For America and Syria’s Sake, Don’t Vote Green

Despite backing the Syrian people’s struggle against Assad, Marxist activist Louis Proyect’s support for Jill Stein’s campaign raises questions in light of the latter’s stance toward Assad’s regime.

by Clay Claiborne

In general, the Western left has taken a shameful attitude toward the Syrian conflict. Instead of supporting the Syrian people’s struggle against dictatorship, many leftists have promoted an anachronistic view of Russia and its allies, and accused Syrian revolutionaries of being Western proxies. The approach to Syria taken by the U.S. G…