The following article by Judith Bello was originally published at the United National Antiwar Coalition blog on September 17, 2019: The comments below were inspired by the comments of various speakers at the conference and especially the optimistic speech by Syrian President Bashar Assad on the morning of September 9th …

The following article, by Steven Sahiounie, is reprinted from Mideast Discourse: After an 8 year conflict, which has killed over 400,000 people and displaced millions more, Syria cannot return to a pre-2011 system. The task ahead is to find a balance of compromise that may form a new social contract …

The following article, by Yasemin Zahra, a member of the delegation to the trade union conference in Syria, is republished from U.S. Labor Against the War: Why Syria? Our obligation to building the international working class is seldom the easy thing to do, especially in a time of open economic …

The following speech was written by Mark Taliano for the General Federation of Trade Unions Conference in Damascus, where he was part of the North American delegation. You can read more of Mark’s reports and analysis on Syria and elsewhere on his website, marktaliano.net. Greetings delegates and organizers.  My name …

Following his participation in the Third International Trade Union Forum conference in Damascus, organized by Syria’s General Federation of Trade Unions (GFTU) and supported by International Confederation of Arab Trade Unions (ICATU) and the World Federation of Trade Unions (WFTU), Brother Donald Lafleur was put on administrative leave from his duties as Executive Vice-President …

Dear Comrades, We write to you as fellow trade unionists and comrades dedicated in the struggle for workers’ rights in support of Donald Lafleur and his visit to the GFTU trade union congress in Damascus. Brother Lafleur has been unjustly placed on administrative leave despite the fact that he attended …

The following article, by Roger Harris, is republished here from Mint Press News: Welcome to your second country, that was the greeting our Syrian hosts gave us when we arrived for the International Trade Union Forum for “solidarity with the workers and people of Syria against the economic blockade, imperialist …

The following article, by Dave McKee, is reprinted from People’s Voice: One hundred trade union delegations from around the world gathered in Damascus on September 8-9, for the Third International Trade Union Forum in Solidarity with Syrian Workers. The purpose of the meeting was to build opposition to imperialist intervention …

Following his participation in the Third International Trade Union Forum conference in Damascus, organized by Syria’s General Federation of Trade Unions (GFTU) and supported by International Confederation of Arab Trade Unions (ICATU) and the World Federation of Trade Unions (WFTU), Brother Donald Lafleur was put on administrative leave from his duties as Executive Vice-President …

The following article is reprinted from South Front: After over 8 years of war, the province of Idlib and its surrounding areas remain the key stronghold of radical militant groups in Syria. Over the past years, anti-government armed groups suffered a series of defeats across the country and withdrew towards …