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Long Read: On Airstrikes

by James Butler

Sunday Long Read: The parliamentary vote to bomb Syria has provoked indignant rage across the country. Why is the case for airstrikes so shaky, who our Cameron’s allies and what support can we offer those in - and fleeing from - the region?

3 Reasons Hilary Benn’s Use of the International Brigades to Justify Bombing Syria Was Ignorant

by Javier Moreno Zacarés

In his lauded speech in the Commons this week, Hilary Benn invoked the memory of the antifascist International Bridges to justify the bombing of Syria. In doing so, he ignored history to bolster British jingoism.

After the Paris Attacks: 4 Questions We Need to Ask

by James Butler

Following the Paris attacks, the right across Europe has already demanded military vengeance, the closure of Europe’s borders to refugees, and ramped-up domestic surveillance powers.

‘The government killed our family’: In Conversation with Refugees in Athens

by Tomas Lynch

Pedion Tou Areos has become a makeshift refugee camp in central Athens, with many people passing through to central and western Europe from Syria and Afghanistan. Here some of the residents share their reflections and hopes.

Radical Lives: Omar Aziz

by Budour Hassan

From IT consultant to Syrian revolutionary, Omar Aziz might have looked an unlikely rebel on paper. However, his push for local councils in and around Damascus enabled new levels of coordination between militants and aided the functioning of cities under siege.

6 Notes on the Economics of the Rojava Revolution

by Nic Beuret

Kurdish forces recently drove ISIS from the town of Kobane, and the 'democratic experiment' in Rojava has received sustained attention in recent months - but what of the economy?

7 Reasons Bombing the Middle East (Again) is a Bad Idea

by Tim Holmes

While the PKK fights on in Syria and ISIS continues to murder hostages, Obama continues ordering air strikes, now backed by the UK and Australia. Imperialism or a helping hand for the Kurds? Either way, Tim Holmes argues this tactic is the wrong one.

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