Items discussed in this program: Valencia anger after flooding • First contact with Ocalan in almost 4 years • Trump victory and the ‘far right international’ • UK at Climate summit • AI job losses
Freedom News Review – November 12
Tag: Turkey
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 incarcerated Kurdish leader Abdullah Öcalan have made a significant political breakthrough as Turkish authorities permitted his first face-to-face meeting with a family member for almost four years. The Kurdish National Congress (KNK) reported on 24 October that Öcalan
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 shows the importance of political systems in a region often reduced to ethnic groups. This most recent militarisation started in June, with the Kurdish National Congress (KNK) releasing a press statement on July 1st, denouncing
Sixth anniversary of Turkey’s war against Afrin
Many are still living in refugee camps in Sheba, close to Afrin, hoping to one day return to a liberated homeland.
Ongoing: Turkey launches Christmas Day attack on North and East Syria
First reports already spoke of 13 wounded and 8 martyred
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 meeting agreeing to “enhance” defence and security cooperation.
Stand in solidarity against Turkish war crimes in Syria
Take the war back to those responsible profiteers, companies and governments!
“If Erdogan loses there will be a big party. If he wins, people will go to prison”
Freedom interviewed with two election observers from the UK in Turkey for the presidential election:
Earthquake reveals growing cracks in Turkish political establishment
It’s sometime in the afternoon of February 7th, a day after the earthquake that shook Turkey and Syria. I am scrolling through my social media feed and all I see are very specific pleas for help: “So and so building on so and so street has collapsed and there is no one on-site for rescue.
Recent decision to stop all attacks of Kurdistan Freedom Guerrilla
Repost from Kurdistan Democratic Communities Union (KCK) of parts of an interview with Duran Kalkan, member of the KCK Executive Council: “The centre of the earthquake and the areas hit by it are the areas where the PKK was founded. It is a geography that the PKK knows very well. In other words, 70 percent
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Bristol Aviva Centre defaced for insuring Elbit
Company still provides employer’s liability to UAV Engines in Staffordshire ~ Cristina Sykes ~ Activists from Palestine Action this morning occupied the Aviva Centre in Bristol, with one protester climbing the overhang while another spray-painted the front glass of the building.
Italy: Terrorism charges dropped against ‘Vetriolo’ magazine
Judge declines prosecution of anarchist prisoner Alfredo Cospito and 11 others for incitement and subversion ~ Sonia Muñoz Llort ~ A judge in Italy has declined to indict twelve anarchists associated with the insurrectionary magazine Vetriolo of various incitement and subversion charges.
Anarchist News Review: US inauguration, Gaza ceasefire and UK moral panics
Discussing that Nazi salute by Elon Musk (and the rather more important direction of travel to come), the not particularly encouraging situation following the Gaza ceasefire, and how moral panics are built around incidents like Stockport to empower State repression.
Rojava: Civilians defy Turkish bombing to defend Tishrin dam
Despite deadly airstrikes and international silence, hundreds are risking their lives to protect a vital infrastructure ~ Blade Runner ~ Over the past two weeks, thousands of civilians in northeastern Syria have been carrying out a human shield operation at Tishrin dam, enduring drone attacks that have killed over ten civilians and injured dozens, including
Will the real Proudhon please stand up?
Instead of anarchist lore, we need historical context and an open mind ~ Shawn P Wilbur ~ It’s challenging to think about Pierre-Joseph Proudhon today: like it or not, we struggle with him in his role as a progenitor, precursor, pioneer, as the first to say “Je suis anarchiste”, under circumstances where that declaration simply
