Welcome again to everybody. Make yourself at home. In the time-honoured tradition of our group, here is the weekly discussion thread.

On Sunday last week, Damascus fell to Salafi terrorists and other imperialist-aligned forces. Regardless of the flaws of the ousted government, this is a horrible situation for the Syrian proletariat as well as for the people of Palestine, Lebanon and others. We can only hope for the perseverance of the Syrian workers and the remaining anti-colonial resistance.

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    11 days ago

    they very well could be getting training in the US bases the SDF hosts or getting weapons through them.

    You can’t just say things like that without evidence. If you claim ISIS is training on DAANES territory, then you should back that claim up.

    I have a problem with the “US stooge” label. We can recognise Rojava cooperates with the US, we can say they receive help, money, training, weapons… but we don’t have to rob Rojava of agency. Why can’t cooperation with the US be a temporary, necessary measure on their part, rather than an essential quality?

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      11 days ago

      I have red lines, and working with the US to destabilize a country is one of them. If that’s not a red line for you, what is?

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        11 days ago

        You have to first realise that “red lines, and working with the US to destabilize a country is one of them.” is a construct. Because for example my construction of what’s happening over there is not the same as yours. You say “working with the US to destabilise a country” and I say that the country was already destabilised, and that the people of Rojava saw an opportunity.

        I don’t like the implication that Kurds have no agency. They do and they choose to work with the US instead of the alternative of being genocided.