Greek government evicts the self-governed Kurdish camp in Lavrio

Today in Greece the government of the hard-right New Democracy party evicted the self-organized Kurdish camp in the town of Lavrio. The inhabitants are being transfered to conventional government-run camps where there are severe restrictions. The self-managed Lavrio camp has functioned for years on the greeprinciples of democratic confederalism, providing shelter to political refugees from […]

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July 5, 2023
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Interview with John Holloway on the Kurdish Movement

Writer and activist Sarah Glynn interviews John Holloway during the Challenging Capitalist Modernity Conference in Hamburg. Below are some key points from the interview: What message does Abdullah Öcalan have for the wider anticapitalist movement? He opened my world in the sense of introducing a different geographical historical context. He traces things back to the […]

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April 16, 2023
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Women’s communes are being organized in Kurdistan, Syria and Turkey in response to the earthquake

As humanitarian aid fails to reach north-western Syria, where the rebel-held area of Kurdistan is located, women and men are organizing themselves to cope with the humanitarian emergency they are experiencing after a 7.8 earthquake and a war that began 12 years ago. Text: Daliri Oropeza Alvarez | Source The border between Turkey and Syria […]

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February 27, 2023
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Conference: Challenging Capitalist Modernity IV

We share with our readers the call for papers of the forthcoming conference Challenging Capitalist Modernity IV, organized by the Network for an Alternative Quest. Challenging Capitalist Modernity IV: We want our world back! Resist, Reclaim and Rebuild Do Autonomous Education and Organize IV. Conference: 7―9 April 2023, University of Hamburg Call for Papers Dear […]

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January 17, 2023
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Jin, Jiyan, Azadi’s inspiration

Written by Hacer Özdemir The 21st century women’s struggle gradually socialised and spread all over the world with a butterfly effect… The slogan Jin Jiyan Azadî will become a philosophy of life, a commonality and line of struggle for women in the 21st century The repertoire of struggle, resistance, resurrection and existence of women, one […]

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November 20, 2022
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Interview with Karasu: Kurdish people must rise up in the face of attacks

Originally published in The Imrali Post #24 Mustafa Karasu, a member of the Executive Council of the Kurdistan Communities Union (KCK), spoke out in an interview on the Medya Haber television station about the isolation of the Kurdish leader Abdullah Öcalan, the Turkish chemical weapons attacks and the current war situation. Regarding the situation of […]

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October 28, 2022
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True justice for Zhina looks like genuine change, inclusiveness and humanity

True justice for Zhina looks like genuine change, inclusiveness and humanity

Written by Hawzhin Azeez As the diverse peoples of Iran protest against their regime following the death of 22 year old Kurdish woman Zhina Mehsa Amini we need to remember an important fact: Iran is not a homogenous entity of one culture, one people, one language, one ethnicity. You protest the murder of Zhina’s womenhood […]

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September 26, 2022
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Femicide, An Old Unhealed Wound Bleeding for Kurdish Women

Written by Hacer Özdemir. Özdemir is a feminist activist of the World March of Women in Kurdistan. Originally published by Capire. Discrimination by sexuality, skin color, ethnicity, belief and social environment are significant difficulties standing before both knowledge and the production of knowledge, as well as scientific and gender perspectives and norms of critical thinking. […]

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August 12, 2022
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2022 Report of International Peace Delegation to İmralı

The International İmralı Peace Delegation 2022 conducted a research mission to Turkey to assess Öcalan’s situation after twenty-three years of incarceration between 13-14 February 2022. The delegation consisted of representatives of lawyer’s associations, human rights lawyers, trade unionists, politicians, academics and writers from across Europe. The delegation stated that “European institutions and the UN have […]

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June 14, 2022
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