Originally published on Komun Academy by Meral Çiçek Had he lived long enough, he would have just celebrated his 61st birthday. On November 25th, 1957, he was born in California, far away from his native homeland. Likewise, his father had been born far away from his family’s country of origin. Despite being among the third or […]
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nYKL7oTKlM4 To the gilet jaunes (yellow vests), to those who demonstrate, who are on the barricades and are blocking the streets, who squat their schools, who are on strike and who organize themselves. We greet you as the Internationalist Commune from Rojava, the western part of Kurdistan, in the North of Syria. Since more than
“We will not be ruled. We will not be divided and bought off.” NO TO RIP OFF! LONG LIFE DIRECT DEMOCRACY! NO NEED FOR REGIONAL ‘REPRESENTATIVES’! For nearly two weeks the movement of yellow vests has brought hundreds of thousands of people in the streets all over France, often for the first time. The price
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Published in German in Yeni Özgür Politika and on ANF German. “When I arrived in Besta and saw the sun rising on Mount Herekol, it was wonderful, to say it in one word. You feel like newborn there.” Wolfgang Struwe is a revolutionary who has dedicated himself to the freedom struggle of Kurdistan. Wolfgang (63)
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Published on https://wunschnachfreiheit.wordpress.com/2018/10/30/call-the-wish-for-freedom-cannot-be-banned/ – German translation After 25 years of failure – to snuff out the dream of democracy, freedom and peace – the German and Turkish governments are still among the leading countries fighting globally against democratic protests and emancipatory struggles. 25 years ago, the PKK was banned in Germany, yet throughout this time
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A global problem means a global fight and makes internationalism necessary. But what does internationalism mean in a revolutionary sense? What does it mean for women? Women`s struggles have always been internationalist. What we have in common, is something that is hard to explain with words. It is the feeling we have when we see,
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Article was originally published by lowerclassmagazine on August 8 2018 A german internationalist at the PKK. Interview with Heval Delia. On his journey to Rojava LCM-reporter Bernd Machielski met the german internationalist Delia, who joined the Kurdistan Worker’s Party, the PKK, one year ago. A talk about her motivation and the Left in Germany. One
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We asked the people of Rojava for their opinion about German weapon deliveries to Turkey and the role of the company “Rheinmetall”. The people directly ask the workers of Rheinmetall to stop working “until no one is working anymore in these factories”. This said Baran from Derik, he continues: “We strongly condemn this. Why? Because
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