What's going on in Damascus?

On 10 December, very early in the morning, I was at the Lebanese border crossing to Damascus. Nobody knew anything, and there was no authorised person in charge to whom we could ask questions.

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What's going on in Damascus?

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“It would be much easier now for Trump to establish an anti-democratic system of government”

“It would be much easier now for Trump to establish an anti-democratic system of government”

Isabel V. Hull from Cornell University: “The upshot of this is that democracy has already been severely undermined and it would be much easier now for Trump in a second term, to establish an anti-democratic system of government.”
Iskra Books Editor Ben Stahnke: We see publishing as a public service

Iskra Books Editor Ben Stahnke: We see publishing as a public service

"We believe that knowledge is ultimately not revolutionary if it is not broadly accessible by the people who need it most. Thus, we provide unfettered free access to all print materials on the same day of publication."
UNITE leader Sharon Graham: Only organised workers can move politicians

UNITE leader Sharon Graham: Only organised workers can move politicians

Sharon Graham, the first woman general secretary of the UNITE the union, said that only organised workers can move politicians in Britain.