Burning Country: Syrians in Revolution and War — Robin Yassin-Kassab
Robin Yassin-Kassab’s website: Qunfuz Related: A) “Our Destinies are Linked”: Joseph Daher on the Syrian Revolution / B) Review | ‘Burning Country: Syrians in Revolution …
Category Archives: Syria
Democratic Confederalism in Kurdistan — Tom Anderson and Eliza Egret (18 April 2016)| Co-operative Economy / Corporate Watch
Source(s): Co-operative Economy / Corporate Watch [Related: Turkey’s New Left — Cengiz Gunes (2017)|New Left Review 107, September-October 2017 / The Turkish Invasion of Afrin: an …
Syria, imperialism and the left (Parts 1, 2, and 3) — rooieravotr (2012)| Libcom.org
The revolt against the Syrian regime, so this reasoning continues, is mainly an instrument for Western interests – US, Israel, …
Review: ‘The Impossible Revolution’ in Syria — Joey Ayoub | Revolutionary Socialism in the 21st Century
Review: ‘The Impossible Revolution’ in Syria By Joey Ayoub 3 October 2017 [Related: Syria: from ‘authoritarian upgrading’ to revolution? — Raymond …
Syria is not exceptional: interview with Joseph Daher | Part 2 — Joe Hayns | Revolutionary Socialism in the 21st Century
Syria is not exceptional: interview with Joseph Daher| Part 2 By Joe Hayns 10 May 2018 Source: Revolutionary Socialism in the 21st …
Syria is not exceptional: interview with Joseph Daher | Part 1 — Joe Hayns | Revolutionary Socialism in the 21st Century
Syria is not exceptional: interview with Joseph Daher| Part 1 By Joe Hayns 27 April 2018 Source: Revolutionary Socialism in the 21st …
Two interviews with author, academic & activist Joseph Daher on his view of the ‘Syrian Conflict,’ one recorded, the other in print
First interview: Quote of the description of the content of the recorded interview: Listen to an interview with author, academic …
My debate with Tim Anderson on Syria: Reflections on the collapse of solidarity — Michael Karadjis | Syrian Revolution Commentary and Analysis
My debate with Tim Anderson on Syria: Reflections on the collapse of solidarity by Micheal Karadjis / July 11, 2017 …
The Western left and the Syrian war — Corey Oakley | REDFLAG: A VOICE OF RESISTANCE
Norm’s note: what follows is a sample of the kinds of effusions from people that Will Morrow has described as “the Australian pseudo-left.” …
“Clouds of mystery pourin’ / Confusion on the ground” — those lines from a CCR song from long ago sum up my take on what follows . . .
Norm’s note: I’m going to juxtapose, way down below, two links to two pieces that I think people should read …
World War III Has Started! — Boffy | Boffy’s Blog: Analysis of Politics, Philosophy and Economics from a Marxist Perspective
Source: World War III Has Started! SATURDAY, 14 APRIL 2018 Written by Boffy. World War III Has Started! The bombing of …
Nationalism, Resistance and Revolution — Bassem Chit (January 2014) | International Socialism
“The national bourgeois state is one of the essential structures established by Western colonialism as a condition of capitalist expansion …
The Trump-Putin coalition for Assad lays waste to Syria: Imperial agreement and carve-up behind the noisy rhetoric — Michael Karadjis | Syrian Revolution Commentary and Analysis
Originally posted on Syrian Revolution Commentary and Analysis:
Bashar Assad, “nationalist” leader, held afloat by the intervention of both imperial superpowers and the rest…
Did Arab leftists betray the revolution? — Dr. Rima Majed (17 Feb 2014) | Al Jazeera
Source: Al Jazeera Did Arab leftists betray the revolution? Lefists have learned a few hard lessons in the wake of the …
Consociationalism: A false remedy prescribed on a misdiagnosis — Dr. Rima Majed (12 December 2017) | al-Jumhuriya
[Related: a) A rejoinder to Rima Majed, In defense of groups, and (some) consociational solutions by Loubna El Amine; and b) In defense …
Revolution, counterrevolution, and imperialism in Syria: Interview with Yassin al-Haj Saleh — Ashley Smith (October 2017)|International Socialist Review
Revolution, counterrevolution, and imperialism in Syria Yassin al-Haj Saleh interviewed by Ashley Smith / Issue #107: Interviews Yassin al-Haj Saleh is one of the pivotal figures …
In 2011-2013, was there a revolution to speak of in Syria? — A brief debate between Sam King and Corey Oakley (17 OCTOBER 2013)| REDFLAG
Is there a revolution in Syria? Sam King In Red Flag issue 9, Omar Hassan writes, “There is a widespread belief that …
Syria: which side are you on? — an excerpt from Sandra Bloodworth’s, “The Arab Spring: revolution and counter-revolution” (Autumn 2011) | Marxist Left Review
Norm’s note: As a preamble to this excerpt from a piece written by Sandra Bloodworth, one well worth reading in …
Syria: from ‘authoritarian upgrading’ to revolution? — Raymond Hinnebusch (11/01/2012) | International Affairs
Source: Raymond Hinnebusch, Syria: from ‘authoritarian upgrading’ to revolution?, International Affairs 88: 1, 2012. Syria: from ‘authoritarian upgrading’ to revolution? By Raymond …
A short history of ‘statism’ in post-colonial Syria: “The origins of the criminal Assad dynasty” — Omar Hassan (Summer 2017)| Marxist Left Review
[En passant: Omar Hassan mentions Leila Al-Shami’s and Robin Yassin-Kassab’s, Burning Country: Syrians in Revolution and War. The full text of …
