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AIPAC: A Tail, a Dog, a Carrot and a Stick

By John Pottinger, published on Socialist Action, December 2, 2025  Many liberals and leftists believe AIPAC, the American Israel Public Affairs Committee, shapes US policy towards Israel or in fact controls it. The truth is quite different. Israel was not created by the United Kingdom, the US and other Western imperialists to give Jews a place of refuge after World[…]

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Western Powers Fostered a Theocratic, Sectarian Regime that Now Reigns over Syria

by Ben Arthur Thomason, published on Covert Action Magazine, December 11, 2025 [This is the fourth part of a series on Syria and the effects of CIA intervention there, tied for the one year anniversary of the Syrian “revolution.” See Part I, Part II, and Part III.—Editors]   This is a modern day revisit of the Brits bringing the al-Saud family[…]

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Syria: A Case Study in the Devastating Effects of Economic Coercive Measures on a Population

Statement by SanctionsKill and Syria Support Movement International SanctionsKill and the Syria Support Movement welcome the statement by US president Donald Trump ordering the lifting of economic sanctions on Syria.1 As stated in the Verdict of the International People’s Tribunal on US Imperialism, economic coercive measures are: “inherently violent, designed to maintain economic inequality, continue the theft of wealth from[…]

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Sanctions and Regime Change: The Hypocrisy of U.S. Imperialists and Syrian Reactionaries

Statement by Bronx Antiwar Coalition, May 13, 2025 Statement by the Bronx Antiwar Coalition, May 13, 2025 Editor’s note:  Great statement but I would keep watching this issue.  Remember, we are dealing with Donald Trump here, and a country with 3 different zones of occupation controlled by 3 different countries.  Congress put the sanctions on Syria and renewed them shortly[…]

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Resistance is Justified When People are Occupied

by Sara Flounders, published on Workers World, April 4, 2025 Sara Flounders delivered the following remarks during the Al Quds Day commemoration in New York City on March 28: Israel is a terrorist state, a colonial state, an apartheid state, created and funded by U.S. imperialism. We all know that resistance is justified when people are occupied. Death to U.S.[…]

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The Fall of Assad to US Supported Extremists and the Massacre of Christians and Alawites

by Dennis Kucinich, published on Substack, March 12, 2025 I am no apologist for any government. I stand for transparency and common sense. In this article I detail the US policies, over many administrations, which have resulted in this manufactured disaster. While many in Washington claim to defend Christianity and Western values, their policies have led to the systematic annihilation[…]

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HTS Offensive in Syria: A Proxy for Imperialist Domination

Statement from Black Alliance for Peace, March 12, 2025 The Black Alliance for Peace (BAP) unequivocally condemns the recent announcement by Colonel Hassan Abdul Ghani, spokesman for the HTS-led Syrian Ministry of Defense, regarding the “second phase“ of military operations against so-called “remnants” of the former Assad government. This escalation of violence is not merely a local or regional conflict[…]

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All Eyes on Syria: Exposing HTS Terror & State-Sanctioned Massacres

Statement by Bronx Antiwar Coalition, March 7, 2025 Despite relentless attempts by “Free Syria” influencers to obscure the brutal reality on the ground, incontrovertible evidence from the past 24 hours confirms that Jolani’s HTS regime—installed and maintained with the backing of the US, the Zionist Entity, and Turkey—has escalated its reign of terror along Syria’s strategic coast. Videos circulating online[…]

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Sectarian Violence Sweeps Syria

from Popular Resistance, March 9, 2023 Editor’s Note: Please don’t be fooled by the word “clashes”.  Indeed there have been initiatives to retaliate against the terrorist government forces, but the overwhelming preponderance of violence has been perpetrated by Jolani’s forces against unarmed civilians.  The current death toll is over 1000. [b] Western-backed security forces rampage in Alawite towns. Social media[…]

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Fear and Loathing in the “New” Syria

by Daniel Kovalik, published on Defend Democracy, February 15, 2025 During her confirmation hearing for Director of National Intelligence, Tulsi Gabbard was grilled about having been a purveyor of “Putin’s talking points” about the U.S. supporting al-Qaeda in Syria. Of course, Gabbard responded, there can be no doubt about the veracity of such claims. Thus, Gabbard cited the fact that[…]

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