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Interview SEPADPod With Joseph Daher | Richardson Institute

August 21, 2019

Source: Syria Freedom Forever On this episode of SEPADPod Simon speaks with Joseph Daher, who teaches at Lausanne University and is …

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Publication of Adopt a Revolution: Reconstructing Syria: Risks and side effects Strategies, actors and interests | Syria Freedom Forever – سوريا الحرية للأبد

January 16, 2019

Publication of Adopt a Revolution: Reconstructing Syria: Risks and side effects Strategies, actors and interests   Source: Syria Freedom Forever – سوريا …

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What do Trump’s ‘withdrawal’ from Syria and the Gulf’s rapprochement with Assad have in common? — Michael Karadjis |Syrian Revolution Commentary and Analysis

January 9, 2019

Source: Syrian Revolution Commentary and Analysis (5,086 Words) By Michael Karadjis / January 09, 2019 “Sudanese tyrant Bashir becomes first Arab …

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DONALD TRUMP’S AIMS IN SYRIA — Joseph Daher and Frieda Afary |SocialistWorker.org

September 16, 2018

[Norm’s note: according to Barry Grey, who has a piece titled “The ISO and the imperialist politics of the pseudo-left posted at …

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Syria’s Disaster, and What’s Next

September 12, 2018

Originally posted on Syria Freedom Forever – سوريا الحرية للأبد:
More than seven years after the beginning of the Syrian popular uprising, which was gradually transformed…

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The struggle against imperialism and for workers’ power in Iran — Keith Jones (14 February 2018) | World Socialist Web Site

August 21, 2018

Source: World Socialist Web Site [Related: What Privatization? Iran’s Unique Socialist Economy — Ramin Mazaheri | MPN NEWS] [Norm’s note: incidentally, pertaining …

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The Rage of the Poor in Iran — Araz Bağban (9 Jan 2018) |THE BULLET

August 21, 2018

Source: THE BULLET [Norm’s note: Incidentally, I wholeheartedly embrace this particular attitude: “Just because a collection of neocons and hawks has …

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The Moral Economy of the Iranian Protests — Kaveh Ehsani & Arang Keshavarzian ( 01/11/2018) | JACOBIN

August 21, 2018

[Source: JACOBIN] [Related: a) Neoliberalism and Iran’s portest movement — Amin Bozorgian (14 February 2018); b) Socialist resistance in Iran –Behzd Bagheri] [Norm’s …

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Lebanon in the crucible of regional conflict

December 1, 2017

Originally posted on Syria Freedom Forever – سوريا الحرية للأبد:
Article published on November 27, 2017 in Socialist Worker.org: https://socialistworker.org/2017/11/27/lebanon-in-the-crucible-of-regional-conflict Lebanon’s Prime Minister Saad Hariri recently threatened…

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Here’s what Vladimir Putin and Bashar Assad discussed in Sochi — Alexander Mercouris | The Duran

November 22, 2017

[Hat tip to winstonclose] Source: The Duran Here’s what Vladimir Putin and Bashar Assad discussed in Sochi Syrian President Assad arrives in …

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Political Islam, class and capital Part 1: what are its common features? — By Ardeshir Mehrdad | Middle East 4 Change

October 30, 2017

Ardeshir Mehrdad Illustration by Ardeshir Mohassess Source: Middle East 4 Change [Norm’s note: to read Part 2 of this series, follow …

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The world remembers 64th anniversary of the west-sponsored coup in Iran

August 20, 2017

Originally posted on OffGuardian:
by Andre Vltchek Above: Iranians carry signs of Mohammad Mosaddeq, the elected Prime Minister of Iran…

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Turkey claims to have brokered cease-fire in Syria — Alex Lantier |World Socialist Web Site

December 29, 2016

Turkey claims to have brokered cease-fire in Syria By Alex Lantier 29 December 2016 Source:  World Socialist Web Site On …

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Rolling Back the Empire: Washington’s Proxy-Army Faces Decisive Defeat in Aleppo — Mike Whitney | Counterpunch | Information Clearing House

December 8, 2016

 Rolling Back the Empire: Washington’s Proxy-Army Faces Decisive Defeat in Aleppo By Mike Whitney December 08, 2016 “Information Clearing House” …

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Slouching toward war with Russia

October 8, 2016

Originally posted on OffGuardian:
from the Nation.com https://audioboom.com/boos/5128734-tales-of-the-new-cold-war-options-on-the-syria-table-stephen-f-cohen-nyu-princeton-university-eastwestaccord-com Turning and turning in the widening gyre The falcon cannot hear the…

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Samir Amin: The US imperial project is to destroy the Arab nations

September 4, 2016

  Published on Apr 24, 2012 Professor Samir Amin in conversation with Aijaz Ahmad on the realignment of the reactionary …

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Joe Biden came, saw, but failed to conquer Turkey — M.K. BHADRAKUMAR | Asia Times

August 31, 2016

Norm’s note: as a counterpoint to M.K. Bhadrakumar’s article, you might want to read Prof Michel Chossudovsky‘s : US-NATO-Turkey Invasion of …

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The Kurdish Question, Then and Now — Samir Amin | TLAXCALA | Global Research

August 10, 2016

By Samir Amin Global Research, August 08, 2016 TLAXCALA 30 July 2016 * The political chaos that dominated the scene …

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Erdogan taunts Obama over coup attempt in Turkey — M.K. BHADRAKUMAR | Asia Times

July 19, 2016

Erdogan taunts Obama over coup attempt in Turkey BY M.K. BHADRAKUMAR on JULY 17, 2016 in AT TOP WRITERS, M.K. …

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The International Dictatorship of the United States, Its Friends (Amnesty International, ISIS and the Nusra Front) and Enemies (Hassan Nasrallah, Cuba and Ana Montes)

December 28, 2015

Originally posted on What's Left:
October 25, 2015 By Stephen Gowans In a speech delivered in the southern suburbs of Beirut…

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