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Protests break out in Syria as the country faces economic collapse — Michael Schreiber | Socialist Resurgence

June 18, 2020

Source: Socialist Resurgence Protests break out in Syria as the country faces economic collapse An anti-government protest in Qamishli, northeastern …

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Trump, Syria, and Counter-Revolution — Michael Karadjis | New Politics

November 10, 2019

Source: New Politics Trump, Syria, and Counter-Revolution By: Michael KaradjisSummer 2019 (New Politics Vol. XVIII No. 3, Whole Number 67) Facebook / …

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Getting longer but lower — Michael Roberts | The Next Recession

April 2, 2019

Originally posted on Michael Roberts Blog:
The first three months of 2019 have shown a significant slowing in global economic activity.  Global…

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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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Revolution and Counter-Revolution in Syria — a two-part interview with Joseph Daher | The Muslim Internationalist

September 13, 2018

Related video ( not part of the two-part interview, but in addition to it):   Norm’s note: Update — I’ve found …

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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…

A new global credit crunch to come? — Michael Roberts | Michael Roberts Blog: Blogging From A Marxist Economist

August 3, 2018

Originally posted on Michael Roberts Blog:
At the time of the general election in Turkey, I pointed out that Turkey was near…

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Purges and Paranoia: Ella George on Erdoğan’s ‘new’ Turkey | London Review of Books

June 14, 2018

[Hat tip to Roger Annis / A Socialist In Canada] Introduction by A Socialist In Canada: Presidential and legislative elections are scheduled …

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Another interpretation of what is unfolding in Turkey: “THESIS and TASKS of the COMMUNIST PARTY of TURKEY” — Central Committee of Communist Party of Turkey (TKP) (January 2017)

May 25, 2018

Source: TKP.ORG (Hat tip: migarium) THESIS and TASKS of the COMMUNIST PARTY of TURKEY January 2017 It should be mentioned as the …

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Unfounded Rumours from Turkey (– or so I’ve been assured by one who ‘LIVES’ in Turkey and thus speaks from the authority of an incontestable and idyllic personal experience under the democratic rule of ‘The Justice and Development Party’ . . .)

May 23, 2018

First Unfounded Rumour: Source: Equal Times Out of sight, out of mind: Turkey’s invisible workers By Çınar Kiper 14 February 2018 Every …

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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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Absurdities of Syrian war propaganda

November 22, 2017

Originally posted on In Gaza:
Nov 2, 2017, RT Op Edge -Eva Bartlett As if we have no memory, corporate media…

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What are we to do with Islam? The case of Turkey — Ron Margulies | International Socialism

October 27, 2017

What are we to do with Islam? The case of Turkey Issue: 151 Posted on 22nd June 2016 Ron Margulies The …

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Somewhere between believing and cynicism . . . laughter might be what is needed . . . or maybe not . . .

October 26, 2017

In my travels across the pages of the internet this afternoon, I happened upon an admittedly well crafted piece of writing. …

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WHY SELL S-400s TO THE OTHER SIDE’S ALLIES?

October 23, 2017

Originally posted on Russia Observer:
(First published at https://www.strategic-culture.org/news/2017/10/16/why-sell-s400-other-sides-allies.html) Moscow is selling S-400 air defence systems to Turkey and Saudi Arabia.…

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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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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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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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