Tag: kurdistan
Analysis: Try As He Might, Erdoğan Can’t Crush the Left
by Eda Seyhan
Report: Labour Bans Three Kurdish Attendees From Conference While Cosying up to Turkey
by Rivkah Brown
Opinion: Erdogan’s Attempt to Ban Pro-Kurdish Parties Will Only Fuel the Resistance
by Rosa Gilbert
Opinion: David Graeber Was Right to Recognise the Importance of the Kurdish Struggle
by Giran Ozcan
British Solidarity With Rojava Must Start at Home, With an End to the Hostile Environment
by Fanny Malinen
Interview: Update From Rojava | Interview With Dani Ellis
Dani Ellis is a volunteer and engineer currently based in Rojava. Following up their conversation a few weeks ago, James spoke to Dani about Turkey’s ‘military pause’, the geopolitical games of Turkey, Syria, Russia and the US, resistance and what this spells for the future of Rojava.
Western Governments May Have Abandoned the Kurds but Let’s Not Abandon Hope and Solidarity
by Chris Strafford
Explainers: Rise up for Rojava
This week the Turkish armed forces launched an incursion into northern Syria with the intention of crushing the YPG and the autonomous region known as Rojava. In this video Elif Sarican outlines the reasons why we in the UK should care.
Interview: No Friends but the Mountains | Interview With a Rojava Volunteer
James Butler spoke to Dani Ellis, a volunteer and engineer currently based in Rojava, about the situation now, as Turkey conducts shelling ahead of a full invasion. They discuss the nature of the resistance – and what people in the UK can do in solidarity.
Interview: A New Society in the Shell of the Old | James Butler Meets Debbie Bookchin
Debbie Bookchin’s father’s ideas inspired a Kurdish project based on ecology, non hierarchy, women’s liberation and grassroots democracy. At The World Transformed in September James Butler sat down with Debbie to discuss her father’s ideas, the revolution in Rojava they inspired and more. This interview was recorded before recent events in which the US has […]