Not exactly forced, but there are people (often in camouflage uniform) in the streets calling (sometimes on megaphone) for women to cover their heads, and calling for men and women to stand separately in separate spaces rather than mix. Sometimes they give out scarves while asking them to cover their hair. However I haven't seen or heard of any violence or forcing on this matter (though Idk if anyone tried to disobey either).
This is likely individuals doing it and not a state policy thing yet.
Syrian here. Unfortunately most Syrians are celebrating. There is an immense mountain of propaganda in Arabic, more so than English speaking ones.
Rojava served their US-requested role of suffocating Syria and paving the way for the fall of Assad regime and victory of HTS. Rojava's role was to hold the longest frontline with the fallen regime's forces, be a host for US military bases and a launchpad for US attacks on Syrian gov forces, and most importantly hoard Syria's most viral resources such as oil, wheat and drinking water (which also yields electric power).
When HTS launched their offensive, Rojava attacked Syrian government forces in Deir Ezzor, only to retreat a week later and hand it over to HTS.
Watch my words, the US will abandon Rojava in 2025 now that their job is done, and you will see that they were nothing but useful idiots for the empire.
He is very unlikely to return. There's immense propaganda against him, most of his supporters in Syria are already denouncing him. Russia has reportedly asked him to completely disappear from public eyes, as they want to normalize with new regime and maintain their naval base in Syria. He has no chance to defend himself politically or make a comeback if this is true.
The propaganda has been extremely fierce and many people are falling for it. I unfortunately doubt this.
Plus, Russia is reportedly asking Assad to completely disappear from the eyes of the public, in hopes he can be forgotten and they can normalize with the new regime and keep their base in Syria. If this is true, Assad has no chance of a comeback.
Iran is unfortunately not painting the right picture.
Most of Iran's military help withdrew from Syria months before this happened, especially after the large attacks by Israel against Iran in Syria, like the embassy attack.
Although I don't have confirmation or evidence, but I rly doubt Assad would refuse Iran help. I could believe that he maybe didn't request it though, but still unsure.
Pezeshkian has been aiming for normalizing and de-escalation with the West, and we're seeing the effects of that.
It is true that Assad was also seeking to normalize with Arab states such as UAE and Saudi in attempt to break the suffocating sanctions. This may have made Iran more weary of support, but ultimately they were doing the same thing.
Unfortunately, as a Syrian vehemently against what is happening, most Syrians are celebrating.
Some of them are Syrians I spoke to a week before the regime fell and they held a position similar to mine.
I suppose for some it is fear of persecution from new regime, or a cope given that we've reached a point of no return. But it still terrifies me. Have we accepted Al-Qaeda rule of our country?
Communes as a starting point
I know this question will sound silly to some, but suppose a group of people in a low key third world country decide to make their own commune. They work together to build up farming and industry purely based on their own need, and slowly expand to accomodate their needs.
I understand Communes are viewed as ineffective, but a commune like this would be meant to grow, not just remain isolated. It would inspire communes in other areas, and it would aim to expand.
I see a couple of issues with this:
- not all countries can do this. For example, Palestinians living in Palestine will suffer trying to do this. But most countries can, right?
- it will only benefit the tiny group of people within proximity to the commune. But the commune can 1) expand and 2) inspire communes in other locations
- some needs are hard for a small commune to make, such as computer chip manufacturing, and other things they will need to get from the non commune world
But still, I can't see this as less than
Unfortunately despite its niceties, suburban living is harmful for the planet. Humans should limit their footprint by concentrating in cities.
Which lemmy instances block us? which lemmy instances do we block?
Is this recorded somewhere?
Yeah, I do think some communists spend a little too much time defending the USSR's controversies, but I think our time is much better spent focusing on the positives and asserting that this is what inspires us. Whether those human violations existed or not, we are not inspired by them and are irrelevant to what we believe.
Our support for the USSR comes from a place of wanting to learn from past experiences rather than glorify them. Unfortunately the USSR is gone, and we must do better today.
Lemmy is still in active development and there are some missing features, but it is very usable. Your friends' complaints, some are a bit exaggerated and some are really not that big of issues that will get resolved eventually.
Dispelling myths about Communism and Communists "supporting human rights violation"
cross-posted from: https://lemmygrad.ml/post/731575
It seems there are a lot of propaganda arising on certain lemmy instances parroting propaganda that lemmygrad and Communists support human rights violations, and equating Communists to the alt right.
This is an extremely ridiculous assertion, given the historical context of the left being the main force fighting Nazism and fascism. But I write this post as there are probably many people misled by all the dishonest propaganda out there, who may be accepting of reason before seeking to silence us.
Please link this post in other instances if they are parroting propaganda about Communists to justify demonizing us. Reasonable people will understand and oppose these motions.
What is NOT Communism? in short, communism is NOT:
- "when the government does stuff"
- "capitalism but everyone gets paid the same"
- an incursion on personal freedom, or forcing people to do what they don't want (unless the thing they
Dispelling myths about Communism and Communists "supporting human rights violation"
It seems there are a lot of propaganda arising on certain lemmy instances parroting propaganda that lemmygrad and Communists support human rights violations, and equating Communists to the alt right.
This is an extremely ridiculous assertion, given the historical context of the left being the main force fighting Nazism and fascism. But I write this post as there are probably many people misled by all the dishonest propaganda out there, who may be accepting of reason before seeking to silence us.
Please link this post in other instances if they are parroting propaganda about Communists to justify demonizing us. Reasonable people will understand and oppose these motions.
What is NOT Communism? in short, communism is NOT:
- "when the government does stuff"
- "capitalism but everyone gets paid the same"
- an incursion on personal freedom, or forcing people to do what they don't want (unless the thing they don't want is not exploiting others and not wishing mass murder on ethnic
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