Kassioun Editorial 1069: Sanctions’ Donors and “Normalizing” the Catastrophe!
On the 9th and 10th of this month, the sixth edition of the Brussels Conference for the “international donors of Syria” will be held. While this edition does not differ much from its predecessors with regard to its “symbolic” financial pledges compa…
Kassioun Editorial 1068: Deterioration of Syrian Working Class Conditions
International Labor Day comes at a time when the Syrian working class is at its poorest and most oppressed conditions. While this holiday, in its Syrian dimension, does not bring any joy, especially for the Syrian worker, it more intensively carries…
Kassioun Editorial 1067: Two Approaches to Dealing with Sanctions
US and Western sanctions are nothing new, they go back to more than 70 years, though their harshness varies from one place to another and from time to another.
Kassioun Editorial 1066: Electrifying the Country
Not dealing with the electricity crisis as a priority rises to the level of national irresponsibility, as it contributes effectively to emptying the country of its people, perpetuating division, additional deterioration of living standards, and the…
Kassioun Editorial 1065: Ukraine is Merely a Spark
Since the 2008 crisis erupted, at the time being called the “financial crisis”, it became clear to the “People’s Will Party” that the crisis would not stop and will continue to deepen reaching the main nerve of the capitalist system in its modern fo…
Kassioun Editorial 1064: Kyiv-Damascus… Delay or Acceleration?
Since events in Ukraine started, the extremists from both Syrian sides rushed to look within these events for something that supports their previous slogans of “resolving militarily” and “toppling”. This behavior – apart from being detached from rea…
Kassioun Editorial 1063: Signs of a New Era
The last Kassioun editorial was titled: “The End of the Petrodollar Era?”, and the subsequent events quickly confirmed what was written therein. Specifically, last Wednesday, Russia announced that it would sell its gas exclusively in rubles to “unfr…
Kassioun Editorial 1062: The End of the Petrodollar Era?
The past weeks have revealed sufficiently clearly what Kassioun has previously said since the Ukrainian event started, which is that Ukraine itself is only the tip of the iceberg in a conflict that extends much deeper and broader, and one that revol…
Kassioun Editorial 1061: The Post-Ukraine World is Not the Same as Pre-Ukraine
Syrians are watching the battle in Ukraine and its global extensions and effects, and wonder how it will affect their crisis, and whether it will prolong it or speed up its resolution.
Kassioun Editorial 1060: How Will the Outcome of the Battle be Determined?
There is a sharp polarization in the entire world these days about what is happening in Ukraine. This is natural and expected, due to the definite effects of the event - and whatever its final results will be - on the overall global development.