Middle East

Syria: Building an anticapitalist economy in Rojava
Azize Aslan discusses the economic order and class relations in Rojava (North and East Syria) and the role class struggle plays in the revolution.

‘The green transition is a myth’: Adam Hanieh on the ongoing centrality of oil to capitalism
Adam Hanieh — We cannot understand the Gaza genocide today, or the crucial place of the Middle East in US geopolitical ambitions, without centering the ongoing centrality of oil to capitalism.

Turkey and the neofascist contagion
Gilbert Achcar — The events unfolding in Turkey since last Wednesday are extremely serious: they constitute a new and very dangerous step in the country’s slide towards the suffocation of democracy.

Revolutionary Left Current: Syria at a crossroads — Towards freedom or tyranny
Revolutionary Left Current — The interim constitutional declaration has entrenched the very opposite of the goals and roots of the Syrian revolution.

The Kurdish issue, Öcalan’s call and developments in Rojava
Hamit Bozarslan talks about the historical roots of the Kurdish issue, Abdullah Öcalan’s call for the PKK to disarm and recent developments in Northern and Eastern Syria.

So-called axis of resistance: Which way forward for Palestinian liberation?
Joseph Daher discusses regional and multipolar imperialism, the limits of Iranian resistance, and the international path toward Palestinian liberation.

Abdullah Öcalan: ‘The PKK has reached the end of its life cycle and should be dissolved’
From prison on Imrali Island, Abdullah Öcalan has issued a call to members of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party to lay down their arms and dissolve the organisation.

The Syrian revolution, Iran and Israel: Squaring the circle, refuting myths
Michael Karadjis breaks down some myths surrounding Israel, Iran and the fall of the Assad regime.

‘We will fight with all our strength’: As Islamists oust Assad, women’s struggle persists in Syria
Ronahi Hassan — Women in North and East Syria are continuing to fighting for their revolutionary social model, as a hope for Syria, the Middle East, and the world.