Uta Schneiderbanger with Kurdish name Nudem, which means “New Time”, was born on July 20, 1961 in Mühlheim an der Ruhr in Germany. Since her youth she has been active in leftist movements, especially in the women’s movement. Uta heard about the new Kurdish liberation movement for the first time at the end of the […]
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After 200 days of incomparable historical resistance, the hunger strikes in Kurdistan, Turkey and Europe have been declared over today. We send our warmest revolutionary greetings to all comrades who took part in the hunger strike and the many resistance actions and congratulate the free peoples on this victory. On November 8, 2018 the Kurdish
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Haki Karer, internationalist and co-founder of the PKK Interview with Mustafa Karasu, by İsmet Kayhan | Kurdistan Report Nr. 202 The years in which Haki Karer began to study at the university were the years of strong repression in Turkey as a result of the military coup of March 12, 1971. The effects of the
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In May, we will be releasing a series of articles related to the history of revolutionaries and their struggles. The stories and fights of Bobby Sands and Ulrike Meinhof, Hakî Karer and Deniz Gezmis still have a special meaning for us today and give us revolutionary perspectives for the future. As internationalists, we continue their
“What is more morbid, a lifeless body in the system or a free body and mind in a hunger strike,” asks a Berlin-based activist in a commentary on the mass hunger strike against Abdullah Öcalan’s isolation. As we all hear from the latest news, there are hundreds of people in Turkish prisons and people here
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Originally published on Komundergi, written by Asli Polat. The women‘s communes “les Pétroleuses*” In the spring of the year 1871 in Paris.. In the popular uprising known as the Paris Commune the participation of women was very high. Typically, women were seen as those who carry medicines, canned foods or other supply to the front.
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The fight against ISIS is not a crime! January 3rd in Turin, DIGOS (special operation forces of Italy’s State Police) notified a two-year request of special surveillance and prohibition of residence in the city to five supporters of the Revolution in Rojava. The request has been issued by Turin public prosecutor Emanuela Pedrotta. Recipients of
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We document the letter by Yüksel Koc, first published on kcdk-e.com. Dear Friends: I, Yüksel Koç, am 55 years old and the father of two children. Since my arrival in Germany 30 years ago, I have been employed and also active in politics. At the moment, I am co-chair of the European Democratic Kurdish Society
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