Solidarity 290, 21 June 2013

Syrian war degrades

The civil war in Syria has degraded further into region-wide sectarian conflict. This follows the Assad government in Syria retaking the town of Qusair, near the Lebanese border, in early June, with the help of the Lebanese Shia-Islamist militia Hezbollah. In The Independent on Sunday of 16 June, Robert Fisk reported: “a military decision has been taken in [Shia-Islamist] Iran — even before last week’s presidential election — to send a first contingent of 4,000 Iranian Revolutionary Guards to Syria to support President Bashar al-Assad’s forces... Iran is now fully committed to preserving Assad...

'Labour'

While the ages changed and sped I was tolling for my bread. Underneath my sturdy blows Forests fell and cities rose. And the hard reluctant soil Blossomed richly from my toil. Palaces and temples grand Wrought I with my cunning hand. Rich indeed was my reward— Stunted soul and body scarred With the marks of scourge und rod. I, the tiller of the sod, From the cradle to the grave Shambled through the world—a slave. Crushed and trampled, beaten, cursed, Serving best, but served the worst, Starved and cheated, gouged and spoiled. Still I builded, still I toiled, Undernourished, underpaid In the...

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