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 by Micheal Karadjis / July 11, 2017 …
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.” …
Norm’s note: I’m going to juxtapose, way down below, two links to two pieces that I think people should read …
Source: World War III Has Started! SATURDAY, 14 APRIL 2018 Written by Boffy. World War III Has Started! The bombing of …
“The national bourgeois state is one of the essential structures established by Western colonialism as a condition of capitalist expansion …
Originally posted on Syrian Revolution Commentary and Analysis:
Bashar Assad, “nationalist” leader, held afloat by the intervention of both imperial superpowers and the rest…
Source: Al Jazeera Did Arab leftists betray the revolution? Lefists have learned a few hard lessons in the wake of the …
[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 Yassin al-Haj Saleh interviewed by Ashley Smith / Issue #107: Interviews Yassin al-Haj Saleh is one of the pivotal figures …
Is there a revolution in Syria? Sam King In Red Flag issue 9, Omar Hassan writes, “There is a widespread belief that …
Norm’s note: As a preamble to this excerpt from a piece written by Sandra Bloodworth, one well worth reading in …
Source: Raymond Hinnebusch, Syria: from ‘authoritarian upgrading’ to revolution?, International Affairs 88: 1, 2012. Syria: from ‘authoritarian upgrading’ to revolution? By Raymond …
[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 …
Source: Marxist Left Review [Norm’s note: according to THIS Wikipedia entry: Sandra Bloodworth is a labour historian[1] and socialist activist, based in Melbourne, Australia. She has been involved in radical politics …
Revolution and counter-revolution in Syria (Part I) JOSEPH DAHER 19 January 2017 [“Joseph Daher is a Swiss-Syrian socialist activist, academic, and …
[Related to this post: a) Revolution, counterrevolution, and imperialism in Syria: Interview with Yassin al-Haj Saleh — Ashley Smith (October …
[Hat tip to winstonclose] Source: The Duran Here’s what Vladimir Putin and Bashar Assad discussed in Sochi Syrian President Assad arrives in …
Originally posted on In Gaza:
Nov 2, 2017, RT Op Edge -Eva Bartlett As if we have no memory, corporate media…
Hat tip to Middle East 4 Change Norm’s note: I want readers to understand very clearly where, at this moment, I stand …
