This is my last article published for the OISC. Here I focus on the Syrian uprising to argue that western left needs to take a step forward and leave behind internal battles and divisions over the issue of military intervention. Backing military intervention should be ruled out of any genuine left mind as the ultimate goal of a NATO led attack is to gain control of country and install puppet regimes that end up favouring western multinationals.
If someone believes that Russia, China, the US or the EU are concerned about the freedom of Syrian people they must be living in a fantasy world. Syria is a huge battleground for the control of oil and gas pipelines and all parties involved want to keep their piece of cake. It is hard to believe that after so many flawed invasions and attacks on so many countries in the name of “democracy” which have taken place over the last 60 years, someone still believes that a military intervention willl somehow bring peace and stability to any region.
What the western left need to do is to construct viable alternatives for a better society where geoestrategic (and ultimately corporate) interests are not privileged over people, over human life.
A parachute mind
A parachute mind 