Welcome again to everybody. Make yourself at home. In the time-honoured tradition of our group, here is the weekly discussion thread.
On Sunday last week, Damascus fell to Salafi terrorists and other imperialist-aligned forces. Regardless of the flaws of the ousted government, this is a horrible situation for the Syrian proletariat as well as for the people of Palestine, Lebanon and others. We can only hope for the perseverance of the Syrian workers and the remaining anti-colonial resistance.
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It would be extremely Funny if the New Syrian Government Have their first election, and the results are Majority Pro-Assad
No chance, they're likely not going to hold an election until they've made sure to destroy any remaining sympathy for the previous government.
yup this is how these things go, cant throw elections until the opposition is purged.
The propaganda has been extremely fierce and many people are falling for it. I unfortunately doubt this.
Plus, Russia is reportedly asking Assad to completely disappear from the eyes of the public, in hopes he can be forgotten and they can normalize with the new regime and keep their base in Syria. If this is true, Assad has no chance of a comeback.