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• Tunisie : Déclarations de dirigeants du Front populaire sur leur refus de voter la confiance au gouvernement Chahed

  26 août, par AMROUSSIA Ammar, AMAMI Nizar, HAMMAMI Hamma, HAMMAMI Jilani, LAKHDHAR Zied

  D’autres déclarations convergentes rapportées par les media sont disponibles sur ESSF aux adresses suivantes http://www.europe-solidaire.org/spip.php?article38728 http://www.europe-solidaire.org/spip.php?article38788 http://www.europe-solidaire.org/spip.php?article38800
  25 août : Jilani Hammami (...)

• The state council’s burkini ban ruling is a start, but France has more issues to deal with

  26 August, by NOUGAYREDE Natalie

  The nation has still not found a way to ensure its Muslim population are equal citizens of the republic.I can’t remember a time in recent history when France has appeared so isolated on an international level because of its own political choices. The criticism that has been levelled at France (...)

• Tunisie : le vote de confiance au gouvernement Chahed

  27 août, par LEROUGE Dominique

  Sur les 217 députés que compte l’Assemblée, 194 étaient présents et ont pris part au vote (89,4%).
  167 députés ont voté la confiance au gouvernement Chahed (86 % des présents)
  5 se sont abstenus
  22 ont voté contre (11,3 % des présents) et constituent donc désormais l’opposition au sein de (...)

• In spite of the decision of the state council, French rightwingers call for extension of burkini ban

  26 August, by CHRISAFIS Angelique

  Undaunted by the suspension of the anti-swimwear decree in a Riviera town, former president Nicolas Sarkozy and others want a nationwide prohibition.
  France’s political row over the burkini continued to rage on Friday, as the French right stepped up its call for the garment to be outlawed (...)

• Internationalism

  A critical test – Anti-imperialism and the Syrian Revolution

  25 August, by SMITH Ashley

  Ashley Smith explains what’s at stake in a critical test for the international left.
  THE SYRIAN Revolution has tested the left internationally by posing a blunt question: Which side are you on? Do you support the popular struggle against dictatorship and for democracy? Or are you with Bashar (...)

• Syria’s revolutionaries return to the streets – The left must stand in solidarity

  10 March, by SMITH Ashley

  Ashley Smith explains the context for the recent resurgence of mass protest in Syria.
  DURING THE calm following a partial truce, Syrian revolutionaries returned to the streets for mass protests in rebel-held areas of the country for the first time since 2013. On March 4, they resumed their (...)

• On the Left

  United States Left: A Challenge to the Green Party on Syria

  4 August, by HELLER Stanley

  August 4. The uprising and fighting in Syria have gone on for over five years and your platform doesn’t say a word about it . Delegates to this weekend’s convention, how about adding these five sentences?
  1. We stand with the Arab revolutions and uprisings for democracy that started in Tunisia (...)

• Syria

  A Light in the Darkness – Self organisation and the Syrian Revolution

  14 August, by BOOTHROYD Mark

  Behind the headlines and vicious brutality of Syria’s civil war lie amazing examples of self organisation, the story of which is largely unknown to most in the West. It is this self organisation, and not Saudi or Turkish aid, which has allowed the revolt to sustain itself through six long brutal (...)

• Syria

  2011-2013 – Local Coordination Committees of Syria

  24 June 2013, by Local Coordination Committees

  At the onset of the Syrian revolution, Syrian youth began organizing themselves in their neighborhoods, villages and towns so they could plan protests and deliver their news to global news agencies. As the revolution spread throughout the country, there came a need for coordination between (...)

• Syria

  After the outbreak of protests on March 15, 2011: The Reality of the Syrian Opposition and Current and Future Challenges

  16 October 2011, by ACRPS, Policy Analysis Unit–ACRPS

  The Syrian opposition - in all its different guises - along with the current government, was surprised by the outbreak of protests on March 15, 2011, which have garnered massive public support, especially in Deraa and Duma, in the governorate of Rif Dimashq. The element of surprise was embodied (...)