As one looks out onto the world stage one can clearly identify the arrival of a new leading politics, one that replaces globalising neoliberalism with aggressive nationalist populism. These circumstances have arisen in the west as a consequence of our acceptance of empire. One specific instance is the US left’s ambivalence regarding the ongoing crushing of the Syrian Revolution.
First, we have to understand the methods and reasons for the extreme violence used by the Syrian regime. The Assad regime’s verifiable murder of nearly half million people since the beginning of the revolution has been targeted to deconstruct society. Thousands have …read more
Source: Pakistan Today
