Since Friday, March 7, fighters loyal to the al-Jolani regime have swept through coastal villages, towns, and cities, carrying out a pogrom against Alawite civilians.
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Assad Falls, Islamists Take Over Syria
The Islamists who overran Syria have been fighting against the regime for fourteen years without any luck. Now they succeeded within ten days. What forces were behind the unraveling of Syria?
Turkey Attacks Northern Syria: For a Revolutionary Fightback!
Down with the Turkish war of aggression against Rojava! Down with the imperialists, who are all complicit in this atrocity!
Military Strikes on Syria: What Does it Mean?
Despite the talk of peace and humanitarianism, the strikes on Syria reveal the cynical interests of US imperialism in the Middle East.
Syria: The Barbarism of War and Imperialist Hypocrisy
After all the noisy propaganda and maneuvers at the United Nations, the so-called Syrian ceasefire has broken down suddenly. In reality it was an abortion that was dead even before it was born.
Syria: Ceasefire Breakdown Underlines Immense Contradictions Between the Powers
The US bombing Syrian soldiers, and the Assad regime bombing an aid convoy, indicate that just one week after the agreed cessation of hostilities in Syria, the uneasy ceasefire has broken down.
The Ceasefire in Syria: What Does It Mean?
As of sunset yesterday a new major ceasefire has been agreed in Syria. But what does it mean for Syria, the Middle East, and world relations?
Erdogan Pushes Turkey Further into the Syrian Quagmire
The desperate bid by Erdogan to cling to power is threatening to push Turkey and the whole region towards an even deeper crisis.
NATO, Russia, and the Syrian Inferno: the Impotence of Imperialism
“It is a tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing.” (Shakespeare, Macbeth, Act 5)
When the US army stormed into Iraq, there was no al-Qaeda present in that country. Now the whole region is in the grip of the jihadi madness. This is the direct result of the meddling of US imperialism. The politicians in Washington understood nothing and foresaw nothing. Ironically, by destroying the old state machine of Saddam Hussein and the Iraqi army, they upset the balance of power in the region and created a vacuum into which stepped on the one hand, ISIS, and on the other their old enemy, Iran.
Syria and the Hypocrisy of Western Imperialism
Since last week, when Russia began bombing targets inside Syria, Western media has been overflowing with articles about the crimes of Russian imperialism in Syria. But the idea put forward that “moderate” rebels are being bombed by ruthless Russians raises more questions than it answers.
Mayhem in the Middle East and the Socialist Solution
A grotesque humanitarian disaster looms large as crisis and conflagration ravage the Middle East. The number of people fleeing the civil war in Syria alone has now surpassed four million. This is the biggest refugee population from a single conflict in a generation.
Refugees Welcome: Make the Bosses Pay!
The refugee crisis has brought the horrors of capitalist society, as well as the contrast between the basic human solidarity of ordinary working people and the cold calculation of capitalist rulers.
The Communist: Voice of America’s Communist Generation
The Communist is the official newspaper of the party of the Revolutionary Communists of America. It is different from any other publication you’ll find in the US today. Behind this newspaper, there’s a vast network of communist activity from coast to coast. It is a tool for organizing in the streets, at protests and strikes, for building communist cells in our neighborhoods, workplaces, and campuses.
The RCA is on a mission to carry Bolshevism into the political arena of a country that’s ripe for it. Yes, we’re Bolsheviks living in the digital age, and we also use social media and our podcast to spread the communist program. But we’re not the kind of internet leftists who stay inside and “do politics” online. That’s why we need something we can carry with us into the streets and put into people’s hands. The physical paper is an instrument for building a real-life organization—a genuine Communist Party of fighters.