Syrians have overthrown Bashar al-Assad’s brutal dictatorship, liberated cities, freed political prisoners, and opened area to wrestle for an inclusive, democratic, egalitarian nation. But imperial, regional, and inner forces are angling to include the revolution. Join this Spectre Live! webinar led by Joseph Daher, Leila al-Shami, Yasser Munif, and Spectre’s Shireen Akram-Boshar to be taught concerning the revolution’s outcomes and prospects.
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Speakers:
Joseph Daher is a Swiss-Syrian socialist and scholar and creator of Hezbollah: The Political Economy of the Lebanon’s Party of God (2016) and Syria after the Uprisings: The Political Economy of State Resilience (2019).
Leila Al-Shami is co-author of Burning Country: Syrians in Revolution and War and co-founder of From the Periphery media collective.
Yasser Munif is an affiliate professor at Emerson College and creator of The Syrian Revolution: Between the Politics of Life and the Geopolitics of Death.
Shireen Akram-Boshar is a graduate pupil on the University of Houston, member of the editorial board of Spectre Journal, member of the Tempest Collective, author at Truthout, and contributor to Palestine: A Socialist Introduction.
Endorsed by CounterPunch, New Politics, People Before Profit, Tempest Collective.
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