The Assad regime’s horrible history
Posted by John, May 26th, 2016 - under Solidarity, Solidarity magazine, Syria.
Tags: Assad
Lachlan Marshall in socialist magazine Solidarity explains the Syrian regime’s history of deals with imperialism and attacks on its own working class in order to boost its own wealth and power. Among other things he says:
‘Like all other Arab ruling classes, the Syrian ruling class has accommodated to imperialism. Its foreign policy twists and turns have been focussed exclusively on trying to maintain the most favourable position possible within a cut-throat system of competing capitalist states. Its commitment above all else is to running capitalism and increasing the wealth of Syria’s rulers at the expense of workers and the poor. A look at the history of the Assad regime shows this clearly.’
To read the whole article click here. The horrible history of the Assad regime