Monday, October 21, 2013

Blood on the streets of Damascus.

.... 47 years ago. "Blood don the streets of Damascus" headlines Al Moussawar dating back to March 4th, 1966 and which refers to the coup which took place between February 21st and 23rd in Syria (note this is not the coup that brought Hafez el Assad to power). "History repeats itself first as a tragedy, second as farce" - Karl Marx. 

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

What does Osagyefu Kwame Nkrumah hasve to do with anything in Syria to be on that cover?

Tarek Chemaly said...

The cover also mentions Ghana and Indonesia - hence the two other folks!