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
REPOST from 325. This article is a helpful intro, from an anarchist perspective, to the background to what’s happening in Rojava, and more generally in Turkey, Syria, and Iraq. The article discusses the origins of ISIS (Da’esh, in Arabic), and why they are attacking Kobane. It then goes on to … Continue reading
Sat 11 October 2 PM Houses of Parliament From Fakebook. SUPPORT THE RESISTANCE OF KOBANE AGAINST ISIS ATTACKS! ISIS terrorists have entered Kobane on 4th October and are massacring civilians as you read this. The lives of thousands of innocent women, children and men are in danger. The attitude of … 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