The following statement was agreed by all the organisations in the RiseUp4Rojava platform in response to the Turkish state’s seizure of the three largest Kurdish municipalities on Monday, arresting the mayors and co-mayors along with hundreds of activists. It is important to note the highly gendered nature of this violent coup, with the mostly male […]
Aida* is a 46 year old Black woman from a working class background. She has one daughter, who she has put a great deal of love and support into. Aida is an incredibly warm, nurturing friend and mother, who has struggled a lot in her life, and when this happened, we wanted to support her…
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Seven years ago, on July 19th 2012 in the city of Kobane in northern Syria, western Kurdistan (Rojava), the People’s and Women’s Protection Units (YPG/YPJ) took over the city from the regime, and Rojava’s revolution began. Since then the Women’s Revolution has defeated one of the most bloodthirsty forms of fascism to have ever existed,
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Kurdistan
Tommy Robinson’s fans again descended on London last week, calling for their coked up “crusader” to be freed because he’s simply a “journalist”. An antifascist demonstration, organised by LAFA and supported by AFN, Plan C and over 25 other groups came out to oppose them. Tommy Robinson’s fanboys, after a period of quiet, descended on
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Anti-fascism