This Monday, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau resigned after almost a decade in power. His resignation symbolises the continuing crisis of liberalism. The fall of Trudeau ushers in a new era of crisis and instability for Canada.

The British government has been loudly celebrating Assad’s fall in Syria. Amidst a media frenzy to ‘rebrand’ HTS from terrorists to moderates, the real role Britain has long played in creating the conditions for Islamic fundamentalism has been obscured.

In this episode of Marxist Voice, Hamid Alizadeh, member of the International Secretariat of the RCI, explores the reasons for the rapid collapse of the Assad regime, and what this means for the region.