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We Are Not Pawns, We Are the People Who Rose Against the Regime
From Black Rose Anarchist Federation (18/12/2024). This article by Syrian writer Jwana Aziz reflects on the fall of Bashar al-Assad’s regime. Jwana examines the conditions that precipitated the 2011 uprising, the years of civil war, and the difficulties that now … Continue reading
Leïla Al-Shami: “The future of Syria will be decided by the Syrians and nobody else”
An interview with Leïla al-Shami, from Lundi Matin #456, 16/12/2024. Leïla al-Shami and Robin Yassin-Kassab are the authors of Burning Country: Syrians in Revolution and War, an important book in which they recounted the early years of the revolution and … Continue reading
Syria: The dictator has fled, long live the revolution
In less than two weeks, the Bashar al-Assad regime of Syria collapsed, with his flight to Russia, in the face of a military offensive conducted by a coalition of armed groups led by Hay?at Tahrir al-Sham. If we count his … Continue reading
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Tagged anarchism, Omar Aziz, revolution, State terror, syria
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The Syrian Civil War Resumes
From the CrimethInc. collective (02/12/2024) Perspectives on the Conflict from Western and Northeastern Syria The Syrian civil war has remained largely frozen since 2020, owing to a precarious balance of power between various factions with various degrees of support from … Continue reading
The Syrian revolution: Bearing witness to the impossible
We share below a reflection on and, in its own way, a testimonial of the Syrian revolution, by Catherine Coquio (Lundi Matin #137, March 12, 2018). This is followed by a more recent video recorded interview with her (in french), … Continue reading
The Syrian Cantina in Montreuil: Organizing in Exile
From the CrimethInc. collective (15/03/2022) … How Refugees Can Continue Revolutionary Struggle in Foreign Lands Eleven years ago, on March 15, 2011, protests broke out in Syria against the regime of Bashar al-Assad. Over the following years, a revolution took … Continue reading
Ukraine in Syria, Syria in Ukraine
News that the Syrian government is recruiting soldiers from its own army to join the Russian invasion of Ukraine was a reminder – for those who may have forgotten – of Putin’s earlier and extremely bloody intervention to help put … Continue reading
War in Ukraine: Ten Lessons from Syria
From the CrimethInc. collective (07/03/2022) … Syrian Exiles on How Their Experience Can Inform Resistance to the Invasion In March 2011, protests broke out in Syria against the dictator Bashar al-Assad. Assad turned the full power of the military against … Continue reading
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Tagged anarchism, anti-militarism, russia, syria, ukraine
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Syria: Remembering a revolution
We are no less than the Paris commune workers: they resisted for 70 days and we are still going on for a year and a half. Omar Aziz, 2012 The “Arab Spring” as revolution risks falling into oblivion, reduced to … Continue reading
Iran: An Uprising Besieged from Within and Without
From the CrimethInc. collective (07/01/2026) Three Perspectives Starting on December 28, 2025, a new wave of protest broke out across Iran, triggered by economic distress and escalating to call for the toppling of the government. This is at least the … Continue reading →