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What the Assad regime was and what it has become – Part Two

Details: Published: Monday, 11 March 2013 18:37; Written by Fred Weston

The false idea that the Assad regime is somehow progressive, is rooted in the events of the 1960s, which were eventually to lead to the setting up of a centrally planned, state owned economy, very similar to that in the Soviet Union. However, a long drawn out process has changed the nature of the Syrian economy from what was fundamentally a planned economy to one where the private sector dominates and this has to be understood if one is to make a correct appraisal of the nature of the regime headed by Assad today.

Hugo Chavez is dead: The fight for socialism lives!

Details: Published: Thursday, 07 March 2013 03:52; Written by IMT

Declaration of the International Marxist Tendency

Hugo Chavez is no more. The cause of freedom, socialism and humanity has lost a courageous champion.

He died on Tuesday, March 5, at 4.25 pm local time. The news was announced by Vice President Maduro. The President was just 58, and had been 14 years in power. He has been battling cancer for the last two years, but when news of his death was announced, it came as a shock.

What the Assad regime was and what it has become – Part One

Details: Published: Saturday, 02 March 2013 00:03; Written by Fred Weston

The Syrian revolution that broke out in March 2011 was part of the wider wave of revolution that spread across the whole of the Arab world. The International Marxist Tendency supported the revolution without reservations in spite of its shortcomings. Since then, however, due to the lack of a revolutionary leadership, what was a genuine expression of the masses, has now been hijacked by reactionary elements that have a very different agenda.

Hugo Chavez has died - long live the Venezuelan revolution!

Details: Published: Wednesday, 06 March 2013 04:58; Written by Hands Off Venezuela

Today, March 5, at 4.25 pm local time, Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez died. This was announced by Vice President Maduro.

Perspectives for Revolution in the Middle East – Part Two

Details: Published: Friday, 01 March 2013 23:46; Written by IMT

As we explained in Part One, the Arab Revolution brought down several despotic regimes, but due to the lack of a clear revolutionary workers’ alternative, the vacuum was filled by Islamist parties. But once in power, these forces soon began to expose their true reactionary nature, and thus prepared the ground for a second wave of mobilisations. How did all this affect Syria and other countries in the region?

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