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How do we feel about Assad? (lemmygrad.ml)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Im aware that he is not a socialist by any means but i watched some interviews of him and he does have some good takes on US imperialism and the Western Hegemony but i also recall hearing that he did some pretty shady stuff but i cant remember any specifics....Im generally supportive of leaders who try to free their countries of the boots of the US even when they're not socialist per se but this Assad guy seems a little off

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Do you have any quick resources to read more on Ba'athism for people who don't know much about current day MENA? I was interested on learning about it a while back, but NATOpedia was not helpful and doing full research looks a bit daunting.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Iraqi Ba'athists self crit of their first 5 years in power: https://www.marxists.org/history/iraq/baath/index.htm

It's a good outline of their views and their description of the region and country's role.