Yasser Munif, Ramah Kudaimi, Leila al-Shami, and Shireen Akram-Boshar speak in this session recorded at Socialism 2025.

Syrians have overthrown Bashar al-Assad's brutal dictatorship, liberated cities, freed political prisoners, and opened space to struggle for an inclusive, democratic, and egalitarian country. But internal, regional, and imperial forces are angling to contain the revolution. So, the country stands between hope and possibility on the one hand, and, on the other, challenges and pitfalls.

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