Western media often constructs a cult of personality around individuals, attributing a nation's actions to a single figure. For example, when discussing Russia, everything is framed as being orchestrated by Putin. Similarly, in Syria, they label Bashar al-Assad as "the dictator" rather than acknowledging him as the President of Syria, who operated within a bourgeois government structure.

Bashar al-Assad oversaw Syria's decline, which also marked the collapse of Ba'athism. While the Ba'athist movement was more progressive than many Pan-Arabist movements, it was still dominated by bourgeois cliques. Such systems inevitably allow comprador elements to align with the highest bidder.

This failure was compounded by external pressures, including imperialist intervention and the exploitation of internal divisions by foreign powers. The absence of a strong, organised working-class base left the country vulnerable to destabilisation, both from within and without. The contradictions of Ba'athism—a movement attempting to balance Pan-Arab ideals with class hierarchies—ultimately left it unable to withstand these pressures.

We do not consider President Assad a dictator, nor do we hold him solely responsible for Syria's downfall. Without the support of the working class, fractures within the system were unavoidable.

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Volkswagen workers protest potential mass layoffs, plant closures, and proposed wage cuts amid Germany's promise to support Ukraine 'for as long as it takes’

Money for war, but not for workers…

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UK govt says refugees fleeing Syria have 'no basis' for asylum claims. UK aided coalition of terror groups against Assad regime but appears reluctant to deal with consequences...
https://skwawkbox.org/2024/12/11/uk-govt-says-refugees-fleeing-syria-have-no-basis-for-asylum-claims/

CNN actually thought people are dumb enough to believe this absurd acting? Are some of you really that dumb? Syrians searched every corner of that dark prison and now a CNN reporters casually uncovers a clean prisoner with electricity.

I like how they speak English to him, "Is someone there? Hello?" Dude is all clean shaven after being in a "secret" prison for 3 months.

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Trump embraces his inner educator, explains the theory of Bidenomics

End quote. Repeat the line…

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Military Spending League Table: Notice anything?

The AFP has totted up the eye-watering amounts countries spent on their military capabilities, and the graph comparing their outlay compared both to GDP and population total.

There's one notable omission though.

#GDP

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This is the birthplace of the legend Herbert Kilpin, the founder of Italian giants AC Milan.

The store front is located in Nottingham UK, and is now just an empty shop with a small nod to the legend which once reside here.

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Riots erupted in France after Abdoulaye, a 34-year-old Black man, died in police custody. He suffered from severe mental health issues and experienced medical emergencies while the police apprehended him.

Abdoulaye had already previously been targeted by police, with a 2023 video showing him beaten during an arrest. His death is part of a wider pattern of police violence in France, which leads the European Union in deaths in custody. In 2024, 43 fatalities in police custody were recorded.

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Capital is said by a Quarterly Reviewer to fly turbulence and strike and to be timid which is very true but this is very incompletely stating the questions. Capital eschews no profit or very small profit just as nature was formerly said to abhor a vacuum. With adequate profit capital is very bold. A certain 10% will ensure its employment anywhere; 20% certain will produce eagerness; 50% positive audacity; 100% will make it ready to trample all human laws; 300% and there is not a crime at which it will scruple nor a risk it will not take run even to the chance of its owner being hanged. If turbulence and strife will bring a profit it will freely encourage both. Smuggling and the slave trade have amply proved all that is here stated.

T.J Dunning - Trade Unions and Strikes - As Quoted in Capital Volume 1 by Karl Marx