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The threat of wider wars in the Middle East and the responsibilities of socialists
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Adam Hanieh: Power, wealth and inequality in the Arab world
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Iraq and Syria: The struggle against the 'multi-sided' counterrevolution
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June 27, 2014, BBC map of the gains made by ISIS.
The Gulf and Islamism in Syria: myths and misconceptions
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ISIS fighters.
Luxembourg: Election opens new political chapter
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Symbol of the anti-capitalist party déi Lénk.
Issues in the current stage of Syrian revolution
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A street in Homs shows the extent of damage by government forces dur
'The fate of Syria must not be decided by foreign powers or forces'
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Non-violent Syrian demonstrators, July 2011. Photo: AP.
By Thomas Harrison and Joanne Landy
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Trade unionists joined a march in Doha for action on climate change to demand improved human rights for migrant workers. Photograph: Karim Jaafar/AFP/Getty Images.
Statement by the international peasant movement La Via Campesina,
December 7, 2012 – As the climate negotiations come to a close, the industrialised countries insist on inaction for the next decade, finding even more ways to escape their historical responsibility, create more carbon markets including one on agriculture and to keep business as usual of burning the planet.
While governments continue to prioritise the interests of industry and agribusiness, peasant farmers continue producing to feed the world’s people and the planet.