r/communism • u/supercooper25 • 12d ago
The Syrian nation is occupied
https://english.almayadeen.net/articles/opinion/the-syrian-nation-is-occupied15
u/Sea_Till9977 11d ago
What can Syrian communists do to respond to this? I've read the recent statements but I do not know what the future would look like for communist movement in Syria.
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u/SomeRightsReserved 10d ago
The anti Assad communists were thoroughly purged out by Hafez Al Assad in the 70s and only really exist in exile now. The rest of the Syrian communist movement was forced to ally with the Baathist government out of survival especially after 2006 and during the war.
The future seems uncertain for the Syrian communist movement now but what’s clear is that there’s no future for them in any way under the present government and their presence is largely irrelevant today.
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u/FarAd7559 5d ago
They died when Jadid was overthrown, sad yes i mean Jadid overthrowing Aflaq was bad but to our surprise, Jadid actually did something during the Black September and were actually trying to Liberate Palestine by all methods.
Kinda same that less people rarely knows him, more people thinks Assad "Neo-Ba'athism" were far-left but in reality, the most left of the Ba'ath Party died during the Corrective Coup, shame..
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u/Otelo_ 11d ago edited 11d ago
>communists in Arab countries always seem to fall short of doing the right thing and end up becoming disappointments these days
Im sorry but this reads extremely weird. Where in the world exactly are communists doing the "right thing"? It definitely isn't where I live and I would say it isn't in the West in general. Besides India or the Philippines, where would you say that communists are doing the right thing? If feels weird pointing out the communists in arab countries specifically.
E: I only saw now that you are or seem to be arabic, which makes me understand your comment more. Still, and trust me I get that impulse too, I wouldn't bash the communists in any specific region too much. There are shortcomings, revisionists and opportunists everywere. It is because mistakes and betrayals are common that revolutions are rare. (Not saying that the communists in arab countries are betraying or making mistakes, im not well informed on the situation).
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u/SomeRightsReserved 10d ago
Arab here, I understand their take tbh and it’s hard not be cynical about it. You can only lionise past movements for so long until you remember it’s 2024 now and any semblance of communism being largely accepted in Arab societies is completely gone.
In much of the Arab world communism is seen at best as an irrelevant grandpa’s movement, it fell out of favour with a big chunk of the population post 1991 and there’s no chance of it recovering since.
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u/Otelo_ 10d ago
much of the Arab world communism is seen at best as an irrelevant grandpa’s movement, it fell out of favour with a big chunk of the population post 1991 and there’s no chance of it recovering since.
Well, for one thing, if communism isn't appealing to the masses, it can only be the fault of the communists that the masses have encountered. Then, I would say that the popularity of communism can change and increase very quickly in short periods of time. The growth of popularity of communism doesn't necessarily have to be a constant one.
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u/urbaseddad Cyprus🇨🇾 7d ago
Not a fan of Tim Anderson but this article was good for sources on recent events in Syria (since the Wahhabi fascist takeover) as well as for a bit of the history of the civil war and atrocity propaganda.
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