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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She was born in January 1981 in Ankara. Her family was originally from Agean region of Turkey. She left her studies in Ankara University Sociology Department in her last year. During her university studies she met Kurds and the Kurdish freedom movement. She participated in different student movements. At the same time she participated in
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It is only with our knowledge and understanding of our own history that we can see the impact hunger strikes can have in the fight against oppression and tyranny. Our own history of struggle has been shaped and redefined by this acts. Thats why hunger strikes matter, from Kurdistan to Great Britain. In the last
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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
Today, on the 15th May 2019 we write to remember the struggle in Palestine and to call for building democratic confederalism all over the Middle East. Remembering the Nakba, 15th May 2019 Today, on the 15th May 2019 we write to remember the struggle in Palestine and mark 71 years since the Nakba (catastrophe) expelled
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The eleventh episode of the New International follows the work of Heval Zelal, a French revolutionary who’s joined the education at the Internationalist Commune as part of the autonomous women’s structures. The New International is a biweekly, bilingual show broadcast on Kurdistan’s Stêrk TV. Each episode follows a day in the life of an internationalist revolutionary
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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
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“We need to apply the methods used by the Kurdish struggle and struggles in South America to actually start a revolutionary movement that is there for the people and not only for some abstract ideas”. At the 2ndYouth Conference of the Middle East we had the chance to discuss with Jose from Colombia who currently
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