No escape from the death-trap
The first victim of the horrific fire in Grenfell Tower in London to be named was Mohammad al-Hajali, a 23-year-old civil engineering students and Syrian refugee. Three years ago, Mohammad […]
Category Archives: Syria
Selective outrage and class consciousness: taking care with the words ‘we’ and ‘you’
The recent terrorist atrocity in Paris, like that of ten months earlier, has produced a range of political responses. First off the mark were the imperialist politicians. Instantly sensing an […]
Letter to a friend: on recognising the Israeli state, and separating from the treacherous leadership of Hamas
A friend who is a supporter of the Palestinian struggle for self-determination, and also of the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions campaign against Israel, wrote to me yesterday, objecting to an […]
“Timid souls” and fighting proletarians: the Syrian refugees force a political shift
The tide of Syrian refugees sweeping into Europe today is like a fresh breeze blowing into a stuffy, crowded room. The breeze makes the curtains flap noisily, dislodges cobwebs from […]
A worker at large 