An Open Letter to ‘Science and Global Security,’ by Rick Sterling, is republished from Antiwar.com: Dear Editors at Science and Global Security, “Science and Global Security” (SGS) has been publishing technical articles on arms control and related issues since 1989. I urge you not to succumb to political censorship. Recently it …
Read More »Interview: Max Blumenthal on “The Story in Syria” with the Zero Hour
R. J. Eskow interviews journalist Max Blumenthal, author of The Management of Savagery, in the following clip, filmed after the Syria Solidarity Movement delegation returned from the international trade union conference in Syria:
Read More »US Sanctions and the Birth of the Multipolar World Order, an Analysis
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 …
Read More »Syrian war ending with a new constitution
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 …
Read More »Defending Worker Solidarity: Trade Union Conference in Syria
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 …
Read More »Mark Taliano: The Barbarity of US-NATO, War Propaganda and the “Rule of International Law”
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 …
Read More »Sign and Share: Petition to restore Donald Lafleur to to his full duties as CLC Executive Vice-President!
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 …
Read More »Open Letter to trade unionists in support of brother Donald Lafleur, Executive Vice President, Canadian Labour Congress
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 …
Read More »On the Road to Damascus: International Conference in Syria on Sanctions and Its Blowback
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 …
Read More »Canadian media attacks labor leader for Syria solidarity
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 …
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