The Victory of the Syrian Revolution over Assad and the Resurgence of the Arab Spring The Victory of the Syrian Revolution over Assad and the Resurgence of the Arab Spring - Communist Workers Group (CWG-USA)
After 13 years, the Arab Spring is reawakening with the Syrian Revolution overthrowing Bashar Al Assad. October 7th changed the chapter of the struggle in the Middle East, canceling the agreements of imperialism and the bourgeoisie that maintained a permanent counter-revolution against the permanent Revolution. To what extent will the example of the Syrian Revolution be recognized by the masses? How can we build a United Front in support of the Palestinian and Syrian Revolution to recognize the quantitative and qualitative changes that are taking place? The external and internal situation in Syria has opened up a possibility that HTS (Hayat Tahir Al-Sham – Committee for the Liberation of the Levant), the leading opposition force in the offensive against the Assad regime, could not let pass! The US and Israel are weakened by the war in Gaza. The regime’s allies, Russia, Iran and Hezbollah, are involved in their own wars, leaving Syria in the background. The Assad regime was unsustainable: absurd inflation, rationing for everything, energy only a few hours a day and totally dependent on foreign powers. HTS was the most isolated and relatively independent opposition force. HTS was watching Turkey negotiating with Russia for a conciliation with Assad, which would be its end. The other largest opposition forces are the SNA (Syrian National Army), led by former ministers and generals of Assad who are puppets of Turkey and fight the Kurds, and the other force is the Kurdish PKK, totally dependent on the US that never fought against the regime. HTS is considered a terrorist organization by the US, EU and UN, as well as by Russia. It is a jihadist, petty bourgeois organization that broke with Al Qaeda and has governed Idlib for some years. Idlib is the region of Syria that had the least economic importance and is predominantly rural, where many revolutionaries went after Assad took over several cities such as Aleppo and the outskirts of Damascus. HTS faced a lot of popular opposition in Idlib due to its authoritarianism and attempts to impose Sharia. It was in this context that it began to change its policy to a more moderate one. In an interview, HTS leader Al-Jolani stated that the most important thing he learned was that institutions need to exist and that they need to function. With the lessons learned from governing Idlib and the time it had to structure its military forces, HTS was the largest force and led the offensive against Assad and overthrew the half-century regime on December 8. With each liberated city, we are seeing this policy being put into practice in a very pragmatic way. In Damascus, HTS put Assad’s own prime minister on national television to announce the transition of power and the maintenance of institutions, and was kept as part of the transition of power process. Armed rebels are prohibited from entering civilian institutions as well as any hostility against religious minorities, and they are visibly disciplined to follow these guidelines. HTS has already made statements saying that its fight is against Assad and that it is not against Russia and Iran or other external and internal actors. The external actors, the US, Israel, Turkey, Russia, Iran, all view HTS with great distrust. HTS has enough power to negotiate. It has very strong popular support at the moment and will have to take this into account. The imperialist forces, whether from the US or Russia, will not be able to attack HTS without having to bomb a large part of Syria, which will not be as easy as in 2015. .... (to finish reading go to https://www.cwgusa.org/?p=3600 ) "The working class and the employing class have nothing in common." IWW founding congress opening statement Links in the message (1) | | | The Victory of the Syrian Revolution ov... | -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Groups.io Links: You receive all messages sent to this group. View/Reply Online (#34104): https://groups.io/g/marxmail/message/34104 Mute This Topic: https://groups.io/mt/110171674/21656 -=-=- POSTING RULES & NOTES #1 YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. #2 This mail-list, like most, is publicly & permanently archived. #3 Subscribe and post under an alias if #2 is a concern. #4 Do not exceed five posts a day. -=-=- Group Owner: marxmail+ow...@groups.io Unsubscribe: https://groups.io/g/marxmail/leave/13617172/21656/1316126222/xyzzy [arch...@mail-archive.com] -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
