Omar Hassan is in Syria to report on the situation after the fall of Bahar Al-Assad’s dictatorship. These are his first impressions after entering the country from Lebanon.
Seemingly against all hope, Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad is gone. In less than two weeks, a rebel offensive that began in the northern city of Aleppo transformed into an extraordinary nationwide uprising that routed the regime.
The presence of far-right and ultra-Zionist figures in the Trump administration could lead to dramatic new developments for Palestinians and allow Israel even more scope for aggression.
The US remains the world’s dominant economic, political and military superpower. But it faces competition from a newly emerging superpower, China, and its allies. This introduces a new, more dangerous phase of imperialism.
Joseph Daher, author of Hezbollah: The Political Economy of Lebanon’s Party of God and Palestine and Marxism, spoke to Red Flag about Israel’s escalating offensive.
If a socialist left is to be built with some hope of liberating the workers of the Middle East and winning freedom for the Palestinian people, then it is vital to come to terms with the legacy of Stalinist class-collaborationist politics and rebuild on a genuinely revolutionary basis.
