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| Secretary-General | Ghayath Naisse[1][2] |
| Founded | October 2011 |
| Headquarters | Athens,Greece |
| Ideology | Trotskyism Revolutionary socialism Democratic socialism Marxism[1] Participatory democracy Direct democracy Secularism |
| International affiliation | International Socialist Tendency[3] |
| Colors | Red |
| Website | |
| https://revoleftsyria.org | |
TheSyrian Revolutionary Left Current is aleftist political organization that opposed theBa'athist-ledgovernment of Syria. Formed in October 2011, the group supports theuprising against the Syrian government and aims to build a "democratic,civil, andpluralist state" in Syria, while opposing anyforeign military intervention in theSyrian Civil War.[1]
During the formation of the Syrian Revolutionary Left Current in October 2011, its founding documents stated that it "adopts the major objectives of the Syrian People's Revolution, forfreedom, democracy,dignity andsocial justice, and is committed to engage in mass action to achieve these objectives." It considered that "revolutionary dynamics is aboutbuilding a democracy from below", and advocated forparticipatory democracy anddirect democracy. The Revolutionary Left Current opposes all forms of foreign military intervention in Syria, including byNATO, by theArab League, byIsrael, and byTurkey.[1]
The Revolutionary Left Current's founding document also outlined a list of goals for the group and for otherSyrian opposition groups, which were to overthrow theSyrian government and establish a "Provisional Revolutionary Government", dismantle the "security infrastructure of the state", and election of aConstituent Assembly.[1]
In August 2013, the Syrian Revolutionary Left Current condemned theIslamic State of Iraq and the Levant and theal-Nusra Front, and amid theSyrian Kurdish–Islamist conflict, it "reaffirmed its commitment" to support self-determination forKurds in Syria. It also condemned theSyrian National Council for refusing to recognize rights for Kurdish people in Syria.[4]
On 23 September 2014, the group condemned theAmerican-led intervention in Syria which began with airstrikes against ISIL, al-Nusra Front, andAhrar al-Sham in Syria.[5]
In the spring of 2016, the Syrian Revolutionary Left Current and Greek leftist groups opened 6 centers inAthens, housing 2,400Syrian refugees.[6]
In September 2016, the Syrian Revolutionary Left Current formed an alliance with theSyrian National Democratic Alliance and theSyrian Democratic Forces on the basis ofpolitical decentralization and the establishment of apluralist democracy in Syria.[7] When theTurkish Armed Forces launched amilitary operation against the SDF in theAfrin Region on 20 January 2018, the Revolutionary Left Current condemned the operation and announced its support for the SDF in Afrin against Turkey.[8] On 1 May 2019 (International Workers' Day), the Syrian Revolutionary Left Current released a statement condemning the "bourgeois regime" of Syria and Turkey, and blaming the collapse of the Syrian Revolution on the absence of a "revolutionary party".[9]
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Since January 2012, theRevolutionary Left Movement in Syria has published its newspaper, TheFront Line, the mouthpiece of the organization, which is considered one of the main channels used by the movement to communicate with the public. The newspaper provides articles and analysis on a variety of topics, including Syrian politics and socio-economic issues. The newspaper reflects the movement's commitment to socialist and revolutionary values, and seeks to present an alternative vision for the Syrian future from a revolutionary socialist point of view.[10]
The newspaper is printed in Syria and distributed in all Syrian governorates, and is published as a pdf version on the website and on social media.[11]
He has also published a number ofpamphlets and books,[12] including: Who are we?, The Syrian Communist Party: Decadence and Splits, The Marxist position on the religious phenomenon, the reactionary reaction and counter-revolution in Syria, the Syrian bourgeoisie and the popular revolution, in order to build the militant socialist left, Ukraine and the imperialism of the twenty-first century.
| People's Liberation Faction | |
|---|---|
| Arabic:فصائل تحرر الشعب French:Faction de la libération du Peuple | |
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| Leaders | |
| Dates of operation | 18 March 2014 – 26 January 2015 |
| Allegiance | Syrian Revolutionary Left Current |
| Part of |  Free Syrian Army[13] |
| Allies | In Kobanî:[13] |
| Opponents |  Syrian Armed Forces Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant Turkey |
| Battles and wars | Siege of Kobanî[13] |
Armed members of the Revolutionary Left Current operating in Syria announced themselves in January 2014.[14] On 18 March 2014, three armed and masked militants announced the formation of the People's Liberation Faction as part of the Syrian Revolutionary Left Current.[15][16] Fighters of the group were armed withKalashnikov rifles,PK machine guns,[17] andRPG-7s.[18] The group also used atechnical, amortar, and aDShKheavy machine gun.[19] It cooperated with several localFree Syrian Army-affiliated groups.[13]
On 12 April 2014, a unit in the group attempted to redeploy fighters from theHama Governorate to support other rebel groups in theBattle of Aleppo, when they were stopped at anal-Nusra Front checkpoint. Clashes then ensued and 3 fighters from the People's Liberation Faction were killed.[20]
Fighters of the group redeployed toKobanî in order to reinforce the city against anISILoffensive in September 2014.[13]
In late 2014, due to persecution by "counter-revolutionary forces", the People's Liberation Faction largely suspended its activities in Syria. It officially announced its dissolution on 26 January 2015.[21]
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