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Syria: Chemical weapons ’deal’ does not end war

October 5, 2013 Per-Åke Westerlund

Per-Åke Westerlund is a member of Rättvisepartiet Socialisterna (CWI in Sweden). Local and global powers fight for power and oil The agreement between the US and Russia on Syria’s chemical weapons does not mean that the war is over. While Kerry hugged Lavrov in Geneva the fighting continued. The agreement represents a sharp reversal for […]

Syria: Conflict threatens to spread across the Middle East

June 25, 2013 Peter Taaffe

Peter Taaffe is a member of the Socialist Party (CWI in England & Wales). Urgent need for independent working class socialist organizations The capturing of the strategically important city of Qusair by pro-government forces, including Hezbollah and Iraqi Shias, marks a new stage in the bloody quagmire of Syria and is likely to have wide […]