The Captagon Act: ‘War on Drugs’ to Isolate Syria
Posted by INTERNATIONALIST 360° on APRIL 25, 2024
Vanessa Beeley
In this interview with Clayton Morris of Redacted we discuss the latest collective punishment Act that is being fast-tracked through the Senate – The Captagon Act that describes Syria as a “narco state”. Just as Nixon isolated Latin American countries in the early 70s, the friends of Israel in the US are trying the same ploy with Syria.
My second report covers the apparent orchestration of Aliyah by the Zionist lobby in the UK, EU, US and elsewhere.
I wrote this short summary this morning.
The focus on ” Jews of conscience” is misplaced in my opinion. Great as it is that there are thousands of Jews protesting the Zionist extermination of Palestinians, this is all about media manufacturing reasons for “Aliyah”. More illegal settlers in Palestine to compensate for the drain of settlers under Resistance attack. Jewish “refugees” are Zionist lifeblood.. without them, the Zionist entity has to cease to exist. Hence the “anti-Semitic ” fear frenzy and staged events. We saw the same Zionist tactic post WW2.
I would add that it is not only recruitment of illegal settlers but it is also a conscription drive by the Zionist cartel.
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What Syrian leader Assad said about socialist construction and Chinese socialism
Erkin Oncan
May 9, 2024
Although it is not openly accepted by the West, everyone is aware that the Syrian war has ended and the Baath Party will complete this process successfully.
As the 14-year war in Syria draws to an end, what remains is a Syrian economy trying to recover, and large masses of people struggling with poverty.
Ongoing conflicts cannot dislodge Baath and President Bashar Assad. Syria has become the hardest rock of the “Arab Spring,” a project to reshape the Middle East in accordance with American interests.
The Syrian administration and people have resisted foreign military interventions, especially the USA, and various terrorist organizations, especially ISIS, for 14 years. All attacks encountered great resistance from the people and Syrian administration.
Although it is not openly accepted by the West, everyone is aware that the Syrian war has ended and the Baath Party will complete this process successfully.
However, this 14-year destruction in the country brought various serious problems, especially for the economy.
At this point, it would be useful to pay attention to President Assad’s speech at the recent extended meeting of the Central Committee of the Arab Socialist Baath Party.
In his speech at the meeting, Assad underlined that ideology is decisive and makes important inferences about the future of the party and the country, especially the economy.
“The role of ideological parties is much more important”
Emphasizing in his speech that “under global conditions where the whole world is witnessing cultural and ideological wars, ideological parties have become much more important than before,” Assad said: “The discourse that the age of ideologies is over was marketed 30 years ago. The claim that the era of ideological parties was over is not true. Therefore, the role of ideological parties, especially the Baath Party in Syria, is much more important than it is today”.
“Is there a middle ground?”
It would not be an exaggeration to say that Assad, who said, “We need to determine the model that is suitable for us in terms of ensuring social justice,” made various ideological expansions regarding the Baath Party’s goal of building socialism. In his speech, Assad points out the system known in the world as “Chinese socialism,” in which capitalist market relations continued to exist during the socialist period:
“How will the economic rise of the Baath Party take place? Based on ideology? Based on economic rules? Is there a compatibility or contradiction between the two? Or is there middle ground? We can handle and manage the ideological side within the same framework as the rules of economics, and simultaneously return to it. What is the possibility of an economy that can carry ideological rules but is not exhausted in the meantime?”
Maintaining the socialist approach
Also talking about the balance that needs to be established between economy and social principles, Assad said: If we only use the word ‘market,’ it means that we have turned into a brutal market economy. “The word social is what protects the socialist approach and in the meantime protects competition in the market,” he said.
Can socialism and a market economy coexist?
At this point, Assad refers to an example from China. The Syrian leader points to the period of Reform and Opening during the Deng Xiaoping period, which was declared in December 1978 and was later known as the “Deng Xiaoping Theory”:
“There are those who say that socialism and the market cannot go together. This is not true because the Chinese model is open to the entire world. China moved towards a market economy in 1978 and has been a communist, centralized socialist country ever since. On the other hand, the sublime situation here is that the party has stood with the workers from the very beginning.”
“The state ruled by the Baath is the state of all the people”
In terms of the construction of socialism and economic development goals in Syria, Assad is taking China’s anti-poverty campaigns as an example. Furthermore, the Syrian leader says the following:
“Of course, by definition the poor are also working class, but they are much poorer than other people. Therefore, should we consider the poor first?
First, I discuss the poor, which is the largest segment. It is natural for the party to side with the wider segment most affected by economic crises.
A state governed by the Baath Party is one for all people. So, what could be the program or approach that the Baath Party could adopt that expresses the common interests between different segments rather than a contradiction in which one segment can gain at the expense of the other?"
https://strategic-culture.su/news/2024/ ... socialism/
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Israeli Airstrikes Target Syrian Sites Near Damascus
A village at the border between Israel and Syria. | Photo: X/ @MenaToday1
Published 9 May 2024
This marks the third instance of Israeli airstrikes targeting militia groups in Syria in May.
In the early hours of Thursday morning, Israeli warplanes conducted an aerial assault targeting sites on the outskirts of Damascus, causing property damage.
The Syrian Ministry of Defense informed that the attack originated from the direction of the occupied Golan Heights.
The Syrian air defense forces responded, intercepting several missiles launched by the Israeli jets. Despite their efforts, some projectiles inflicted material damage on the targeted structure.
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights documented intense explosions resonating in the vicinity of Damascus.
The airstrikes reportedly struck a cultural center linked to the Iraqi Al-Nujaba Movement, backed by Iran, in the southern Sayyida Zaynab area.
Additionally, a training facility associated with the group was also targeted. Explosions were also reported in the Kiswah area in southern Damascus.
While the Syrian army deployed surface-to-air missiles in an attempt to intercept the Israeli projectiles, their efforts proved futile as the missiles found their intended marks. Ambulances rushed to the affected sites soon after the explosions.
This marks the third instance of Israeli airstrikes targeting militia groups in Syria in May, said the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.
https://www.telesurenglish.net/news/Isr ... -0002.html
Erkin Oncan
May 9, 2024
Although it is not openly accepted by the West, everyone is aware that the Syrian war has ended and the Baath Party will complete this process successfully.
As the 14-year war in Syria draws to an end, what remains is a Syrian economy trying to recover, and large masses of people struggling with poverty.
Ongoing conflicts cannot dislodge Baath and President Bashar Assad. Syria has become the hardest rock of the “Arab Spring,” a project to reshape the Middle East in accordance with American interests.
The Syrian administration and people have resisted foreign military interventions, especially the USA, and various terrorist organizations, especially ISIS, for 14 years. All attacks encountered great resistance from the people and Syrian administration.
Although it is not openly accepted by the West, everyone is aware that the Syrian war has ended and the Baath Party will complete this process successfully.
However, this 14-year destruction in the country brought various serious problems, especially for the economy.
At this point, it would be useful to pay attention to President Assad’s speech at the recent extended meeting of the Central Committee of the Arab Socialist Baath Party.
In his speech at the meeting, Assad underlined that ideology is decisive and makes important inferences about the future of the party and the country, especially the economy.
“The role of ideological parties is much more important”
Emphasizing in his speech that “under global conditions where the whole world is witnessing cultural and ideological wars, ideological parties have become much more important than before,” Assad said: “The discourse that the age of ideologies is over was marketed 30 years ago. The claim that the era of ideological parties was over is not true. Therefore, the role of ideological parties, especially the Baath Party in Syria, is much more important than it is today”.
“Is there a middle ground?”
It would not be an exaggeration to say that Assad, who said, “We need to determine the model that is suitable for us in terms of ensuring social justice,” made various ideological expansions regarding the Baath Party’s goal of building socialism. In his speech, Assad points out the system known in the world as “Chinese socialism,” in which capitalist market relations continued to exist during the socialist period:
“How will the economic rise of the Baath Party take place? Based on ideology? Based on economic rules? Is there a compatibility or contradiction between the two? Or is there middle ground? We can handle and manage the ideological side within the same framework as the rules of economics, and simultaneously return to it. What is the possibility of an economy that can carry ideological rules but is not exhausted in the meantime?”
Maintaining the socialist approach
Also talking about the balance that needs to be established between economy and social principles, Assad said: If we only use the word ‘market,’ it means that we have turned into a brutal market economy. “The word social is what protects the socialist approach and in the meantime protects competition in the market,” he said.
Can socialism and a market economy coexist?
At this point, Assad refers to an example from China. The Syrian leader points to the period of Reform and Opening during the Deng Xiaoping period, which was declared in December 1978 and was later known as the “Deng Xiaoping Theory”:
“There are those who say that socialism and the market cannot go together. This is not true because the Chinese model is open to the entire world. China moved towards a market economy in 1978 and has been a communist, centralized socialist country ever since. On the other hand, the sublime situation here is that the party has stood with the workers from the very beginning.”
“The state ruled by the Baath is the state of all the people”
In terms of the construction of socialism and economic development goals in Syria, Assad is taking China’s anti-poverty campaigns as an example. Furthermore, the Syrian leader says the following:
“Of course, by definition the poor are also working class, but they are much poorer than other people. Therefore, should we consider the poor first?
First, I discuss the poor, which is the largest segment. It is natural for the party to side with the wider segment most affected by economic crises.
A state governed by the Baath Party is one for all people. So, what could be the program or approach that the Baath Party could adopt that expresses the common interests between different segments rather than a contradiction in which one segment can gain at the expense of the other?"
https://strategic-culture.su/news/2024/ ... socialism/
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Israeli Airstrikes Target Syrian Sites Near Damascus
A village at the border between Israel and Syria. | Photo: X/ @MenaToday1
Published 9 May 2024
This marks the third instance of Israeli airstrikes targeting militia groups in Syria in May.
In the early hours of Thursday morning, Israeli warplanes conducted an aerial assault targeting sites on the outskirts of Damascus, causing property damage.
The Syrian Ministry of Defense informed that the attack originated from the direction of the occupied Golan Heights.
The Syrian air defense forces responded, intercepting several missiles launched by the Israeli jets. Despite their efforts, some projectiles inflicted material damage on the targeted structure.
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights documented intense explosions resonating in the vicinity of Damascus.
The airstrikes reportedly struck a cultural center linked to the Iraqi Al-Nujaba Movement, backed by Iran, in the southern Sayyida Zaynab area.
Additionally, a training facility associated with the group was also targeted. Explosions were also reported in the Kiswah area in southern Damascus.
While the Syrian army deployed surface-to-air missiles in an attempt to intercept the Israeli projectiles, their efforts proved futile as the missiles found their intended marks. Ambulances rushed to the affected sites soon after the explosions.
This marks the third instance of Israeli airstrikes targeting militia groups in Syria in May, said the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.
https://www.telesurenglish.net/news/Isr ... -0002.html
"There is great chaos under heaven; the situation is excellent."