Tag: civil society
The struggle for Kobane: An example of selective solidarity – Leila Al Shami
The heroic resistance of the people of Kobane in fighting the onslaught of the Daesh (ISIS) fascists since mid-September, has led to a surge of international solidarity. A multitude of articles and statements have been written and protests have been held in cities across the world. Kurds have flooded across…
Statement of solidarity with the Syrian revolution – One year after Ghouta
We hereby share a current statement of solidarity with the Syrian Revolution that was initiated by the Syrian Revolution Support Bases. Adopt a Revolution supports this call for solidarity, roughly one year after the fatal chemical attack on Ghouta that took the lives of more than 1,000 Syrians. To sign…
Olive Branch: Education as the Only Guarantee for the Future in Syria – Syria Untold
Olive trees have always been a symbol of Syria. They became associated to the Syrian uprising from its early stage, after demonstrators handed out olive branches and flowers to regime forces sent to repress them. This is what led a small group of activists from Daraa to name their project…
The Festival of Spring: Between Colors and Cultures – Syria Untold
One of the most tangible products of Syria’s revolution has been to break the monopoly of the regime over the country’s culture and to release its many diverse colors from their fifty-years long imprisonment. The second instalment of the Spring Festival in Qamishli brought together a constellation of languages and…
Daraa: Building a New Syrian State
When Syrians first rose against the Assad tyranny they believed they could topple the regime while keeping the state intact. What they had not foreseen was that the regime’s concentration of power made it impossible to topple one without the other. Thus, when the regime forces left an area, all…