Syria Solidarity Movement
"In the summer of 2012, a loose network of social justice activists in the Middle East, Europe and North America that had worked together in previous projects related to Palestine, Lebanon and Egypt began to discuss forms of action with respect to the crisis in Syria. They were concerned that nearly all the discourse in the West was in favor of military conflict and imperialist interests. One of them, Eva Bartlett, created a list serve, nosyriaintervention@lists.riseup.net to provide a means of sharing information and discussion.
"In August, some of the activists met at the Anti-Imperialist Camp in Assisi, Italy and formed a small delegation that went to Syria soon after. For the remainder of the year, they made plans for a larger international delegation to go to Syria on a solidarity and fact-finding mission in order to bring back informed recommendations and a different narrative for promulgation." [1]
Steering Committee [2]
- Sara Flounders
- Susan Dirgham
- Ali Mallah
- Ken Stone
- Paul Larudee
- Rick Sterling
- Father Labib Kobti
- Issa Chaer
- Father Dave Smith
- Navid Nasr
- Richard Becker
