Syria - June 8th, 2020
In the face of the collapse of the Syrian economy,
the masses take to the streets all across the country
to the cry “The people want the fall of the regime!”
On the first anniversary of the death of the Syrian martyr Abd el Bassett Sarout, hundreds of thousands of Syrians have risen with his face. Abd el Bassett was the goalkeeper for the national soccer team and was distinguished for his courage and conviction in the Syrian revolution against Bashar al Assad, as well as for his euphoric voice that raised the morale of the fighters by singing songs against the Syrian regime.
Syria’s currency has plummeted, leaving millions of exploited without the possibility of even buying a piece of bread.
The Syrian people have been suffering for 9 years the worst of the counter-revolution carried out by Bashar, Putin, Erdogan and the United States. Thousands of Lebanese Hezbollah and Iranian Guard mercenaries have massacred millions of exploited Syrians and occupied, looted or destroyed their homes.
In addition to the bombings of the regime and Russia over the liberated territories, the misery of wages and shortages has arrived. But the collapse of the Syrian currency is the straw that breaks the camel’s back. Thus, hundreds of thousands have risen up against the regime even in the heart of Damascus, the capital city of the country. The most surprising thing is that the inhabitants of Sueydah, a town in the outskirts of Damascus whose inhabitants are from the Druse minority ethnic group, took to the streets. The Druse bourgeoisie had sealed a non-aggression deal with the Syrian president in early 2011 when the first demonstrations of the Syrian revolution started. A similar deal was carried out between the Kurdish bourgeoisie and Bashar’s regime.
t is evident that the high cost of living cannot be endured any longer in a country plagued by the counter-revolution and the indifference of thousands of leaders of workers’ institutions worldwide.
Out with Bashar! The people want the fall of the regime! Both slogans were together on June 8 in what the Syrians define as “the hunger uprisings that will lead the victory of the revolution”.
The United States, which held possession of the oil zones Raqqa and Deir ez Zor, is dealing now with the uprising of the most exploited sectors and the entire working class of that country, such as the black workers and the Latins, so the juicy business of rebuilding ruined Syria is on standby. Favorable conditions are developing so the masses could break out with their actions.
Something similar has happened in Lebanon where, as a result of the sharp fall of that country’s currency, millions have taken to the streets clashing against Hezbollah.
The entire region returns to the streets taking up the demands of the 2011 uprisings, as none of them have been solved.
Far away is the pernicious hypothesis that the masses were asking only for more democracy or that they were only barbarians fighting among themselves or simply terrorists. The picture is more than clear and the Syrian revolution puts in check not only the government of that country, but all the devices of imperialism’s domination in the region. Today more than ever we must fight side by side with the exploited masses from Los Angeles, California, to Beirut, from Idlib to Paris, from Exarchia to Damascus.
The people want the fall of their regimes!
ABU MUAD
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