Syria
Anti-fascists plan protest in Greece as Nazi Golden Dawn mobilises against refugees
08 April 2016Anti-fascists plan to gather in the Greek port of Piraeus tonight, Friday, as the Nazi Golden Dawn prepares to march against refugees.
Syria: revolt can bring hope
15 March 2016From the US to Russia, the world’s imperialist powers are carving up Syria at the Vienna “peace conference”.
Revolt and war in Syria five years on
08 March 2016Five years ago Syrians rose up against the regime. Socialist Worker explains how the revolution’s defeat led to horror, and Razan Ghazzawi looks back at its hopeful beginnings
Syrians take to the streets in their thousands under a fragile ceasefire
07 March 2016Thousands of Syrians took to the streets across the country in lively demonstrations of Friday of last week. The protests were reminiscent of the popular movement that started the revolution five years ago.
Imperial carve-up threatens more war for Syrians
16 February 2016The agony of Syria’s people has not been ended by the deal for a partial ceasefire agreed last week by the major imperialist powers. It was falling apart even before it was implemented.
Russia's proxy war twists the knife in Syria
09 February 2016At a meeting in Manchester last week I heard a Syrian refugee describe his plight and that of his family. It was heartbreaking. Essentially the same story could be told of millions, and their number increases daily.
Syrian refugees stuck at Turkish and EU borders
09 February 2016Tens of thousands of people are fleeing Syria’s second city Aleppo to gather at refugee camps around the Oncupinar gate on the border with Turkey.
The British farce in Syria reflects a deeper crisis
05 January 2016Britain’s military intervention in Syria has been exposed as a farce. Westminster’s warmongers argued that it was essential.
We’re right to build the anti-war movement, despite right’s attack
15 December 2015The Stop the War Coalition faced an unprecedented onslaught from politicians and parts of the press over the past week.
Syrian dictator starves out key city
15 December 2015The regime of dictator Bashar al-Assad gained control of the last rebel-held area of the city of Homs on Wednesday of last week
Obscene system lies behind war and refugee crisis
15 December 2015The plight of refugees exposes all that is rotten about capitalism.
Stop the War takes to streets against Tory war in Syria
12 December 2015Up to 5,000 people marched through central London in protest at Britain bombing Syria today, Saturday.
Rival powers struggle for influence in Syria
08 December 2015For regional and global powers, the war on Isis has become the justification for military intervention in Syria. Yet Isis emerged in the shadow of the US occupation of Iraq.
Don’t get tangled up in imperial rivalries
08 December 2015Alex Callinicos argues that socialists and anti-imperialists have to build the broadest and biggest anti-war movement possible. But this task faces new complications
Wave of protests brings anti-war mood onto the streets in anger
08 December 2015Thousands of protesters have taken to the streets against Britain joining another war in the Middle East.
Migrants' winter misery caused by Tory policies as EU ministers move to close borders
08 December 2015At the same time as bombing Syria, the government is making it harder for Syrians to escape.
Tories look to escalate a war on Syria that's already killing civilians
08 December 2015Tory defence secretary Michael Fallon has warned that the war in Syria was “not going to be short or simple”.
Bomber Benn gets an earful from protesters in Leeds
08 December 2015Angry anti-war protesters challenged shadow foreign secretary Hilary Benn for voting for war outside his surgery in Leeds last Saturday.
Syria—who lit the fire?
08 December 2015What is Isis and where did it come from?
Protesters vow to fight on as Tories begin bombing Syria
03 December 2015Around 3,000 protesters took the streets outside parliament as MPs inside voted for war. The first airstrike was launched just a few hours later.
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