believe we are witnessing the tipping point of victory.”
The Hope and Tragedy of a Revolutionary Read More »
Certainly this war is a complicated matter, but it has a clearly nameable cause. If you really want peace, you have to care about establishing justice first. This is something I want to contribute to with my work and with my whole life.
“What I really want is justice in Syria.” Read More »
For many Syrians there can be no stability, much less peace, while those responsible for the country’s destruction remain in power.
The Syrian Quagmire Read More »
Members of RBSS have devoted their lives to a higher cause: the battle for the story of the Syrian war online. Some have even lost their lives for it. “We have to keep going,” says AbdAlaziz Alhamza.
Reporting Against Brutal Occupiers Read More »
