{"id":44,"date":"2025-09-14T17:56:41","date_gmt":"2025-09-14T17:56:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/syrnb.com\/languages\/?p=44"},"modified":"2025-09-14T17:56:41","modified_gmt":"2025-09-14T17:56:41","slug":"to-work-to-work-syrian-women-and-men","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/syrnb.com\/languages\/to-work-to-work-syrian-women-and-men\/","title":{"rendered":"To Work, To Work, Syrian Women and Men"},"content":{"rendered":"

The defunct dictatorship has torn apart the fabric of Syrian society in all its diversity and turned the system of values upside down. Corruption and tyranny became the measure regulating the relationship between the state and the citizen, while all forms of civil and political resistance were crushed with the harshest of means. The revolutionary uprising of the youth on March 18, 2011, was the cry of a generation that refused to endure the displacement, imprisonment, and injustices suffered by those before them. Yet the decaying dictatorship did not merely confront the rising crowds with live bullets and mass arrests; it also released extremist groups from its prisons to help it extinguish the civil and national movement, which was meant to be the most important since the Great Syrian Revolt.<\/p>\n

From the very first months, every state aspiring to influence Syrian affairs and the future of its people rushed to seize whatever it could\u2014through militarization, sectarianism, or distortion of the movement that posed a threat to all similar regimes in substance, however different in form. With these foreign interventions, reckless armament, and external attempts to control Syria\u2019s resources\u2014along with the occupation of parts of Syrian territory by the Zionist entity and Turkey\u2014the country\u2019s infrastructure was demolished, the largest forced displacement and demographic change in modern Syrian history occurred, and more than 400,000 martyrs and missing lives were lost. The genocidal war on Gaza altered the balance of power, hostilities, and alliances, changing power in Damascus in December 2024, which led to the transition to another tyranny, after years of hybrid wars had already shredded the social fabric of Syria.<\/p>\n

In every experience of resistance and liberation around the world, tragedies have only ended through agreements that allowed the rebuilding of the state on foundations that avoided the horrors and destruction inflicted upon people, land, and nation. Never has it been possible for one party, clinging to a doctrine of \u201cvictory,\u201d to take society hostage. Whenever such domination occurred, it was nothing but a grotesque reproduction of the same tyranny and corruption that had already devastated the country. From here, we gather\u2014across all regions and spectrums of Syria\u2014to put an end to the re-production of dictatorship under a new-old guise, which, if it continues, can only destroy what remains of our unity as Syrians.<\/p>\n

This is our day. Let us rise from slumber to build our national state\u2014a state of full and equal citizenship\u2014in pursuit of true freedom and sovereignty.<\/p>\n

Within the Syrian National Bloc, we reject fragmentation, uphold our national unity, and call for freedom of opinion, thought, and conscience, within a clear framework of political pluralism and democracy. We strive for a comprehensive and integrated project\u2014political, economic, social, and administrative\u2014whose goals are clear to the people, reflecting their aspirations and serving as a foundation for a democratic, participatory political system. This system shall rest on a clear separation of powers, uphold the sovereignty of the people, and embody social justice, ensuring a dignified life for all.<\/p>\n

We are no longer the \u201csilent majority\u201d in Syria; we have become a \u201cspeaking majority\u201d within the Syrian National Bloc, influencing public affairs so that our country does not turn into a single-colored state but rather remains rooted in diversity.<\/p>\n

Our bloc contributes to building a new culture that casts aside fear; the voice of the \u201cspeaking majority\u201d shapes a new human being\u2014active, engaged, and convinced that their voice matters for the common good.<\/p>\n

We are a civil, peaceful bloc, committed to achieving a state of citizenship that embraces neutrality toward all religious and political creeds. Therefore, any proposed political solution must be based on the participation of the people through their civil and political organizations\u2014not on sectarian or ethnic bases.<\/p>\n

We declare our goals, raising our supreme motto: \u201cReligion is for God, and the homeland is for all.\u201d These goals are:<\/p>\n