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Syria, the International Left, and the Need for Solidarity

Syria, the International Left, and the Need for Solidarity

The left has failed to grasp the events and developments leading up to the 2011 Syrian uprising, insisting that the conflict is a sectarian and/or proxy war between imperial and regional powers.

Dec 19, 2016
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by Isaac Paul Miller

In a recent article for Jacobin, Belgian leftist Mauro Gasparini argued that “the global left’s greatest mistake since the turn of the twentieth century is to refuse any consistent solidarity with Syrian rebels.” Gasparini correctly notes that, in the country’s current conflict, Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad is the greatest perpet…

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