Today is Revolution Day, a public holiday in Syria. It commemorates the Syrian coup d’état that caused power in the country to be seized by the military committee of the Arab Socialist Ba’ath Party. Although this coup was originally supposed to fall on March 7th, it had to be postponed due to being discovered by authorities.
The March 8 coup ended the era of democratic experimentation in the post-colonial Syrian Republic, and transformed Syria towards a party state exerting totalitarian domination over daily life. The coup has resulted in the ascendancy of the Ba’athist system, which exerts extensive control over social, economic, political, educational and religious spheres through brutal repression and state terror. Arab Socialist Ba’ath Party has maintained its grip on power for over six decades, through its control of the military, security apparatus, political system and the Mukhabarat, with the country being ruled by its Secretary-General Bashar al-Assad since 2000.
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Today is the birthday, in 1945, of Michael Dolenz, singer and drummer with The Monkees who had the 1967 UK & US No.1 single ‘I’m A Believer’ plus 10 US & 8 UK Top 40 singles. Dolenz is now a actor, television director, radio personality and theatre director. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TiQUnxNEDqk
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