Tag Archives: kurdistan

On Saturday, come and hear comrades involved in the Kurdish struggle, 3-4pm in the Sizer Lecture Theatre at the London Anarchist Bookfair: Syrian Kurdistan takes a different route to the Arab Spring – a first hand experience A comrade from the Kurdish Anarchist Federation (KAF) and Haringey Solidarity Group has … Continue reading

This afternoon Kurds in London blocked Westminster Bridge to traffic with a sit-down protest. Here a couple of photos from the internet. There were also solidarity demonstrations in Liverpool.

REPOST from rojavareport. Interview With YPJ Commander In Kobanê: Kobanê Will Not Fall The following piece is translation of a new interview with Meysa Ebdo, a YPG/YPJ commander in Kobanê, in which she speaks about the course of the battle and its larger significance for the relations between Kurds and Turkey. … Continue reading

REPOSTS of statements from @DefenseUnits (twitter account of the YPG, Peoples Defence Units, which is posting daily updates from the battle in Kobane). First, the latest update from the YPG. Then a repost of a statement issued yesterday by the Womens Defence Units (YPJ) (via 325). To the media and … Continue reading

Kurdish groups in Europe and Turkey have stepped up protests in solidarity with their comrades on the frontline in Kurdistan. Today a large group managed to bypass security and storm the European parliament in Brussels, occupying the main lobby. At the time of writing, riot police have moved in to … Continue reading

REPOSTS from 325. The heavy fighting at Kobani, a town on the Turkey/Syria border that is surrounded by ISIS fascist forces, is only increasing. It also seems that the airstrikes by the US and its allies are only making the situation worse, pushing ISIS away from other areas onto the … Continue reading

UPDATE 29/9: See also this new article on TahrirICN which includes a translation of a statement from local anarchist group Devrimci Anarşist Faaliyet (DAF = ‘Revolutionary Anarchist Action’). Kobane is a Kurdish town just on the Syrian side of the Turkey-Syria border. It has been encircled and under heavy attack … Continue reading