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Syria expresses her freedom in her resistance to Empire. Resistance takes many forms and trajectories, but they all lead to freedom.
Resistance delivers freedom from terrorism, it expresses itself not only when the SAA defeats Western terrorists, but also when Syria rebuilds from the ruins.
Resistance and freedom are evident when Syria and Syrians choose their own political economy. Syrians choose President Assad, and he is staying. Syrians choose a secular government and constitution, and they are staying.
Syria and Syrians choose to be free from the parasitism of international finance and its impoverishing "Structural Adjustment Program" dictates.
Syria has its own public Central Bank, which guarantees a free and self-determining political economy. Reportedly, even now, Syria has no external debts.
Central Bank of Syria
Syrian society is more equal than its Western counterparts. Everyone is entitled to free education, and everyone is entitled to free healthcare. Access is not limited by a person's ability to pay. Equal access to healthcare and education also mean that there is more gender equity in Syria than there is in the West.
Interview with Dr. Ayssar MidaniSyria is self-sufficient. She has food security and financial security. Despite the criminal economic blockade, the criminal occupations, and the terrorism imposed on her, she remains steadfast. Syrians still receive their salaries and they still receive their pensions.
The West would prefer that the world remain blind to Syria's successes, and the West still seeks to destroy these successes of democracy and of political and economic independence.
But Syria resists, and Syria rebuilds, so true freedom, which lies submerged in the hearts of us all, will continue to burn brighter and stronger in Syria, for all the world to see.
