• Articles
    • Comment and analysis
    • Featured
    • Reports
    • Reviews
    • Videos and audio
    • revolutionary reflections
    • Archive
  • Themes
    • Education, healthcare and housing
    • Borders, migration and race
    • Anti-fascism and the far right
    • Imperialism and international politics
    • Climate and environment
    • Feminism and LGBTQ liberation
    • Work, unions and strikes
    • Labour and Corbynism
    • Culture
    • Revolutionary strategy
  • About
    • About rs21
    • Join rs21
    • Subscribe to our mailing list
    • Write for us
    • Local Groups
    • Contact us
    • Motions and policies
  • Resources
    • Strike solidarity
    • Pamphlets
    • Trade union motions
    • Leaflets, posters and guides
    • Books
  • Events
Sign in
Welcome!Log into your account
Forgot your password?
Password recovery
Recover your password
Search
Sign in
Welcome! Log into your account
Forgot your password? Get help
Password recovery
Recover your password
A password will be e-mailed to you.
rs21 (Revolutionary Socialism in the 21st Century) rs21
rs21 (Revolutionary Socialism in the 21st Century) rs21 (Revolutionary Socialism in the 21st Century)
  • Articles
    • Comment and analysis
    • Featured
    • Reports
    • Reviews
    • Videos and audio
    • revolutionary reflections
    • Archive
  • Themes
    • Education, healthcare and housing
    • Borders, migration and race
    • Anti-fascism and the far right
    • Imperialism and international politics
    • Climate and environment
    • Feminism and LGBTQ liberation
    • Work, unions and strikes
    • Labour and Corbynism
    • Culture
    • Revolutionary strategy
  • About
    • About rs21
    • Join rs21
    • Subscribe to our mailing list
    • Write for us
    • Local Groups
    • Contact us
    • Motions and policies
  • Resources
    • Strike solidarity
    • Pamphlets
    • Trade union motions
    • Leaflets, posters and guides
    • Books
  • Events

Syria and US intervention

By
Omar Sabbour
-
28 May 2018

The real nature of the US intervention in Syria has been widely misunderstood, argued Omar Sabbour, in a talk given to the East London branch of rs21 on 17 May 2018. Listen to Omar’s account of why this is, and the implications for anti-imperialists and the left.

Print 🖨 eBook 📱
  • TAGS
  • imperialism
  • revolution
  • Islamophobia
  • war
  • counter-revolution
  • United States
  • Iran
  • Syria
  • Russia
  • Iraq
Facebook
Twitter
WhatsApp
Print
    Omar Sabbour

    RELATED ARTICLESMORE FROM AUTHOR

    Photo from an action against Elbit Systems showing two protesters sitting in a doorway in front of the weapons factory's graffitied door, which reads 'Shut Elbit Down'. Fake blood is poured across the steps in front of them, as well as a sign that reads 'Ouch'.

    ‘That’s the power of direct action’: an interview with Palestine Action

    A crowd of protesters standing near to a flame during the mass protest movement in Ecuador in late 2019.

    Revolutionary Reflections | Anti-extractivism and radical politics in Ecuador

    Ende Geleande march in November 2019.

    Revolutionary Reflections | Moving towards an ecological Leninism

    Keywords: fascism far right wing nationalism Brexit

    Video: Confronting the British state

    Banner reads: Comprehensive Security Law: Surveil and Punish. Keywords: France authoritarianism security law

    France’s authoritarian turn: Islamophobia and the security state

    An image of Ian Birchall, by Colin Fancy. Keywords: Ian Birchall Algeria France Marxism socialism IS International Socialists

    Unearthing hidden histories: an interview with Ian Birchall

    About rs21

    Get involved

    Donate

    Join our mailing list

    Events calendar

    Local groups

    Archive

    Latest articles

    Image shows a blue placard that reads "USS pension strike. We Earned It. We deserve it. We demand it."

    The Tories are robbing our pensions by stealth

    Ian Allinson
    The Tories have sneaked through an obscure change to the Retail Price Index (RPI) that means big reductions in many pensions and downward pressure on pay. Unite activist Ian Allinson explains.
    Image shows picketing workers at Go North West with a anner that reads Our Key Workers Deserve Better.

    Ten strikes that need your solidarity

    rs21 members
    As strike activity ramps up again, rs21 brings together ten strikes you should know about this month. At the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic there...
    A photo of ships in Istanbul taken in 1854

    Review | A Brief History of Commercial Capitalism

    Nick Evans
    Nick Evans reviews a new book that calls for a radical rethinking of the history of capitalism.
    Photo from an action against Elbit Systems showing two protesters sitting in a doorway in front of the weapons factory's graffitied door, which reads 'Shut Elbit Down'. Fake blood is poured across the steps in front of them, as well as a sign that reads 'Ouch'.

    ‘That’s the power of direct action’: an interview with Palestine Action

    John Nicholson and Max Stein
    On Feb 1 2021, Palestine Action and XR North shut down the Elbit Systems factory in Oldham. rs21 spoke with Huda and Richard from Palestine Action about Elbit, Palestine and direct action tactics.
    Image shows a row of workers in Ritzy Strikes Back shirts holding bright yellow and red flags and banners on the picket line.

    Tactics of resistance: what’s the point of pickets?

    Derek Fraser
    In part two of a series looking at differing tactics for winning battles in the workplace, Derek Fraser looks at picketing, and how it can be used successfully in the current context.
    An image of two construction workers on a scaffold. Keywords: Covid coronavirus shut the sites unsafe work safety

    The Ragged-Trousered Philanthropists revisited

    Brian Parkin
    Construction workers have been among the hardest-hit by Covid-19, with profit-hungry bosses keeping sites open throughout the pandemic.

    Highlights

    Photo from an action against Elbit Systems showing two protesters sitting in a doorway in front of the weapons factory's graffitied door, which reads 'Shut Elbit Down'. Fake blood is poured across the steps in front of them, as well as a sign that reads 'Ouch'.

    ‘That’s the power of direct action’: an interview with Palestine Action

    John Nicholson and Max Stein
    On Feb 1 2021, Palestine Action and XR North shut down the Elbit Systems factory in Oldham. rs21 spoke with Huda and Richard from Palestine Action about Elbit, Palestine and direct action tactics.
    A pro-independence rally in Glasgow, January 2020.

    Scotland, the left and independence

    IS Scotland
    If the British state breaks up, will Scottish independence be a serious progressive change, or just a neoliberal reshuffle?

    Poland’s feminist uprising

    Magda M, Marta R and Agnieszka M
    Women in Poland are making their own cause for hope by taking the streets. rs21 spoke with several feminist activists in Polish union Inicjatywa Pracownicza about the recent wave of feminist strikes and protests.
    A squad of riot police march past the National Gallery in London.

    What does abolition mean in modern Britain?

    Hajera Begum
    The Black Lives Matter movement has sown seeds of hope worldwide for the abolition of police. But policing in the UK goes far beyond the bodies of armed men in uniform.

    Fortress Europe after Moria

    rs21
    After Moria burned to the ground, a new camp was quickly built to replace it. We interviewed Chloe Haralambous and Michalis Poulimas about events on the ground and what they mean for the EU border regime.
    Wildfires in California in 2015

    Global fever

    Gareth Dale
    The Covid-19 pandemic is a foretaste of the approaching climate catastrophe. Andreas Malm's electrifying new book looks at both these crises and asks what we'll need to do to face them down.
    Facebook Instagram Twitter Youtube