The move reflects a broader strategic vision embracing gender liberation, pluralism, and local democracy ~ Blade Runner ~ The formal announcement of the PKK’s dissolution has sparked mixed reactions among Turkey’s Kurds and international supporters. However, it has been years in the making and comes as no surprise to long-term observers of the Kurdish movement
“Erdoğan will never allow a loss, they will always steal the votes they need.”
On 27 October 2022, I received a letter informing me I am being charged under Section 13 (1) and. (3) of the Terrorism Act 2000. The crime was that: ‘On 23rd April 2022, in a public place, namely Whitehall London displayed an article, namely a flag, in such a way or in such circumstances as
As events as such write the modern world history, all revolutionary movements need to process the information available, discuss and come to conclusions and eventually choose sides and fight without failing to take the context of this historical reality into account. The text on hand does not set out to provide an exhaustive historical narrative.
Silhan Ozcelik, an eighteen-year-old Kurdish woman from London, was sentenced to 21 months at the Old Bailey two days ago. Silhan’s conviction is the first in the UK against someone for attempting to fight alongside Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK). The verdict comes within the wave of patriotism engulfing Europe after the Paris attacks on 13th
A people whose entire existence depends solely on military might is destined to end up in the darkest corners of destruction, and ultimately, in defeat ~ Orly Noy ~ It has been more than 46 years since I left Iran with my family at the age of nine.
Israel’s attack on Iran marks the latest phase of global war capitalism—subcontracted settler-colonialism and genocidal thanatopolitics converge, as Western regimes and their enemies arm and threaten with Armageddon ~ Blade Runner ~ The Israeli state has escalated once again, launching war on Iran with a large-scale strike—Operation Rising Lion—which began on June 13, hitting over
Following a recent tourney, one member from a participating gym talks about the need for and increasing number of explicitly political self-defence spaces.
The criminalisation of homelessness and poverty is not truly ending—only being reshaped ~ Tony ~ On 10 June 2025 the Government confirmed it will repeal the Vagrancy Act 1824 by Spring 2026 (you just can’t rush these things), and whilst the news was widely and justifiably welcomed by homelessness charities, we should sound a note
As action erupts against ICE raids, the MAGA cult moves on with its legislative onslaught ~ Louis Further ~ What you see in reporting on protests against arbitrary and sadistic raids on non-White families—first in Los Angeles and increasingly in other cities across the US—is by and large what you get on the ground.
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