Amy Goodman
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Amid Ongoing Conflict in Syria, Activists Work to Keep Alive Revolutionary Spirit of 2011 Uprising
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18:28Now PlayingAs the death toll in Syria’s fiveyear conflict reportedly reaches half a million people, we look at how Syrians are working at the local level to survive and organize in the midst of warand to keep the revolutionary spirit of the 2011 Syrian uprising alive. We are joined by Yasser Munif, a Syrian scholar who specializes in grassroots movements in Syria, who describes the ongoing work of media activists, journalists, medical crews and rescue workers. "They don’t perceive the kind of work they are doing as humanitarian or relief work. They perceive it as the backbone of the revolution," Munif notes. "The revolution is still alive. It may be marginal, but if there is a ceasefire … it can come back. It is very much invisible and, for some, unthinkable." Munif is the cofounder of the Campaign for Global Solidarity with the Syrian Revolution.
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