#Kurdish Freedom Militia

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🇹🇷 #Turkey: An urban Kurdish rebel group calling itself the Kurdish Freedom Militia (Mîlîsên Azadiya Kurdistan) has posted footage of an IED attack on a Turkish security forces vehicle. The attack took place in the Kurdish city of Silopi, SE Turkey.

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Content warning: contains accounts of war crimes, including rape.

In the previous issue of Anarchosyndicalisme, the CNT-AIT echoed the call for solidarity from anarchists in Sudan.

Since a terrible war broke out on 15 April 2023 between two military factions – the Rapid Support Forces (or Janjaweed militias) against the official army – civilians have been living in a climate of “pure terror” because of a “ruthless and senseless conflict”, denounced by the UN with general indifference. At least 15,000 people have died, and more than 26,000 have been injured, but these figures are certainly underestimates.

There are 11 million internally displaced people, 1.8 million people in exile, and 18 million people at acute risk of starvation. 8 million workers have lost their jobs and their income. 70% of areas no longer have water or electricity, 75% of hospitals have been destroyed, 19 million students have stopped studying, 600 industrial plants have been destroyed and looted, as have 110 banks, 65% of agriculture has been destroyed, 80% of inputs (fertilisers, pesticides, agricultural machinery and harvesters) in the Geziera irrigated area – the largest in the world – have been looted and destroyed, etc.

The media and activist silence surrounding Sudan is allowing soldiers on both sides to commit genocide with impunity. The conflict between the two clans has many components: ethnic, with its trail of reciprocal genocides (according to the UN); “imperialist”, because each of the two opposing groups is supported by various foreign powers that covet Sudan for its natural resources and its strategic location. But above all, it is a “counter-revolutionary” war. By putting the country to fire and blood, it has crushed the hopes of the civil and democratic revolution. And drove many of the revolution’s activists into exile. By completely destabilising the country, this war has enabled the leaders of the former regime to remain in power without being tried for the crimes they committed over decades (during the military dictatorship and then the coup d’état).

Following the appeal for solidarity, we received more than 1,200 euros (including 200 euros from the companions of the Kurdish-language anarchist forum, KAF), which we were able to pass on to our Sudanese companions. This solidarity enabled them to organise humanitarian distributions of blankets, hygiene products (sanitary pads, soap, toothpaste) and infant milk. A reception area for children was organised, with drawing materials and elementary classes, giving the children a chance to escape the madness of war.

But today, the situation is becoming impossible. The violence of the military groups is unleashed. The Janjaweed militias are behaving like barbarians towards civilians. They murdered our companion Sarah after raping her. For their part, the soldiers are arresting and torturing revolutionaries, accusing them of being allied with the Janjaweed. Our companions urgently need to seek shelter in neighbouring countries. We are relaying their desperate appeal to the international anarchist movement.

If you would like to make a contribution, please send cheques made payable to CNT AIT to CNT-AIT 7 rue St Rémésy 31000 TOULOUSE, or via PayPal: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/cntait1 "

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#JinJiyanAzadi #BijiRojava Christian female fighters take on IS [UPDATES]

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Iranian Filmmakers Face Fight or Flight Amid Political Turmoil

By Nick Vivarelli

Credit: Les Films d'Ici/Berlinale

The wave of protests sparked across Iran by the death of Mahsa Amini by Iranian morality police in September came amid a banner year for Iranian cinema. 

But as 2023 kicks off, more than 500 people who have protested her death and called for justice have been killed while prominent members of the Iranian film industry were either arrested, put on trial or banned from making movies. The result being that the country’s cinematic community has largely ground to a halt. 

Which raises the question: unless something changes, how many films actually shot in Iran will be surfacing on the international festival circuit going forward?  

In 2022, Iran-based directors landed slots in all major international film festivals and won major awards. Revered auteur Jafar Panahi took the Venice Special Jury Prize for “No Bears” and Houman Seyyedi’s tragicomedy “World War III,” which was Iran’s candidate for the international Oscar, scooped two statuettes on the Lido. 

But 2023 is kicking off with only films by Iranian diaspora directors launching on the fest circuit. Case in point: native New Yorker Maryam Keshavarz’s “The Persian Version,” which bowed at Sundance. 

And the widening divide between Iran’s expat directors and Iranian filmmakers living in the country is stark at the Berlinale. 

Berlin’s Panorama section, which is titled “Films as Tools of Resistance,” is opening with Paris-based Sepideh Farsi’s feature “The Siren” which provides a timely take on the Iran-Iraq war. Incidentally, the section also features a doc by Indian director Sreemoyee Singh titled “And, Towards Happy Alleys,” which is about Panahi, who was recently released from Tehran’s Evin penitentiary after spending seven months behind bars on charges of “anti-government propaganda.”   

But the only film in this year’s Berlin selection that is by an Iran-based director is Negin Ahmadi’s doc “Dream’s Gate” which depicts an all-female Kurdish militia in Northern Syria.  

Berlin’s artistic director Carlo Chatrian says this year he actually received more submissions from Iran than ever before. But the fest’s selection committee was leery of Iranian films, many of which came from companies affiliated with the government. Why? “Because for them it’s a statement saying: ‘OK, this is not true what people abroad are saying about us,’” he said.  

Chatrian added that “at times films [from Iran] that from the outside look independent are not fully independent,” so they can still be seen as a form of government propaganda. 

In solidarity with the protests sparked by Amini’s death, the Berlinale has banned Iranian government film industry entities such as the Farabi Cinema Foundation, Iran’s national film promotion outfit which has been attending Berlin’s European Film Market with a stand for years.  

And on Feb. 18 there will be an event on the Berlinale Palast red carpet to shine a spotlight on the fest’s position against Iran’s repressive regime.  

Berlin’s executive director Mariëtte Rissenbeek pointed out that it’s bound to be more difficult these days for filmmakers in Iran, most of whom are anti-government, to make films. “They are for freedom of expression, which is exactly what the Iranian state is trying to fight right now,” she said. 

That, of course, is indeed the case.  

“Iranian cinema is now under attack in Iran,” noted “World War III” helmer Seyyedi, in an email interview from Tehran. “As a middle-aged man who is deeply involved with the present problems, I have no idea if I will really be able to start making another movie in future. We will have to wait and see what happens.” 

According to Mohammad Attebbai, head of Tehran-based sales company Iranian Independents, at the moment “Iran’s nearly 50% inflation and its severe censorship codes dissuade anyone from investing in a movie.” 

Attebbai added, “There are lots of filmmakers who, like many others in the country, believe it is impossible to keep living in Iran and are trying to immigrate.  

“They simply cannot tolerate the situation any longer, with censorship getting much worse and film production slowing down dramatically,” he said.  

Most artists at present are banned from travel outside Iran.   

Significantly, two-time Oscar winner Asghar Farhadi, Iran’s best-known director, is currently working on his new film in Los Angeles and Europe. Farhadi was at the Zurich Film Festival when protests following the death of Amini erupted. He voiced support for the protests and has returned to Iran since. 

As an Iranian diaspora director, Paris-based Farsi said she now feels a greater responsibility “to carry on the flag of making films that are relevant and have to do with Iran, though maybe not directly.”  

“I don’t know how ‘The Siren’ will travel,” she pointed out. “But for sure I would really love people in Iran to see it. 

“The end of the film has hope, and I really would like them to feel it as glow of sun for the near future of Iran. Because I’m really hoping that we will reach a victory soon.” 

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It was a freezing morning in February when Celil Turan walked into a majestic sports arena on the outskirts of Sandviken, a town in the Swedish county of Gavleborg. As he does every Sunday, he plunged into an Olympic-size pool and spent hours doing laps, with rare breaks. “It’s my only escape, an effort to reestablish some psychological balance,” he said right after leaving the complex.

Known for housing one of Sweden’s biggest steel factories and for having hosted a handful of Jimi Hendrix concerts in the late ’60s, Sandviken became a home to Turan in 2015, when he and his wife, Cheikha, decided to flee war to find shelter in Scandinavia.

For the couple, who had met and married in Syria’s north, a region that Kurdish nationalist movements call Rojava—“The West” in the Kurmanji dialect—this quiet Swedish town embodied the opposite of all they had left behind: trauma, persecution, and very little freedom to express their ideas.

In the span of a few years, though, their hopes were smashed to pieces.

Turan’s asylum application was rejected for the first time in 2019. His lawyer appealed the decision, citing both his physical condition—one of his legs had to be amputated after he stepped on a land mine in 1993—and the concrete risks that he could be detained and tortured if sent back to his native Turkey. Despite this, the Swedish Migration Agency, the government body tasked with assessing asylum and residency claims, was unmovable.

At the center of the dispute was Turan’s alleged proximity to the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), which both Turkey and Sweden consider a terrorist organization. Turan said he sympathized with the movement’s quest for Kurdish rights but never took part in any armed actions. Instead, for years, he kept moving across the borders of Turkey, Iraq, and Syria to escape repression in Turkey, where he was tortured and beaten as a teenager “for singing a Kurdish song,” he said. He finally ended up volunteering as a paramedic along the front line of the battle between the People’s Protection Units (YPG), a Syrian-Kurdish militia with ties to the PKK, and armed jihadi factions—a house-to-house confrontation that gained global attention during the Islamic State’s siege of the city of Kobani, repelled by the Kurdish guerrillas at the end of 2014.

“I spent days assisting desperate, screaming people, both civilians and fighters, hit by mortar shells or bomb shrapnels,” he recalled. “I learned how to stitch wounds. I carried injured children on my back.” At the time, many in the Western world saw these Kurdish fighters and volunteers as heroes sacrificing their lives to defeat the Islamic State. Swedish authorities were among the most vocal supporters of the YPG fight against jihadi groups.

A few years later, this enthusiasm and its corollary of political and military support for Kurdish movements gave way to a thinly veiled disavowal as Sweden sought NATO membership, only to be blocked by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who continues to seek concessions from Stockholm—imperiling the lives of political activists and asylum-seekers such as Turan. “We were sung as heroes, and now we risk becoming undocumented,” said Turan, who attempted twice to take his own life out of fear of being deported to Turkey.

While signs of increased collaboration between Sweden and Turkey to counter terrorism date back a few years, the trigger event was the Swedish government’s application to join NATO, driven by Russia’s war in Ukraine. The decision, formalized in May 2022, put a definitive end to the country’s two-century tradition of neutrality.

A longtime NATO member, Turkey posed a series of conditions for ratifying the request, which must be approved by all the parties of the military alliance. At the top of those conditions was the extradition of people linked to the PKK or the movement of Muslim cleric Fethullah Gulen, which Turkey’s authorities consider responsible for a coup attempt in 2016.

As Swedish authorities began to comply with these requests, listed in a trilateral memorandum signed in June 2022 with Finland and Turkey, its Kurdish residents seemed to pay the highest price.

An initial request to return 33 terrorists, in Turkey’s wording, quickly escalated to reach about 130 people in January 2023, after left-wing protesters hanged an effigy of Erdogan from a bridge in central Stockholm.

“We could never figure out who was actually at risk of being returned from Sweden, but such declarations instilled fear in many vulnerable people,” said Madelaine Seidlitz, a legal advisor with the Swedish branch of Amnesty International.

The Swedish government—known for its high standards of transparency—hasn’t revealed how many extradition requests it has received or how many deportation orders it has issued since the country submitted its application to NATO. (Press officials at the Justice Ministry did not respond to repeated written requests and phone calls seeking comment.)

The only known extradition to take place—as opposed to a forcible return—occurred in August 2022. Okan Kale, a 35-year-old Turkish citizen who had evaded a prison sentence of 14 years for credit card fraud, was extradited. Turkey’s then-justice minister, Bekir Bozdag, stressed, though, that “extraditing ordinary criminals” didn’t mean that Sweden had “fulfilled its promises.”

A few days after Kale was airlifted from a Swedish to a Turkish prison, police cars surrounded an apartment block on the outskirts of Boras, an industrial city nestled in the pine forests of western Sweden. When officers entered the flat, thanks to a copy of the keys they had previously obtained, Znar Bozkurt and his husband, Tage Carlsson, were asleep with their two cats. Carlsson’s alarm was supposed to ring soon so that he could start his daily shift as a chef in a local school canteen.

In the space of a few hours, then-26-year-old Bozkurt found himself locked in a pre-removal center in Gothenburg, the county capital. Turkish pro-government media were lightning-quick to announce the imminent deportation of a “suspected PKK terrorist.” Only a last-minute appeal against the expulsion order, supported by a wide social mobilization, prevented Bozkurt from becoming the next name on the list.

Bozkurt had moved to Sweden at 17, and once his work visa expired, he applied for asylum. In Sweden, he felt he could express his identity in a rather free way. He could be openly gay, fall in love, and get married and at the same time convert to Christianity and express his progressive, left-leaning political credo, which included a sympathy for the Peoples’ Democratic Party, whose leader Selahattin Demirtas has been imprisoned in Turkey since 2016.

Bozkurt’s application was rejected on the basis of a note by the Sakerhetspolisen (SAPO), the Swedish national security agency. Appeals against the decision were unsuccessful, and in January 2022, he became undocumented.

Prior to issuing its opinion, SAPO had summoned Bozkurt for an interview. There, he was told by agents that they had seen Instagram pictures of him at a recent demonstration, where PKK flags were being waved behind him.

Bozkurt’s deportation order was suspended on the basis of a fear of ill treatment if he were to be sent back to Turkey. He then obtained a one-year temporary residency permit. SAPO’s assessment, however, seems to be impossible to review. “Both his designation as a risk for national security and his deportation order haven’t been canceled yet,” his lawyer Miran Kakaee said.

Data provided by the Swedish Migration Agency shows a significant increase in the number of asylum requests by Turkish citizens since 2016, when a failed coup opened the way for mass arrests and a clampdown on civil society and the media. In 2015, 290 new asylum applications from Turkish citizens were registered, rising to 889 in 2017.

The Swedish Migration Agency and SAPO increased collaboration throughout 2022, leading to an increase in the number of personal reports by the security service, which automatically block any asylum claim or application for permanent stay.

In 2021, Human Rights Watch reported that more than 130,000 people were under investigation in Turkey because of alleged links to the Gulen movement, while about 8,500 people were detained for alleged links to the PKK. The rights group highlighted that terrorism charges were routinely used to restrict civil rights and attack those opposing the ruling Justice and Development Party.

Developments in the past year brought to the surface the joys and sorrows of the long relationship between the Kurds and Sweden.

In 1984, after a PKK defector was assassinated in the country, Swedish Prime Minister Olof Palme decided to outlaw the group, the first government in Europe to do so. (A second defector was killed in 1985.) The United States would designate the PKK as a foreign terrorist organization only in 1997 and the European Union in 2002.

In 1986, after Palme was killed in Stockholm, in what remains one of the most intricate and still unsolved episodes of violence in Europe’s Cold War era, a possible implication of PKK members was mentioned by a police commissioner in charge of the case. No evidence ever emerged, but the news created a climate of suspicion toward Kurds. Nonetheless, more Kurds started to reach Sweden in the 1990s, in relation to conflict and persecutions in Syria, Iraq, Iran, and Turkey.

Swedish authorities “have never been particularly strict in enforcing the 1984 ban on the PKK, showing instead sympathy toward the Kurdish cause,” according to Paul Levin, who heads Stockholm University’s Institute for Turkish Studies. For this reason, Sweden’s NATO application and its acceptance of Turkey’s conditions “have been a paradigm shift for Sweden, particularly for groups and people [who] might be seen as linked with the PKK.”

Soon after Bozkurt’s release, another Kurd from Turkey was arrested in Sweden. This time, there was little time to challenge the deportation order. Days after his arrest in late November, 45-year-old Mahmut Tat found himself in a Turkish prison.

As soon as he landed in Istanbul, Tat was brought to court, where he had already been convicted in absentia, and then sent directly to prison. Bozdag, the justice minister, declared in an interview that the operation showed Sweden’s “sincerity and goodwill” and that he hoped these “extraditions” would continue.

While Turkish authorities removed their veto on Finland’s NATO application, opening the way to the country’s official accession in April, Swedish authorities hope that Ankara’s resistance will be eased now that Turkey’s closely contested election is over. Press officials for Swedish Foreign Minister Tobias Billstrom told Foreign Policy that “Sweden has delivered on each paragraph of the trilateral memorandum and will continue to implement it in line with Swedish and international law.”

The pivotal moment will be NATO’s annual summit, to be held in Vilnius, Lithuania, this week. With the summit’s deadline looming and Erdogan confirmed for another five years at the head of the Turkish government, Western diplomats and politicians are doing their best to accelerate Sweden’s accession.

“I congratulated Erdogan. He still wants to work on something on the F-16s. I told him we wanted a deal with Sweden, so let’s get that done,” U.S. President Joe Biden told reporters in a press conference at the White House on May 29, mentioning the secretive negotiation over Turkey’s access to the U.S.-led jet fighter program.

One day later, Sweden’s Supreme Court greenlit the extradition of a Turkish Kurdish citizen, Mehmet Kokolu, sentenced in Turkey in 2014 for transporting cannabis. The government will have the final word on Kokolu’s extradition.

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Alevis and Yazidis in Afrin threatened with extinction

Situation of Yazidis

Before the Turkish occupation, there were about 20,000 to 30,000 Yazidis living in Afrin. Now, there are only 1500 Yazidis left. Almost all Yazidi villages or villages with a Yazidi population in the region between Afrin and Mount Simon – such as Basufan, Baadi, Barad, Kimar, Iska, Shadere, Ghazzawiya, Burj Abdalo, and Ain Dara – were attacked by the Turkish air force at the beginning of 2018. The Yazidi village of Qestel Cindu had already been attacked by IS and other Islamist groups in 2013. Even back then, Turkey supported or tolerated Islamist fighters in Northern Syria. Many Yazidi olive groves and fruit trees were destroyed, and their livestock was killed. During the clashes between rivaling pro-Turkish Islamist groups in early June 2010, it had become known that the Arab-Sunni Hamzat militia was operating secret prisons for women in Afrin. Pictures of naked women being held there circulated in social media. Five Kurdish women, among them a Yazidi woman, were identified in videos and pictures.

Situation of Alevis

Before the Turkish occupation in March 2018, Afrin was inhabited by a tolerant Muslim population. Under the Turkish occupation regime, the situation changed fundamentally. Turkish President Erdogan uses religion – in this case Islam – as a weapon, inciting against anyone who rejects a strict interpretation of the Quran.

In March 2018, a new era in Afrin’s history began. Within two years, much of what the people had built up over centuries was destroyed. The Kurds are suffering under the Islamization and Turkification policy practiced by Turkey. For the few Alevis who stayed in Afrin, but also for the Yazidis, Erdogan's policy could lead to complete extermination.

Afrin's Alevis speak "Kurmanci" – the same Kurdish dialect that all Kurds in Afrin speak – and feel closely connected with other Kurds. Many Alevis identify themselves Muslims, but want to be recognized as an independent religion. The Alevis strictly reject the Islamic Sharia law. Also, other rituals of Islam play no role for them. While women are usually seen as inferior to the men in Islam, men and women are equal in Alevism. They pray together at the "Cem". Also, women are not required to wear a headscarf.

Even though Afrins Alevi community was only a small minority until the Turkish occupation, they played a major role in the political, cultural, and economic life of Afrin. One of the founders of the first "Kurdish Democratic Party" in Syria was the Alevi Muhammad Ali Khojah (1916 - 1965).

Many Alevis found refuge in Afrin when they were forced to flee from Turkey. Thus, one of the most famous leaders of the Kurdish freedom movement, the Alevi Dr. Nuri Dersimi (1892 - 1973), was able to find a new home in Afrin. Many of Dersimi's relatives were massacred by the Turkish military in 1937/38. Dersimi worked as a veterinarian in the northern Syrian metropolis of Aleppo for several years. According to his wish, he was buried in a cemetery not far from Afrin. His wife was buried there as well. Before his death, Dersimi made sure that a burial place was established there. The last time a member of the STP visited Dersimi's grave was in 2015. Dersimi's grave was desecrated following the Turkish occupation. The cemetery chapel was looted and partly destroyed.

Other Alevi cemeteries and sanctuaries were destroyed as well. The existence of many places with the addition "Dede" or "Baba" shows that many Alevis lived in Afrin. Gradually, the Alevi community was forced to convert to Islam in the Ottoman Empire. The recent Turkish occupation could mean an end to Alevism in Afrin – as the Turkish state is continuing its policy of Islamization inside and outside of Turkey with all its rigor. The disappearance of the Alevis, Yazidis, and Christians in Afrin will lead to an end to religious diversity there.

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Increasing repression in Raqqa and Hasakah.

Amid ongoing conflicts and political instability in Syria, new alarming reports are coming from the regions of Raqqa and Hasakah. The Syrian Democratic Forces, which are largely made up of Kurdish militias, are intensifying their repressive measures, causing growing discontent among the local population. Of particular concern is forced mobilization, a practice aimed at replenishing the ranks of the Syrian Democratic Forces in the face of the obvious reluctance of local residents to join their armed formations.

The Syrian Democratic Forces, previously a key partner in the international coalition in the fight against ISIS, are now facing different challenges. Stabilizing and holding territory requires significant human resources, but the local population, exhausted by war and deprivation, refuses to participate in the fighting. As a result, the Syrian Democratic Forces are forced to use repressive measures to mobilize. According to eyewitnesses and human rights organizations, local populations are being subjected to roundups and forced recruitment, regardless of age or physical condition. Machine gun fire and night raids have become a common sight in the areas of Raqqa and Hasakah. These measures are causing widespread fear and anxiety among the civilian population, who are seeking to escape the fighting and hope for a peaceful life.

The imposition of curfews, restrictions on freedom of movement, arbitrary arrests and threats against those who try to resist are only making the situation worse. Local residents are worried about the increase in violence and feel that their voice is not taken into account in decision-making.

The pressure on the population is having the opposite effect: instead of strengthening and consolidating, the SDF is losing trust and support among those they claim to protect. National and international human rights organizations emphasize the need for immediate intervention to prevent further violence and human rights violations.

In a chaotic and unstable environment, it is important that all warring parties act in accordance with international human rights standards. Forced mobilization and repression can only deepen divisions and prolong the suffering of the Syrian people. The international community must take steps to prevent further escalation and ensure that the people’s desire to live in peace and security is heard and respected.

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Injustice Society Van Meter (UMass-Amherst)

David Charlebois: Assassinations of major figures supporting Iranian-Mullahs, the Shah of Iran; the pre Civil War movement, militia leaders of the South, however defrauded by Jefferson Davis; not contacted by regiment, to call up, for hostilities against Abraham Lincoln.  All militias, deployed.

Jenna Williamson: Duplication of Sisak death camp, among African migrants, "Jews for Jesus", new Beta-Israeli movement; patronage of Ethiopians, in killing the retarded, those Germans of improper fate or faith to attend school bus, wishing special privilege instead.  Call contact, Army POW, test training, for American forces.

Allison Haimes: Training as defense counsel, for international military tribunals of enemies of United States; use of "Dragonball Z" cartoon animated feature, to place foreign defense counsels to test, as CIA, not MI-6, after having analyzed cartoon produced at own hand, while in North Korea.  On loan, from Bill Clinton, after having sexual fantasies about "female vulcans", of Star Trek fame.

Andrew Brooks: Defense attorney, federal narcotics Canada, and FBI agent, specialist in premitigation of male serial killers, at hands of female debutantes, those arranged in marriage in violation of Appomatox codes of marital bliss.  Having analyzed Robert E. Lee, Jefferson Davis is determined to be shamed by Papal Nuncio, at being offered Jesus's throne crown, as well as Bible and memoirs, to prove as failed business offer; Jesus Christ, wine debts of police industry per sportsmanship.

Calvin Williams: Cook and special police clerk liaison, UMass-Amherst confidential informant commander, Central Intelligence Agency; placement of communications program, as management of floor, for mass downsizings and firings, having floor committed ear worm advertising haze of American, NATO, or Israeli forces.  The common lessons, submitted per plot of act, to Massachusetts schools, to fire teachers in coercion with "Swift Nick" protocol, common refusal of students their own success, at having been too poor to afford a car or motorcycle.

Matthew Lennox: Hopkinton Sheriffs envoy, to Germany and Harmony Korine, through Werner Herzhog and lover "Ellen Page", Elliott Ledger; the shutdown, of abusive fathers, having struck their children upside back of head, or encouraged child to do so for another, "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band"; lesbian identity, for daughters or gay men struck, and if refusing, thrown from abates, having used sensei training strategy "between french and koreans", actually Arabs and Asians of Chinese Triads, to refuse Tong; the abuse of Asian women via labor, the Tong, for the shutdown of independent black music, at the hands of Jewish converts.

Kevin Conroy: The claiming of own father, of Batman: The Animated Series, per art stifles and scruples, on the print of DC Comics CIA; the defrauding of the De Salvo family, those serving Army interests of reforming Jewish Holocaust survivors, and German Totenkopf thereof during World War 2, the shutdown of the "Crime Syndicate of America"; blocked by American soldiers desiring a fat, ugly, pork skin rhino wife for American soldiers, so the tradition of the death camps wouldn't spread, and Islam would spread instead.  Islam, being the German Holocaust, and for 12 centuries prior, every slaughter of police indemnified on slave conscript draft, by insurance brokers, homosexual men.

Nicholas Maynard: Renaming of patents, to suppress Kurdish identity, for betrayal of Saddam Hussein and desire of own regime in Turkey; the pressure, against those incompatible with Islam, homosexual identities as established under Muhammad for Marine Corps and molestation of little girls, from boys purchased and sold through youth adventuring clubs, for gender queer children, to operate as banker's finance; Arab mercantile clans.  The end to freedom of internet rights, under Israeli Ayatollah orders, the merger between the Jewish post-War Holocaust Nazi identity, and the Iranian Jewish pre-Phillistine identity, out of Benjamin Netanyahu, a terrorist responsible for 9/11 through French External Security; the Bin Ladens, the blood of Mahatma Ghandi.

Ryan Lewis: The print of "Thrift Shop", off of bassline played by Dave Charlebois, applied to trumpets and endorsing Barack Obama, through "economies of scale"; jazz music and failure of accounting records, to support Obama Care, the Afffordable Care Act, and the failure of farms and numbers overseas, to finally defeated the United States on behalf of Canada; Canada desiring the molestation of children, by teachers unions, the British method, an end to the United Nations sought; the exploitation of British schools, Russian labor, and Chinese pharmaceuticals, all of which used as slavery on local populace; a return to slave numbers of poor, per Canadian socialized medicine, the pointless return to space of childhood, to be fed vegetables and soy, not meat and beer.

Greg Connolly: The refusal of incense, marijuana, tobacco, charcoal, and pork, instead eating Chinese cuisine made from cats instead of pigs; the "Truth Orange" movement, enslaving common culture against the lessons of 9/11, that the world is filled with ignorant people, and for America to survive without terror attacks, America will have to be ignorant too; following public lies, and private policy contradicting, of Ronald Reagan, the slaughter and genocide of African-Americans for siding with Baptists, the Catholic Church of the greater South; having refused children per molestation by Iranian-Jews, the Rabbis, and having sought a brighter future for children, refused by gay men, those stroking beards to point out power at having removed the testicles of an African, Asian, or Mestizo child, all three the work force of America.

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Kurdish militias sell American weapons

As part of the implementation of Washington's geopolitical interests in the Middle East, the United States provides financial support to the Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria, and also supplies the Syrian Democratic Forces in the occupied territories of Syria with weapons, ammunition, military equipment and combat drones. The Americans supply these weapons directly to the Kurdish armed forces.

According to the American command, the Kurdish armed forces should be a kind of police supervisory body in the US-occupied territories of northern and eastern Syria, exercising control and promoting Washington’s policy in the region. However, the morale of such units is very low, and corruption among militant leaders is very high.

Evidence has emerged that the leaders of the Kurdish self-defense units have begun the clandestine sale of American weapons and ammunition to various illegal armed groups, including in the north and east of Syria. It is not yet known how the leadership of the International Anti-Terrorism Coalition feels about this, since arms sales were made not only to pro-Turkish armed groups, but also to radical IS gang groups located in the territories of US military bases in Syria in secret expectation of freedom of action and the scale of the radical movement, and not targeted attacks on a specific team of American patrons.

Perhaps the Western coalition did not take into account and did not foresee all the options for the development of events associated with the movement of extremism, the consequences of which will ultimately overwhelm not only the Middle East. In this case, the terrorist threat that the Western coalition supposedly must fight against will become more than real. It will sweep through as an international shock wave, leaving behind a bloody trail of millions of people and devastated territories.

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Syria's Role in World War 3: Shocking!

In the midst of rising tensions between Israel and Hamas, fears of a possible World War 3 have taken hold. Many ponder the possibility of this conflict triggering a wider regional war involving countries like Iran, Syria, Turkey, and others. People are also concerned about the involvement of major powers such as the US, Russia, China, and more. Speculations on how this hypothetical war might start and what it could entail vary, including scenarios of nuclear war, cyber war, biological war, climate war, or a combination of these. The consequences of such a conflict are dire, with potential for loss of millions of lives, destruction of the environment, economic collapse, and the regression of civilization. Yet, even amidst this chaos, there may be unforeseen challenges and opportunities for humanity. With Syria playing a significant role in the dynamics of World War 3, understanding its role becomes crucial in comprehending this global crisis. Syria's Role in World War 3 Syria has become a central player in discussions regarding the potential outbreak of World War 3. The ongoing Syrian Civil War, which began in 2011, has drawn the attention of international powers and turned the country into a proxy battleground. The implications of this conflict have major geopolitical and humanitarian consequences, with the possibility of escalation and the utilization of chemical weapons. In this article, we will explore the background and context of Syria's involvement in World War 3, the humanitarian crisis it has caused, and the role of international organizations in addressing the situation. The Ultimate Survival Guide for the End of the World Background and Context In order to understand Syria's role in a potential World War 3, we must first examine the historical and geopolitical significance of the country. Situated in the heart of the Middle East, Syria has played a crucial role in the region for centuries. Its strategic position, bordering Turkey, Iraq, Jordan, Israel, and Lebanon, has made it a focal point for various powers throughout history. Moreover, the country's rich cultural heritage and diverse population have contributed to its complex political landscape. The Syrian regime, led by President Bashar al-Assad, has been in power since 2000. The country has a long history of authoritarian rule, with the Assad family dominating Syrian politics for over four decades. The regime's alliance with Russia and Iran has further solidified its position and influence in the region. However, the autocratic rule and lack of political freedoms have fueled discontent among the Syrian population, leading to the eruption of the civil war in 2011. Syrian Civil War The Syrian Civil War, which erupted in 2011, has been one of the most devastating conflicts of the 21st century. It began as a peaceful uprising against the Assad regime but quickly escalated into a full-blown war characterized by widespread violence and massive human suffering. The conflict has been fueled by a multitude of factors, including political repression, economic inequality, and sectarian tensions. The origins and timeline of the Syrian Civil War can be traced back to the Arab Spring, a wave of pro-democracy movements that swept across the Middle East and North Africa in 2010 and 2011. Inspired by the successful uprisings in Tunisia and Egypt, Syrian protestors took to the streets demanding political reforms and an end to the Assad regime. However, the regime responded with brutal force, leading to the militarization of the opposition and the escalation of violence. Key players and factions involved in the Syrian Civil War include the Syrian government forces, rebel groups, jihadist organizations such as ISIS and al-Qaeda, Kurdish militias, and international powers. The complex web of alliances and rivalries has fueled the length and intensity of the conflict, making it difficult to reach a resolution. Involvement of International Powers The Syrian Civil War has attracted the involvement of various international powers, turning it into a proxy battleground. Russia, Iran, the United States, Turkey, Israel, and Saudi Arabia are among the major players that have actively supported different factions in the conflict. Russia's role in the Syrian Civil War has been crucial in propping up the Assad regime. It has provided military support, including airstrikes, to the Syrian government forces, aiming to maintain its strategic interests and influence in the region. On the other hand, Iran has been a key ally of the Assad regime, providing financial, military, and logistical support to ensure its survival. The United States and NATO have also been involved in the conflict, albeit supporting different factions. The US has provided support to rebel groups in an attempt to weaken the Assad regime and promote democratic values. However, its involvement has been complex, as it has also been targeting extremist groups such as ISIS. Additionally, Turkey has played a significant role in the conflict, supporting rebel groups and launching military operations against Kurdish militias. Israel, concerned about the regional implications of the Syrian conflict, has also been involved, primarily focusing on countering Iran's influence in the region. Saudi Arabia and other Gulf states have supported rebel factions, aiming to counter Iranian influence and protect their interests in the region. Syria as a Proxy Battleground The Syrian Civil War has become a proxy battleground, with regional and international powers competing for influence in the Middle East. The conflict has exacerbated existing regional power struggles and rivalries, particularly between Iran and Saudi Arabia. Their competing agendas and support for different factions have further fueled the intensity and complexity of the conflict. Sectarian and ethnic divisions within Syria have played a significant role in shaping the dynamics of the conflict. The country's population is divided along sectarian lines, with Alawites, Sunnis, Christians, and Kurds being the major groups. This has led to a wider Sunni-Shia divide in the Middle East, with various countries aligning themselves along sectarian lines and exacerbating tensions between different sects. The presence of transnational extremist groups, such as ISIS and al-Qaeda, has also contributed to the proxy nature of the conflict. These groups have exploited the power vacuum created by the civil war to establish their own territories and launch attacks both within Syria and internationally. Finally, the competition for influence in the Middle East has been a driving factor behind the involvement of international powers. The region's strategic location, oil resources, and religious significance have made it a focal point for major powers seeking to protect their interests and expand their spheres of influence. Impact on the Middle East The Syrian Civil War has had a profound impact on the Middle East, leading to the destabilization of the region and a wide range of humanitarian challenges. The conflict has resulted in the displacement of millions of people, creating one of the worst refugee crises in history. Countries neighboring Syria, such as Turkey, Lebanon, and Jordan, have borne the brunt of the refugee influx, straining their resources and causing social and economic challenges. The widening Sunni-Shia divide in the region has been another consequence of the Syrian conflict. The rivalry between Iran, a predominantly Shia country, and Saudi Arabia, a Sunni-majority country, has intensified as both sides support different factions in the conflict. This has led to strained relationships among Arab states, with countries taking sides based on their sectarian affiliations. The impact of the Syrian conflict on Israel's security cannot be overlooked. The presence of Iranian-backed militias and the transfer of advanced weapons to Hezbollah in Lebanon have increased the threat perception for Israel. This has led to several airstrikes and military operations by Israel targeting Hezbollah positions inside Syria. Possibility of Escalation The Syrian Civil War has the potential to escalate into a larger regional or even global conflict. Foreign military intervention, the threat of direct confrontation between major powers, the involvement of nuclear-armed states, emerging technologies and warfare, and the spillover of the conflict to other countries are all factors that contribute to this possibility. Foreign military intervention, especially by major powers such as the United States and Russia, has the potential to further escalate the conflict. An accidental clash or miscalculation between these powers in the Syrian theater could lead to a much larger conflict. The involvement of nuclear powers, namely Russia and the United States, also raises concerns about the potential for escalation. While both countries have focused their military efforts on other means of warfare, the presence of such weapons is a constant reminder of the destructive power that could be unleashed. Emerging technologies and warfare, including artificial intelligence, drones, and cyber warfare, could play a significant role in any future conflict involving Syria. These technologies have the potential to change the nature of warfare, making it more lethal and unpredictable. The conflict spilling over into other countries is another significant concern. The Syrian Civil War has already had implications for neighboring countries, particularly Turkey, Lebanon, and Jordan. The presence of extremist groups and the potential for their activities to spread beyond Syria's borders pose a threat to regional stability. Utilization of Chemical Weapons One of the most concerning aspects of the Syrian conflict is the utilization of chemical weapons. The Assad regime has been accused multiple times of using chemical weapons against its own population, including the infamous 2013 Ghouta attack. These attacks have led to the deaths of thousands of civilians and have been condemned by the international community. The use of chemical weapons in Syria has prompted strong responses from the international community, including the United Nations and major world powers. The Assad regime has been subjected to sanctions and condemnation, and efforts have been made to hold those responsible accountable. Non-proliferation efforts and norms regarding the use of chemical weapons have been challenged by the Syrian conflict. The flagrant violations of international agreements and the repeated use of such weapons have raised concerns about the erosion of global security and the need for stronger mechanisms to prevent their use. 10 Secrets to Survive Any Disaster and Thrive in Chaos Humanitarian Crisis in Syria The Syrian Civil War has had a devastating impact on the Syrian population, leading to an unprecedented humanitarian crisis. The conflict has resulted in the deaths of hundreds of thousands of people and the displacement of millions. Cities and infrastructure have been destroyed, and basic needs such as food, water, and healthcare are in short supply. The suffering experienced by the Syrian people is unimaginable. Families have been torn apart, and children have been exposed to unspeakable violence and trauma. Many Syrians have been forced to flee their homes, seeking refuge in neighboring countries or embarking on perilous journeys to Europe. Access to basic needs, including food and healthcare, has become increasingly difficult for the Syrian population, particularly those in areas affected by the conflict. Aid organizations have faced numerous challenges in providing assistance, with access restrictions and security issues hindering their efforts. The impact on vulnerable groups, especially children, has been particularly severe. Children have been subjected to violence, recruited into armed groups, and denied access to education and healthcare. The long-term consequences of the conflict on the physical and mental well-being of this generation of Syrians cannot be overstated. Role of International Organizations International organizations have played a critical role in responding to the Syrian crisis and mitigating its humanitarian consequences. The United Nations has led efforts to negotiate ceasefires, facilitate humanitarian aid delivery, and promote political dialogue. However, progress has been slow, and the political stalemate has hindered the resolution of the conflict. Numerous humanitarian aid organizations, both local and international, have been working tirelessly to provide assistance to the Syrian population. These organizations have been involved in providing food, healthcare, clean water, and shelter to those affected by the conflict. However, the scale and complexity of the crisis have posed significant challenges, requiring sustained support and collaboration. Diplomatic initiatives and peace talks have been crucial in attempting to bring an end to the conflict. The United Nations and major world powers have been mediating negotiations between the Syrian government and opposition groups. While progress has been limited, these efforts remain essential in finding a political solution and preventing further escalation. Ensuring accountability and justice for the atrocities committed during the Syrian conflict is also a key priority for international organizations. Efforts to document war crimes, collect evidence, and establish mechanisms for holding those responsible accountable have been ongoing. These initiatives are essential not only for achieving justice but also for preventing similar crimes in the future. In conclusion, Syria's role in World War 3 cannot be understated. The ongoing civil war has drawn the attention of international powers and turned the country into a proxy battleground. The impact of the conflict on the Middle East has been significant, leading to the destabilization of the region, a refugee crisis, and strained relationships among Arab states. The possibility of escalation, the utilization of chemical weapons, and the immense humanitarian crisis pose major challenges for the international community. As the conflict continues, it is essential for international organizations and world powers to prioritize diplomatic efforts, provide humanitarian assistance, and work towards a peaceful resolution. Only through collective action can we hope to prevent the outbreak of a wider conflict and alleviate the suffering of the Syrian people. How to Build a Bunker in Your Backyard and Protect Your Family Read the full article

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JinJiyanAzadi #BijiRojava Welcome to Raqqa [UPDATES]

After a ruthless and exhausting 6 years of war in Syria, only the most ideologically strong militias have managed to flourish, absorbing various fragmented rebel factions and uniting them under strict philosophies. On the frontlines of Raqqa, a battle is raging between the American-backed coalition of Kurdish and Arab fighters known as the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) and the Islamic State (ISIS)…

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Book Review: ‘The Daughters of Kobani: A Story of Rebellion, Courage, and Justice‘

The Daughters of Kobani: A Story of Rebellion, Courage, and Justice by Gayle Tzemach Lemmon My rating: 4 of 5 stars Repelling a multifront attack, abetted only by dwindling supplies, negligent regional allies, and limited external support (Kobani). Fording the turbulent Euphrates in the dead of night in anticipation of a mine-laden and sniper-beset shoreline (Manbij). Laying siege to a strategically valuable dam, the nation's largest, for two and a half months (Tabqa), situated fewer than thirty miles from ISIS's stronghold. And exhausting all manner of physical and mental strength to serve as the spearhead of regional militia seeking to pry open and overtake Raqqa. The fighters of the YPJ (women's protection units) exhibited remarkable fortitude and resilience, and their efforts proved pivotal in counterbalancing a world on fire. Lemmon's THE DAUGHTERS OF KOBANI is an informative and entertaining read that sits snugly in the middleground of illuminating nonfiction for policy novices or casual strategists. This isn't a book for grinding academics, and this isn't a book for skilled militarists. This book views a limited conflict, in a tucked away region of northern Syria, for the span of a few years, through the eyes and experiences of a handful of dedicated women, belonging to an ethnic minority (Kurds). Every injustice, travail, and disdain perpetuated by the thoughtlessness, violence, and corruption native to this conflict is etched into the hearts and minds of these individuals. Readers seeking more should hunt for supplemental analysis elsewhere. But for their efforts, the women who comprise the YPJ, the growing, specialized partition of the YPG (people's protection units), the battle is personal. These women defied and rebuked the threat of domestication to take up arms against terrorists both organized and not. Lemmon's journalism assiduously documents the YPJ's origin and the personalities that guide and ground its philosophy: Azeema, for example, is boisterous and confident, but also inscrutable and prudent ("We'll sleep when the fight is over," p. 73); Rojda's "quiet calmness" is purportedly mistaken as "passivity," but people "usually made that error only once" (p. 13); and Znarin is dutiful, but not to the patriarchic obligation through which she's lost everything, but to "the cause of women's rights and, as a consequence, Kurdish rights" (p. 23). THE DAUGHTERS OF KOBANI outlines the quest for self-governance (of the Kurdish people, before and during civil war), the quest for authenticity and viability (of extended militia, among enemies and allies old and new), and the quest for individual purpose (of the women whose lives and homes were ripped apart by varying components of black-flag terrorism). Remarkable, then, is Lemmon's interweaving of the fragmented capacity (or willingness) of U.S. policymakers with the difficult reality of on-the-ground, street-to-street combat. All the more so when the point of view for said exchanges pivots between sniper positions with broken radio signals or fiendish and frantic amphibious operations aboard borrowed watercraft. This book strikes a purposeful balance. For example, readers encounter the fantastic necessity of unearthing the historical truths, convenient or otherwise, about the philosophical influence of the PKK (Kurdistan Workers' Party) and its founder Abdullah Öcalan. The long-imprisoned Öcalan's progressive intellectualism seems radical and unlikely to western ears (e.g., gender equality, freedom of expression, full suffrage, economic fairness). But the dissident's tenets of human equality and of striking a balancing with the demands of ecological necessity are entirely rational and fundamental to others who's legislative and military options are all that remain when opposed and oppressed by autocrats and terrorists. Understandably, this approach may not suffice for readers hunting for more detail than personal stories can provide. Regional experts will demand more intricate maps of the infernally tense Manbij campaign, which saw waxing and waning success as Rojda and others crossed the Euphrates at night. Or perhaps demand a few more details on the Berthnahrin Women's Protection Forces, the all-female Assyrian militia. Other, book-savvy researchers will surely demand more context for the sprawling Syrian Civil War, proper, during which the book's events take place. Lemmon focuses on the military history and political corollaries associated with the YPG and YPJ, but spends little time on the influence and effectiveness of neighboring or oppositional parties. For example, the Democratic Union Party's Charter of the Social Contract, dated to January 2014, is a remarkable document. But the Charter has clearly been amended over the better part of a decade. Whether those changes are progressive or regressive, goes unstated. Altogether, THE DAUGHTERS OF KOBANI is accessible and edifying. The author's promise is to glimpse the peculiar and inspiring, and the book does well to deliver. The itinerant nature of international war reporting obliges a few gaps in the narrative, but for all intents and purposes, Lemmon composed a memorable story about principled people whose statelessness was only the beginning of their story.

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Ayatollah’s Predictable Response

LOS ANGELES (OnlineColumnist.com), Oct. 3, 2022.--Over two weeks after the death at the hands of the Basij militia of 22-year-old Kurdish women Mahsa Amini for not wearing her hijab properly, 83-year-old Ayatollah Khamenei officially speaks out. Amini was allegedly beaten to death with a truncheon by the Basij “morality police,” for defying Iran’s strict women’s dress code.  Showing why its pure madness for the U.S. and EU to reinvent former President Barack Obama’s 2015 Iranian Nuke Deal AKA the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action [JCPOA], Khamenei blamed the nationwide protests over Amini’s death on the U.S. and Israel.  Like the old Nazi regime, the Jews were the cause of all Germany’s past defeats and economic woes, leading to the worst massacre in human history.  But Khamenei uses the same predicable playbook, blaming the U.S. and Israel for explosive rioting occurring in 80 cities and towns around Iran.

Iran has lingering regret over Ayatollah Ruhollah Khamenei’s 1979 Islamic Revolution that toppled the progressive regime of Shah Mohammad Reza Palavi, who brought Iran out of the dark ages to incorporate U.S. and EU values into Iranian society.  Women during the Shah’s reign were not required to wear head-scarves, receiving comparable treatment in education and jobs in Iranian society.  Khomenei’s Islamic Revoution turned back the clock on 100 years of progress under the Shah and his father’s rule.  So, when it comes to nationwide protests, Amini was a catalyst for the population frustrated from the oppression of strict Shiite Islamic rule.  Khamenei approved the nationwide crack down on protesters, blaming the U.S. and Israel for trying to topple the Mullah regime.  But the aging-and-sick Khamenei knows that you can only oppress a population for so long.

Iran’s nationwide protests speak volumes about a population yearning for the good old days under the Shah when Tehran was a mini-Paris, a hub of haute couture, music, art and fashionable night life, letting Iranians work and live their lives without government oppression.  While the Shah had his “secret police” to prevent an Islamic takeover, the Basij militia were not tormenting Iran’s youth for wearing lipstick or listening to Western music.  “This rioting was planned,” Khamenei said.  “These riots and insecurities were designed by America and the Zionist regime, and their employees,” putting all the blame on imaginary foreign sources. Khameni and his Mullah regime knows that the protests are against oppressive Mullah rule, where the Basij and Revolutionary Gurards protect the regime at all costs, even massacring the population when it threatens the Mullah regime.

Students at Sharif University of Technology in Tehran announced that classes had been cancelled at the start of the new term, except for doctoral students.  Revolutionary Guards used tear gas to breakup crowds of students holed up in the university protesting the death of Amini, but, more importantly, demanding human rights.  Plain-clothed Revolutionary guards surrounded the university in a show of force.  State run IRNA downplayed the crackdown at Sharif University, saying that many students had been released from detention.  German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock condemned “the regime’s brute force” at Sharif Universit, calling it “an expression of sheer fear and the power of education and freedom,  Baerbook knows her German history, the same kind of tactics used by the Nazi SS to coerce and brutalize the German people into full conformity with Hitler’s regime.

Khamenei condemned the scenes of women burning hijabs and cutting of their hair as “actions that are not normal, that are unnatural,” warning that “those that foment unrest to sabotage the Islamic Republic deserve harsh prosecution and punishment,” said Khamenei.  Iran’s spasm of nationwide rioting occurred in 1999, right before the last gasps of pro-Shah protesters were forced out of the country.  Iran’s Revolutionary Guards and Basij militia tightened their grip on Iranian society, driving out residual malcontents with Mullah rule.  Over 41 deaths and at least 1,500 protesters have been arrested by plain-clothed Revolutionary Guards.  Alborz Mexami, an economic reporter, was arrested for subversive activities.  As the crack down proceeds, Iranian exiles in London, Paris, New York and Los Angeles, gathered to wave Iranian flags and protest the Ayatollah’s brutal crack down.

How ironic that most the protesters are under 25-years-of-age, never knowing in their lifetimes life before the 1979 Islamic Revolution.  Tehran-based university teacher Shaindokht Kharazimi said the new generation knows how to fight back against the Mullah regime.  “The [young protesters] have learned the strategy from video games and play to win,” said Kharazimi told the pro-reform Etemad newspapers.  “There is no such thing as defeat for them,” not knowing that periodic regime protests have gone on for over 40 years.  Kharazimi recalls the 1999 student protests when reformist President Mohammad Khatami backed the most violent street demonstrations since the 1979 Islamic Revolution.   “Don’t’ call it a protest, it’s a revolution now,” students showed at Shahid Beheshti University in Tehran.  Those students don’t know the Revolutionary Guard crack down currently underway.

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John M. Curtis writes politically neutral commentary analyzing spin in national and global news.  He’s editor of OnlineColumnist.com and author of Dodging The Bullet and Operation Charisma.    

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Women’s History Month Picks

999: The Extraordinary Young Women of the First Official Jewish Transport to Auschwitz by Heather Dune Macadam

The untold story of some of WW2's most hidden figures and the heartbreaking tragedy that unites them all. Readers of Born Survivors and A Train Near Magdeburg will devour the tragic tale of the first 999 women in Auschwitz concentration camp. This is the hauntingly resonant true story that everyone should know. On March 25, 1942, nearly a thousand young, unmarried Jewish women, many of them teenagers, boarded a train in Poprad, Slovakia. Believing they were going to work in a factory for a few months, they were eager to report for government service and left their parents’ homes wearing their best clothes and confidently waving good-bye. Instead, the young women were sent to Auschwitz. Only a few would survive. Now acclaimed author Heather Dune Macadam reveals their stories, drawing on extensive interviews with survivors, and consulting with historians, witnesses, and relatives of those first deportees to create an important addition to Holocaust literature and women’s history. Amazons, Abolitionists, and Activists: A Graphic History of Women's Fight for Their Rights by Mikki Kendall, A. D'Amico (Illustrator)

A bold and gripping graphic history of the fight for women's rights The ongoing struggle for women's rights has spanned human history, touched nearly every culture on Earth, and encompassed a wide range of issues, such as the right to vote, work, get an education, own property, exercise bodily autonomy, and beyond. Amazons, Abolitionists, and Activists is a fun and fascinating graphic novel-style primer that covers the key figures and events that have advanced women's rights from antiquity to the modern era. In addition, this compelling book illuminates the stories of notable women throughout history--from queens and freedom fighters to warriors and spies--and the progressive movements led by women that have shaped history, including abolition, suffrage, labor, civil rights, LGBTQ liberation, reproductive rights, and more. Examining where we've been, where we are, and where we're going, Amazons, Abolitionists, and Activists is an indispensable resource for people of all genders interested in the fight for a more liberated future.

The Daughters of Kobani: A Story of Rebellion, Courage, and Justice by Gayle Tzemach Lemmon

In 2014, northeastern Syria might have been the last place you would expect to find a revolution centered on women's rights. But that year, an all-female militia faced off against ISIS in a little town few had ever heard of: Kobani. By then, the Islamic State had swept across vast swaths of the country, taking town after town and spreading terror as the civil war burned all around it. From that unlikely showdown in Kobani emerged a fighting force that would wage war against ISIS across northern Syria alongside the United States. In the process, these women would spread their own political vision, determined to make women's equality a reality by fighting--house by house, street by street, city by city--the men who bought and sold women. Based on years of on-the-ground reporting, The Daughters of Kobani is the unforgettable story of the women of the Kurdish militia that improbably became part of the world's best hope for stopping ISIS in Syria. Drawing from hundreds of hours of interviews, bestselling author Gayle Tzemach Lemmon introduces us to the women fighting on the front lines, determined to not only extinguish the terror of ISIS but also prove that women could lead in war and must enjoy equal rights come the peace. In helping to cement the territorial defeat of ISIS, whose savagery toward women astounded the world, these women played a central role in neutralizing the threat the group posed worldwide. In the process they earned the respect--and significant military support--of U.S. Special Operations Forces. Rigorously reported and powerfully told, The Daughters of Kobani shines a light on a group of women intent on not only defeating the Islamic State on the battlefield but also changing women's lives in their corner of the Middle East and beyond.

The Woman's Hour: The Great Fight to Win the Vote by Elaine F. Weiss

The nail-biting climax of one of the greatest political victories in American history: the down and dirty campaign to get the last state to ratify the 19th amendment, granting women the right to vote. Nashville, August 1920. Thirty-five states have ratified the Nineteenth Amendment, twelve have rejected or refused to vote, and one last state is needed. It all comes down to Tennessee, the moment of truth for the suffragists, after a seven-decade crusade. The opposing forces include politicians with careers at stake, liquor companies, railroad magnates, and a lot of racists who don't want black women voting. And then there are the 'Antis'--women who oppose their own enfranchisement, fearing suffrage will bring about the moral collapse of the nation. They all converge in a boiling hot summer for a vicious face-off replete with dirty tricks, betrayals and bribes, bigotry, Jack Daniel's, and the Bible. Following a handful of remarkable women who led their respective forces into battle, along with appearances by Woodrow Wilson, Warren Harding, Frederick Douglass, and Eleanor Roosevelt, The Woman's Hour is an inspiring story of activists winning their own freedom in one of the last campaigns forged in the shadow of the Civil War, and the beginning of the great twentieth-century battles for civil rights.

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Most if not all leftists who fought in Syria have Marxist, Socialist, Communist & antifa Ideology

And now they have jihadi, combat training.

A fascinating thread on a topic we’ve touched on in the past regarding blm and antifa training with jihadis.

Daniel Baker, included in the final DHS report and referenced in the screen shot below, is the antifa terrorist arrested days ago for plotting to kill Trump supporters in Florida.

Source: https://  twitter.com/We_Have_Risen

So, DHS tracked these left wing militants who aligned with Islamic terrorists but continued to publicly say that right-wing, white Americans were the greatest threat to America. Report below.

The Syrian conflict and US based Antifa Nexus…

Earlier this year parts of a Department of Homeland Security (DHS) memo in conjunction with US Customs and Border Protection’s (CBP) National Targeting Center (NTC) Counter Network Division (CND) report was released. It goes into detail on individuals encountered upon return from Syria that actively fought alongside the Yekîneyên Parastina Gel (YPG) which translates to the People’s Protection Units.

These individuals were members of the International Freedom Battalion (IFB), an armed group consisting of leftist foreign freedom fighters fighting for the YPG in the Syrian civil war support of the Rojava Revolution against ISIS. Open source research shows that most if not all have connections to Marxist, Socialist, Communist and Anti-Fascist ideology.

We were able to identify the recruiting website that is no longer up. In most cases the question of “how does one even join a Syrian rebel group” was answered. The website was call rojavaplan.com (archive).

Now the majority of recruiting is done through the Lions of Rojava Facebook page. All of this is very real despite what you might hear on from Mainstream Media. There have been a multitude of advisories by State Department and other agencies warning US citizens against traveling to Syria to engage in armed conflict.

US STATE DEPARTMENT ON AMERICAN VOLUNTEER FIGHTERS IN SYRIA

“The U.S. government particularly warns private U.S. citizens against traveling to Syria to engage in armed conflict. U.S. citizens who undertake such activity face extreme personal risks, including kidnapping, injury, or death. The U.S. government does not support this activity, and our ability to provide consular assistance to individuals who are injured or kidnapped, or to the families of individuals who die in the conflict, is extremely limited. Individuals who demonstrate an interest in groups opposing ISIS, including on social media, could open themselves to being targeted by ISIS itself if those individuals travel to Syria.”

“Fighting on behalf of or providing other forms of support to designated terrorist organizations, including ISIS and al-Nusrah Front, can constitute the provision of material support for terrorism, which is a crime under U.S. law that can result in penalties including prison time and large fines.”

Source: The State Department’s Syria travel warning

Despite all that, there have been many who have traveled to take part in the civil war. One of the main members of the IFB is Brace Robert Belden from San Francisco.

He is a self-identified Marxist, member of the Democrat Socialists of America, specifically the local Marxist caucus Red Star, and was responsible for unionizing Anchor Brewing Company.

Belden spent 6 months in Raqqa to fight alongside the YPG under the umbrella of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF). Belden was assigned as a machine gunner on a makeshift tank for the Raqqa campaign.

Belden served alongside another American named Lucas Chapman.

Chapman decided to volunteer for the Kurdish YPG Militia in 2016. According to Chapman, really it was the YPG's ideology that pulled him in:

"It's part Anarchism, part Communism, part Socialism," he explains. "Everyone gets a voice. That's what appealed to me so much about it."

Today, he works for the North American Kurdish Alliance (NAKA), a 501(c)4 nonprofit that lobbies for Kurdish rights in the US. They also hold rallies and help the families of Americans who’ve died in Syria fighting ISIS.

Another person included in the DHS report is Caleb David Stevens from Michigan. He first came to the attention of US authorities after stumbling into Chicago area emergency room with a gunshot wound sustained in Syria.

"I was in a unit of other Westerners. We had a Western commander, and then, eventually during my time there, I was leading half of the unit. Sometimes our days were training, studying Kurdish, talking. There were a lot of militant anarchists. There were some people who were there specifically because of their feminist beliefs. So, yeah, sort of people coming from all angles." Caleb Stevens – March 13, 2018

Steven’s joined through the Lions of Rojava Facebook after seeing an article in Rolling Stone highlighting Belden’s time in Raqqa. The front man for the Lions of Raqqa is an American named Jordan Matson from Sturtevant, Wisconsin.

From the Lions of Rojava Facebook “Fight for an emerging model of Equality, Freedom, Democracy and Social Justice in Syria and the middle east!”

Another Lions of Rojava recruit named in the DHS report is Ian Paul Broadhead from Wilmington, North Carolina. Since returning he has been arrested multiple times during riots and protests. A known Antifa/381 Movement member, he was arrested as recently as August 17, 2020, trying to pull down the Silent Sam statue.

Broadhead has a Podcast named “The Final Straw Program” where, like others, the full Anti-Fascist/Marxist ideology is on full display.

Serving in the YGP with Broadhead was Christopher Joseph Helali originally from Worcester, Massachusetts.

Christopher Helali is an American ethnic Kurd and Kurdish activist who has worked for the past few years with the Kurdish Liberation Movement. Christopher spent 2016 in Greece, working with Kurdish refugees from Syria, Iraq, Turkey and Iran in Anarchist squats as well as in the historic Lavrio camp outside of Athens. In January of 2017, Christopher traveled to Southern Kurdistan (KRG) in Northern Iraq where he spent time with the guerrillas of the PKK in the mountains and then crossed over into Rojava (Western Kurdistan), now known as the Democratic Federation of Northern Syria. Christopher was a member of the YPG for 9 months and returned from the region in September of 2017.

Now living in Vershire, Helali a member of the The Party of Communists USA (PCUSA), is a candidate for Vermont's at-large congressional district in 2020. This is the first time in 36 years since Marxist activists Gus Hall and Angela Davis ran for U.S. President and Vice President respectively.

Christopher Helali of Vershire announced on Aug. 3 that he will run for Vermont U.S. Representative as a Communist.

We are continuing to compile and track these Mercenaries. There are many Westerners who have joined the YGP with numbers that range from 300 to 1,000. Not all have made it back home, and just like ISIS and other Jihadi’s, they are considered Martyrs of the Lions of Rojava Resistance.