Sixteen arrested as main caravan regroups in Greece (interview) ~ Gabriel Fonten ~ Sixteen members of the People’s Caravan to Kobane, who w…
Turkey blocks People’s Caravan to Kobane
Tag: Kurdistan
Kurdish community members plead ‘not guilty’ to PKK charges
Trial seen as part of increased bilateral cooperation between the UK and Türkiye ~ Tom Anderson ~ The trial of six members of London’s Kurdish c…
Thousands march for Rojava in London
Calls for international solidarity as assault on Kurdish autonomy and rights intensifies ~Blade Runner~ Between 20,000 and 30,000 Kurds and support…
State integration forced on Rojava
Islamist attacks and great-power manoeuvres place the revolution in existential threat ~ Blade Runner ~ Recent weeks’ clashes between Syrian …
PKK dissolution: The long goodbye to vanguardism
The move reflects a broader strategic vision embracing gender liberation, pluralism, and local democracy ~ Blade Runner ~ The formal announcement o…
A turning point for the Kurdish struggle?
Öcalan calls for PKK dissolution, but Turkey may refuse to release him ~ Blade Runner ~ In a historic declaration, the imprisoned founder of the K…
Freedom News Review – November 12
Items discussed in this program: Valencia anger after flooding • First contact with Ocalan in almost 4 years • Trump victory and the ‘far…
First contact with Abdullah Öcalan in years as conflict escalates in Iraqi Kurdistan
Supporters hail prison visit a step towards a political resolution to the Kurdish question ~ Alisa-Ece Tohumcu ~ Supporters of in…
Turkey’s Escalation in Iraqi Kurdistan
Turkey has exponentially increased its military presence in Iraqi Kurdistan recently, causing concern over regional stability in a crisis that show…
Kurdish solidarity crackdown
How “anti-terror” laws used to silence meaningful dissent and solidarity with oppressed peoples.
For Kurds, Kissinger’s cynical realpolitik capped a century of US betrayal
In Kissinger’s ultra-realist perspective, the state and only the state could serve as a legitimate or functional vehicle for foreign policy, with…
Police invade Kurdish Assembly
This invasion by the Metropolitan Police comes only two days after UK defence minister Grant Shapps and Turkish counterpart Yaşar Güler held a me…
The art of freedom: Strategies for organising and collective resistance
Stateless democracy is not only possible but is already being built.
Reflections on the Turkish election
“Erdoğan will never allow a loss, they will always steal the votes they need.”
As election fraud shows, Erdoğan would never cede power
The repression of the Turkish state is ever-present.
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