'Sectarianism Is the Enemy of National Liberation': An Interview With Patrick Higgins on Syria, Imperialism and the Palestinian Cause

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'Sectarianism Is the Enemy of National Liberation': An Interview With Patrick Higgins on Syria, Imperialism and the Palestinian Cause

In this interview, Louis Allday speaks to writer and researcher Patrick Higgins about Syria’s long-standing and complicated relationship with the Palestinian cause, its opposition to Zionism, relationship with imperialism and role in the world system as a whole, and how, notably since 2011, propaganda has seriously distorted public understanding of the country and events within it. Also discussed is what the implications of the overthrow of the …