Victory! Articles on the Syrian Revolution
Fightback supports the Syrian Revolution, and we are thrilled to see the toppling of Bashar al-Assad, after 13 long years of struggle. The coming days will see challenges stemming from the various factions of the revolution, some of which are more supportable than others, and from the necessary militarisation of the revolution. The victorious Syrian Revolution is a popular revolution. Now the struggle begins to ensure that - unlike what happened in Iran in 1979 - it becomes a democratic revolution.
Yet if we can support Palestinian liberation despite Hamas, we say the same for Free Syria. The following articles address these questions in details (it's worth noting that some may be factually dated due to the rapidly changing situation):
Liberation, Robin Yassin-Kassab
The Syrian revolution returns with a bang: Extraordinary collapse of the genocidal regime, Michael Karadjis
The Syrian Civil War Resumes, translation of a statement from the Cantine Syrienne de Montreuil
Fightback’s perspectives on the revolution were developed through the following articles:
Against campism: What makes some leftists support Putin, Daphne Lawless (2015)
Burning Country: Syrians in Revolution and War, Ani White reviews a book by Robin Yassin-Kassab and Leila Al-Shami (2016)
The Impossible Revolution – Making Sense of the Syrian Tragedy, Ani White review a book by Yassin al-Haj Saleh