Tag: Syria
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Hauntologies: Notes on Assadism, Zionism, Fascism and Hope
This essay does not end like it begins. I considered dividing it in two but ultimately decided to keep it as is. It starts with a discussion of what Assadism…
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From Syria to Palestine: struggles against dictatorship, imperialism, and zionism (audio)
Panel at Left Forum 2017 With Ramah Kudaimi, Shireen Akram-Boshar, Jehad Abusalim and myself, hosted by Ashley Smith.
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No, the Assad regime is not ‘defending his own country’
Regime tactics are designed to overwhelm pro-democracy and secular opposition groups, forcing them into defensive mode, while empowering, directly and indirectly, more conservative and authoritarian groups.
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‘Children Were Dying Everywhere’: A Syrian Videographer Recounts the Al Rashideen Explosion That Killed Over 100
Abd Alkader Habak appears in a photo that was widely shared on social media in which he is running with an injured child in his arms. Here is what happened.
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The Syrian revolution: context and consequences (audio)
Audio and partial text of the talk I gave at the University of Bologna in 2017.
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Jaysh Al-Islam Is Leading Peace Talks in Geneva, While Clamping Down on Speech in Syria’s Eastern Ghouta
The group controlling the region has shut down a magazine and five well-known civil society organisations, according to activists.
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Two Syrian Activists Explain Their Experiences Being Imprisoned by ISIS in Al Bab
“The days passed, and I never expected to come back here, the place from where I entered humiliated…I never expected to get out of here.”
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‘Painting on Death’: One Syrian Artist’s Mission Under Siege in Douma
“We will make a Christmas tree from your shells and bombs, and light it for peace in our wounded Ghouta.”
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“The End is Near”. “Remember What We Sacrificed”. Dispatches from Eastern Aleppo.
“I direct my message to Syrian activists […] I ask them to send out our message that we have sacrificed for and keep on sacrificing.”
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Eastern Aleppo Health Director: Due to Systematic Attacks Against Hospitals, All Are Now Out of Service
As the Syrian regime and Russian government continue their assault on besieged Eastern Aleppo, the Aleppo Health Directorate announced that all remaining hospitals in Aleppo are out of service.
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Anarchists in Agrabah
“There wasn’t anything ‘anarchist’ about them given that they shut down a panel featuring a Syrian Arab anarchist, Leila, and insulted a Syrian Kurdish anarchist, Shiar.”
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What’s behind Stop the War’s aversion to Syria voices?
To the isolationists, “they” needn’t be asked what they think of their country’s situation, for “we”, as owners of great social capital, know best.
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Wretched of the Earth: Thoughts on Syria, Palestine and Discourse
As a Palestinian from Gaza, Assad means nothing to me.
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On Suffering and Solidarity
Those who suffer entrust their pain in the conscience of those who take upon themselves the task of standing to injustice and oppression.
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Celebrating the Work of ‘Enab Baladi’, Citizen Chroniclers of the Syrian Revolution
Among the many Syrians who criticized Fisk for his coverage of the Daraya massacre were just ordinary citizens from Daraya running a humble news service while the massacre was happening.
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On The Allies We’re Not Proud Of: A Palestinian Response to Troubling Discourse on Syria
We, the undersigned Palestinians, write to affirm our commitment to the amplification of Syrian voices as they endure slaughter and displacement at the hands of Bashar Al-Assad’s regime.
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I can’t stop staring at the White Helmets Time cover
“I do not know if the White Helmets will win the Nobel Prize, and I frankly do not care. Nor should they. They have saved all of humanity.”
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List of Rebuttals to Max Blumenthal’s Anti-Syrian Article
Palestinians and Syrians respond to Max Blumenthal’s anti-Syrian piece.
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The Left’s hollow anti-imperialism over Syria
Essentialist anti-imperialism is defined solely in relation to one’s own government rather than on the basis of a universal opposition to all forms of imperialism.
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Izquierda Unida, Syria and the Death of European Internationalism
When Couso of Izquierda Unida visited Bashar Al Assad, he sentenced European Internationalism to death
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Syria and the Reactionary Left
“The Left has, for all intents and purposes, lost the moral right to talk about Syria. “
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Statement of Purpose for the Alliance of Syrian and Iranian Socialists
“Our peaceful revolution is still in progress until toppling Assad and imposing justice all over Syria.”
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Elia El Khazen: A Message to Pseudo-Leftists on Syria
“To anyone who has continuously and consistently, over the years, denied the existence of an uprising in Syria, this message is for you.”
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My friend Abdul Rahman Kassig was kidnapped by ISIS. Here’s his story.
Kidnapped by ISIS in October 2013, American Aid worker Abdul Rahman Kassig is a ‘soul who walked the walk’, writes Erin Cory.
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Syrian Man thanks “brothers in Lebanon who have opened their hearts to Syrians”
“There is something truly bittersweet about this picture of a Syrian man thanking the Lebanese Anti-racist activists that are behind the “Campaign in Support of Syrians Facing Racism”
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Chilling video of Syrian Teenager Playing Music under Shelling
I hope that my voice can be higher than the symphony of death in Syria .. and you all get my peaceful message !
