Those who are with Lebanon will not Condition their Aid 23 August, 2020 Organizational endorsements welcome! Use the form below to sign on or email solidarity@syriasolidaritymovement.org Lebanon has many friends throughout the world who love her deeply and wish to help her in this time of grief and need. We …
Read More »Hypocrisy of US, Allies in the UNSC and Amnesty International Regarding Aid to ‘The Syrian People’
Statement from Syria Solidarity Movement On July 11, the United Nations Security Council passed a resolution presented by Germany and Belgium that would permit one border crossing from Turkey into Syria’s Idlib province for a US- backed UNSC aid program. The United States has been battling with China and Russia for …
Read More »Iran Sanctions Relief is Needed, but it’s not enough
The Syria Solidarity Movement® welcomes the call by 32 members of the US Congress for sanctions relief for Iran. Their letter to Secretaries Pompeo and Mnuchin outlines important reasons for removing restraints on trade with Iran. Weaponizing the pandemic is brutal, heartless, vicious, and inhumane. It is also foolish and shortsighted, in view …
Read More »SSM solidarity message to the Syrian General Federation of Trade Unions
The Syria Solidarity Movement sent the following letter of solidarity to the Syrian General Federation of Trade Unions on the occasion of their 27th Congress, which will take place on February 13-16, 2020. Last year, SSM organized a delegation of 22 delegates from Canada, Ireland, the Netherlands, France, South Africa, …
Read More »Solidarity with Those We Are Supposed to Despise
December 21, 2019The people of Syria are paying a terrible price for liberating their homeland and making their nation whole again. While Palestine, Afghanistan, Iraq, Libya, and other countries have waged and are waging similar struggles, Syria may be the first in recent times to actually succeed at driving the …
Read More »Nobel Prize Winning Chemical Weapons Watchdog Found “Fixing” its Findings on Syria
On October 15, 2019, a blue ribbon panel of international experts and dignitaries, met in secret with a whistleblower from the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW). The OPCW is considered the gold standard of impartial scientific detection and analysis of the possession and use of chemical weapons …
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 »Ken Stone’s Open Letter to Hassan Yussuff, CLC President, in support of Brother Donald Lafleur
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 »New Flyer: Who are the White Helmets…Really?
The Syria Solidarity Movement has prepared a flyer for distribution with important information about the so-called “White Helmets,” the purported civil defense organization supported by the US and UK – and whose members have been directly involved in violent attacks and the extrajudicial execution of captives. Read below or download …
Read More »HCSW statement on the arrest of Julian Assange
Photo credit: Xavier Granja Cedeño/Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores (2013).The Hamilton Coalition To Stop The War condemns the governments of Ecuador, the UK, and USA, for their collaboration in arresting and extraditing journalist Julian Assange. This was not a secretive operation carried out under the cover of darkness. Rather, it was …
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