#Kurdistan Freedom Movement

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Η αντίσταση για μια δημοκρατική Μέση Ανατολή θα παραμείνει αρραγής

Η αντίσταση για μια δημοκρατική Μέση Ανατολή θα παραμείνει αρραγής English: The resistance for a democratic Middle East will remain unbroken Από InternationalistCommune / 4 Δεκεμβρίου 2024 Πολλά έχουν συμβεί από την αρχή των επιθέσεων που ξεκίνησε το τουρκικό κράτος, με τη βοήθεια ισλαμιστικών συμμοριών, στις 29 Νοεμβρίου κατά της Αυτόνομης Αυτοδιοίκησης της Βορειοανατολικής Συρίας (Autonomous…

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Η αντίσταση για μια δημοκρατική Μέση Ανατολή θα παραμείνει αρραγής

Η αντίσταση για μια δημοκρατική Μέση Ανατολή θα παραμείνει αρραγής English: The resistance for a democratic Middle East will remain unbroken Από InternationalistCommune / 4 Δεκεμβρίου 2024 Πολλά έχουν συμβεί από την αρχή των επιθέσεων που ξεκίνησε το τουρκικό κράτος, με τη βοήθεια ισλαμιστικών συμμοριών, στις 29 Νοεμβρίου κατά της Αυτόνομης Αυτοδιοίκησης της Βορειοανατολικής Συρίας (Autonomous…

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GENREAL FREE PDFS ON PALESTINIAN LIBERATION Below are a collection of books written by Palestinians authors to help further understand their struggle vv Master thread/Google drive link of PDFs: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/18u9KYo3MvRpyI0SDqD2AzseTvuSn3S8T (

“ there’s so many, where do I start?”

HIGHLIGHTED TEXTS these texts have been selected as being the most “beginner friendly” offering information for those still somewhat unfamiliar with Palestine and its history.

Palestine in Perspective: On the Image and Reality of Palestine Throughout the Ages by Khalid Kishtainy. Palestine Liberation Organization Research Center, Beirut, May 1971. 130 pages https://archive.org/details/palestine-in-perspective

Torture in Israeli Jails Foreign Information Department, PLO Unified Information, Beirut, July 1977. 68 pages PDF: https://archive.org/details/torture-in-israeli-jails

'Hollow Land' by Eyal Weizman https://drive.google.com/file/d/1l8E-mAJVGaDkheYpBaICXiwMgnMG0afj/view?usp=drivesdk

*”ADVANCED READINGS” These are a small list of books that go into more detailed/nuances of the Palestinian struggle. Such as the political economy etc. all books have been translated into English.

Google dive masterlist: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1i2U7nuWtRcwDNMyd2Dp-vseEv-8UDkCT

Stole this announcement from Palestine I.N.D, if you’d like to join, the link is above

SUDAN

resources

https://eyesonsudan.net/

https://x.com/hkzuk/status/1722122606453661940?s=46&t=03WDSopg10j_4l7ZJXSPZQ

https://x.com/longlivemireia/status/1721105158736658897?s=46&t=03WDSopg10j_4l7ZJXSPZQ donate

https://sapa-usa.org/sudan-war-crisis-emergency-relief/

https://irusa.org/sudan/

KURDISTAN

resources

https://x.com/assyrianpolicy/status/1328095269397913605?s=46&t=03WDSopg10j_4l7ZJXSPZQ petition

https://t.co/O2wwKr5SyS

ARMENIA

resources

https://docs.google.com/document/d/10Q30t_RuC_PN_ENJhJm05Q_oVRe0D-XIvu7BZ4hIFSY/mobilebasic

HAITI

resources

https://www.tiktok.com/@bertrhude?_t=8hdf2azJhus&_r=1

YEMEN

resources

https://crisesinthemiddleast.carrd.co/ (also has info for Palestine, Syria & Afghanistan)

TIGRAY

resources

https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZT8yvjsxb/ donate

https://give.unhcr.ca/page/71470/donate/1?locale=en-US

SYRIA

resources

https://sites.google.com/view/syrianeedshelp/home?authuser=0

https://helpsyria.carrd.co/

Free Palestine, Congo, Sudan, Kurdistan, Armenia, Haiti, Yemen, Tigray, Syria, Afghanistan, Myanmar, Arakan, Tamil, Eelam, Western Sahara, West Papua, Kashmir, & everyone undergoing genocide / colonialism.

— Scroll up for all resources / info !

Updated coverage v

more below, please read if you can

**Companies / Foodchains to Boycott **

thread of alternatives

BDS movement and knowing how and what to boycott

other companies to boycott

How to protest safely

general rules of thumb when protesting

same as above but w/ alt text.

** What YOU can do to support Palestine **

ways to help

actions across the continent

** Various links to educate / support**

Workshops and direct action protests

click to help palestine

masterlist with links to help, educate, etc.

how staying neutral is not a choice

Adding on, the Palestinian people have been suffering from this for over 75 years, 2023-2024 finally gave them the global attention they needed.

“if October 7th didn’t happen, this wouldn’t have been a problem for Palestinians” October 7th was a violent day, the israeli military had no right to go on and kill innocent civilians in gaza and plan to “wipe them out completely from the earth” ; over 2 million innocent Palestinians have been killed and still counting, they were stripped out their rights, wills, freedom and youth. In addition, Israel started their plan on taking over the ENTIRETY of the middle east, they've started with their crucial attacks on Lebanon and Iran, and will be moving forward after completely taking over both countries.

this is not a war, but a human cleanse. what is going on in gaza is the most documented killings of innocent civilians and yet the most denied by foreign countries.

all these statements are proven true. It would be appreciated if you have an open mind and leave your opinions aside, as majority of things on social media are twisted, played with, and somewhat false. PLEASE refrain from believing everything you see online, DO YOUR OWN RESEARCH! learn more here gofundme boycotted items

on a side note, since today marks one year since october 7th, i will not be uploading anything or doing requests (mainly because it feels wrong to be making layouts meanwhile countless people are suffering, but tomorrow ill continue doing requests & uploading)

[fuckyeahmarxismleninism]

Remember and fight: Memorial demonstration in Berlin for Karl Liebknecht and Rosa Luxemburg

Palestine solidarity as a trigger for police attacks that left numerous people injured.

By Nick Brauns, junge Welt

“Viva Palestine” could be heard from afar from the kilometer-long demonstration that marched under red flags to the Socialist Cemetery: Israel's war against Gaza was the dominant theme at the traditional memorial demonstration for Karl Liebknecht and Rosa Luxemburg, the co-founders of the Communist Party of Germany who were murdered by right-wing Freikorps soldiers 105 years ago, on Sunday in Berlin.

Solidarity with Palestine was also the trigger for brutal police attacks that left numerous people injured. First, a speaker from a block of mostly Palestinian demonstrators was arrested -- the reason for this was the banned slogan "From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free," a police spokesman told jW. After the arrest, blocks of the front part of the demonstration turned around and the police were briefly pushed away.

The frightening results of the subsequent use of batons and pepper spray by the helmeted state power: A 65-year-old man, run over by the police, lay unconscious on the ground and bleeding from his mouth and nose. According to demonstration paramedics, 15 other demonstrators also had to be treated in hospital with injuries, some of them serious, such as broken bones. The police, however, spoke of attacks on officers during the demonstration, with 21 police officers injured.

"I'm glad that the other demonstrators immediately showed their solidarity with us. This is where our strength lies,” a Palestinian activist named Walid told jW.

According to the police, among the 16 demonstrators arrested are several musicians from Turkey's Grup Yorum, who are currently on a hunger strike for comrades imprisoned in the Federal Republic of Germany.

According to the organizers, more than 10,000 people took part in the demonstration. In addition to blocks from DKP and SDAJ, MLPD, Trotskyist groups and socialist parties from Turkey and Kurdistan, but also left-wing trade unionists and neighborhood initiatives, what was noticeable was the strong participation of mostly young supporters of Marxist-Leninist organizations, dressed in black and in orderly formations among a sea of ​​red flags. “Road free for the red youth,” “Youth, future, socialism” and ��With Rosa and Karl against war and capital” were heard from these blocks.

With the banner "Defend Revolutionary History! Attack German warmongers!” and images of Luxemburg, Liebknecht and Lenin, who died 100 years ago, the “Perspective Communism” movement made it clear that commemoration is not a nostalgic end in itself. This is also how Sevda Karaca, a member of the Labor Party (EMEP) in the Turkish parliament, sees it. “Rosa Luxemburg and Karl Liebknecht are revered worldwide as champions of socialism,” Karaca told this newspaper at the Socialist Cemetery. "In times when fascist ideas are increasing worldwide, it is particularly important that we reflect on the roots of our resistance."

Even before the demonstration arrived, thousands of people, including the leadership of the Die Linke party, had taken part in a "silent commemoration." The murdered labor leaders were honored at their graves with red carnations and wreaths.

Solidarity with the Palestinian struggle for freedom, the call for peace and the need for socialism also played a central role at the 29th International Rosa Luxemburg Conference. The conference organized by this newspaper took place on Saturday in the Berlin Tempodrom with a new record attendance of 3,700 visitors.

Translation by Melinda Butterfield

https://www.jungewelt.de/artikel/466755.ll-demo-erinnern-und-k%C3%A4mpfen.html

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The official tier list of globally recognized terrorist organizations based off of their flag designs

This is 100% scientific fact based off of my personal research into the field of vexillology. Argue with me if you want to in the comments. There groups in order from left to right are: (S): Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam, Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, Hezbollah, People's Defense Units, Khalistan Liberation Force (A): Hayʼat Tahrir al-Sham, People's Anti-Fascist Front, Great Eastern Islamic Raiders' Front, Oromo Liberation Front, Free Papua Movement, Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine, Tigray People's Liberation Front, United Liberation Front of Asom, Balochistan Liberation Army, Ogaden National Liberation Front (B): Al-Qaeda, The Base, Daesh, Hurras al-Din, Congress of the Peoples of Ichkeria and Dagestan, Lord's Resistance Army, People's Liberation Army of Manipur, Syrian Revolution, Kurdistan Workers' Party, National Liberation Army (Colombia) (C): Jamiat-e Islami, Muslim Brotherhood, Al-Badr, Palestinian Islamic Jihad, Komala Party of Iranian Kurdistan, United National Liberation Front, National Liberation Movement of Ahwaz, Kamtapur Liberation Organisation, Islamic Renaissance Party of Tajikistan (D): Taliban, Jaish-e-Mohammed, Lashkar-e-Jhangvi, Lashkar-e-Taiba, Hamas, Harkat-ul-Mujahideen, Liwa Fatemiyoun, Dukhtaran-e-Millat, al-Qaeda in the Indian subcontinent, Hezb-e Islami Gulbuddin (F): Houthi, Kurdistan Freedom Hawks, Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, Kata'ib Hezbollah, Tehreek-i-Taliban, Turkistan Islamic Party, Shining Path

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do you mind sharing some resources or giving some info that could help teach about what's going on in Kurdistan?

OF COURSE OMG

kurdistan’s timeline

more in depth history

kurdish genocides

another source to genocides

and again…

kurdish groups (pkk, ypg, ypj) saving us from isis

abdullah öcalan’s take on women’s rights

so, first you have the understand that kurdistan has been colonized by four countries: turkey, iran, iraq, syria. iraq and syria gave the kurds autonomous regions (which is the bare minimum). rojava is the syrian occupied kurdistan and bashur the iraqi occupied kurdistan.

those four countries did (and do) the same disgusting shit israhell has been doing to palestine, since 1923: prohibited the language, the national colors (turkey has prohibited new adidas shoes a few days bc they have red, green and yellow😭), raped women and kids, use illegal chemical weapons (the last time? two years ago), deporte them, genocides, even cutting off olive tress of kurds and so on.

iran hates the kurds with a burning passion, especially bc jin, jiyan, azadi was started by the kurdish freedom movement (pkk) centuries ago.

the most hate tolds the turkish regime. turkey’s crimes against kurds are ENDLESS. the worst being the dersim massacre. turkey also collaborated with ISIS to kill kurds in rojava. at the beginning of last october erdogan started to bomb rojava again!, citizens and even mosques. if you want all the crimes turkey has done to kurde you should ask for an extra ask cause turkey is the absolute worst.

the best news site regarding kurdistan is anf

you can also follow @/newsfromkurdistan on instagram.

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Project2025 #CorpMedia #Oligarchs #MegaBanks vs #Union #Occupy #NoDAPL #BLM #SDF #DACA #MeToo #Humanity #FeelTheBern

JinJiyanAzadi #BijiRojava Inside the Democratic Forces of Syria [UPDATES]

https://www.reuters.com/news/picture/inside-the-democratic-forces-of-syria-idUSRTX1VTG7/

On the battlefield with the U.S.-backed Syrian rebel alliance…

RELATED UPDATE: Interview with Ruken Ehmed on Jîna Amîni and the philosophy of 'Jin, Jiyan, Azadî'

RELATED UPDATE: Hengaw's Comprehensive Report on the Death of 142 Kurds During the "Woman, Life, Freedom" Movement on its Second Anniversary

RELATED UPDATE: Brother of Kurdish protester killed in ‘Jin, Jiyan, Azadi’ uprising sentenced to prison

RELATED UPDATE: Academy of Jineoloji Conference publishes Final Declaration

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Mexmûr (Makhmour) located in the triangle between Mosul, Kerkûk and Hewler in Northern Iraq/South Kurdistan, is a place where over 10.000 Kurds from Southeastern Turkey/North Kurdistan, especially from the Botan Region, found refuge. The people, who fled the war of the Turkish state in the early 90s, stayed in different camps temporarily before reaching Mexmûr Camp 20 years ago, which is supposed to be formally protected by the United Nations and the Iraqi Government. 20 years ago, this place was nothing more than a piece of desert, without trees, plants or access to clean water. Almost everyone at the camp claims that in the beginning, there was nothing but scorpions and snakes in the desert and that many people, among them children, had died from the living conditions. Although the camp is supposed to enjoy protection from national and international institutions, when it comes to the building of the foundations for living, it is the people of Mexmûr themselves whose spirit, confidence and power built all the houses, schools, academies, cooperatives, hospitals and institutions for the people. Many of those, who came here as children back then, are now the workers, mothers, teachers and thinkers holding society and life together. As a group of activists from Europe, we visited the camp in the summer of 2018.

Rarely one can see a place where the reality of the Kurdish people is reflected as well as in Mexmûr. The camp tells the story of war and resistance in Northern Kurdistan on one side, and the struggles and rebellions of South Kurdistan and West Kurdistan (Rojava) in the past few years on the other side. The people of Mexmûr have seen war and oppression caused by the Turkish state, as well as having been active part of the resistance of the Kurdish people against it in the 90s. While their villages were destroyed by the state, because they refused to collaborate with the state against the guerrillas, the people of Botan led popular people’s uprisings (serhildan). They have experienced attacks by ISIS/Daesh in 2014 and responded with the legacy of organized physical and mental self-defence of the peoples and the Kurdish freedom movement all over Kurdistan. Now, their social, political and economic structure represents an answer and a solution for the crises caused by colonialism, capitalism, nationalism and patriarchy. As one woman from the women’s assembly put it: “This camp exists because the people here reject the capitalist and nation-state system. This is the reason why we were expelled from our homes. And that’s why nobody here decides against our system and decides to leave the camp, because they already have decided against the capitalist system 25 years ago.”

The systems that oppressed the Kurds in all parts of Kurdistan for many decades amongst other things rely on the idea of dependency of people on a higher instance, a state. The only possible radical response against this is a system which is detached from any state presence or intervention, a system which is for the most part self-governed by the people and where all pillars of life are built up and shaped by society itself. And to fight against a system, which oppresses young people and women in particular, it is also essential that the youth and women fight and take part in the very heart of the resistance. This reality became clear to us as soon as we arrived in the camp.

Just some footsteps away from the place we stayed in was the youth center. On our first evening we were invited there to a culture and poetry event organized by the youth of Mexmûr. People at the camp repeatedly emphasized that the youth, especially young women, were incredibly creative, active and talented in the realm of literature, arts, music and other handicrafts, despite having limited opportunities. Every artistic and creative space was filled by the energy and spirit of the youth. We felt this when we visited an art studio, which was full of paintings by the young people of Mexmûr, expressing the reality of war, rebellion, nature and women in Kurdistan. The same energy was felt when young women showed us their handmade scarves and bracelets. When we invited them to come over in the evening, they brought dozens of friends just within a few hours, dancing, playing their instruments and singing songs of resistance with us. When experiencing all of this, the role of the youth and young women as part of a transformative, revolutionary process became so much more evident. At the same time, one also realizes what it means for young people to grow up in the reality of capitalism, which, while pretending to be the center of individual liberty, leaves no space for young people to freely develop to their full potential in an environment based on isolation, damaging dependency, pressure and violence. If anything, the current system does the very opposite, it exploits all kinds of creative energy and action, which could eventually turn into rebellion and could potentially tear down the mask of capitalism. It makes us lose a huge part of our ability to transform ourselves and society, a huge part of our ability to even believe that another life is possible and that we all could be the makers of a revolution.

Another driving force of change is the women’s movement. Every woman in the camp is connected to the women’s assembly, which is named after the Mesopotamian goddess Ishtar and was founded in 2003. From what they told us about the history of the camp, one could see that women have built the base for many of the achievements of Mexmûr over the last 20 years. Besides their experience in fighting against sexist traditions and false beliefs as well as in resisting the nationalism of the Turkish state, their knowledge and consciousness of their own history is another remarkable part of their resistance. Becoming reconnected with history, especially as women, is one aim of Jineolojî, a radical women’s science that criticizes positivist and rationalist science and instead creates a science that analyzes the hidden history and reality of women and resisting societies. Jineolojî, a combination of the Kurdish term for woman, jin, and the Greek term logos, means ‘women’s science’ and stands at the center of the theoretical and scientific struggle of the Kurdish women’s movement, for instance at the Martyr Jiyan women’s academy in Mexmûr. ‘5000 years ago, women became the first colony. Since then, the reality and identity of women have been buried in darkness. What is this darkness? It is different ideologies, like sexism or religious fundamentalism. What we try to do through Jineolojî is to bring women’s reality to light again’, says one member of the Ishtar women’s assembly. Ishtar women’s assembly does not only work in the sphere of science and education, but also has autonomous committees for health, economy, media/press, self-defence, culture, society and more. With all committees and their own perspectives as women, they permanently keep up with all women in the camp, the communes, the autonomous young women’s assembly and the general people’s assembly of Mexmûr. It is a place where people constantly stay connected, not only to solve and discuss current problems and questions of the communes. The assembly should not be understood as a mere formal venue for social and political organization, but as an organic sociality. After all, all of its members are at the same time family, friends, neighbors and comrades.

In its members’ own words, the Ishtar women’s assembly aims to build an ‘ethical-political society’ based on the liberation of all genders. Also taking into account the ways in which capitalism has tried to turn people into passive, numb objects, building an ethical-political society implies becoming active, political subjects again, to be in motion, to embody the flow of change of an uprising society which breaks the chains of a 5000-year-old oppressive system. This reality could be seen in the work and efforts of the youth, in the women’s assembly and in all institutions.

The teachers working in the academies and schools make their own schoolbooks and even teach subjects like Jineolojî.

The self-governed hospital started as a small tent 20 years ago, and now it provides adequate health care every day for everyone in the camp. In a joint effort, the hospital and the health committees of Mexmûr already started other projects as well, such as a center for autistic children.

The cooperatives, which are at the center of the economic system of the camp, offer their groceries and goods without being orientated on profit, but to cover the needs of the communes only. The economy committee, which states that their aim is to communize the economy, is about to create an economy where nobody is poor or rich, where nobody is exploited and where nature is protected and respected.

The social, educational, political and economic structure in Mexmûr is self-governed by the people. ‘The system we have here is one that includes all people so that nobody is left out. Everyone can take part, from an elderly mother to young people to children. Every group in society can participate in these works’, explains a woman from the economy committee. Despite all difficulties, for example concerning electricity, water, medical resources and more, life in Mexmûr keeps flourishing. It roots in the lands where goddesses like Ishtar were once worshipped, and now it keeps growing with the experiences of people who have witnessed the uprising in Kurdistan in the 90s and the historical resistance – especially of women – against fascism, nationalism and patriarchy in the last decades.

If there is one thing that revolutionary socialist, feminist or anarchist movements could learn from Mexmûr, I believe it is the idea that one cannot change the world without revolutionizing the relationship between oneself and society, which means becoming an active part of the social dynamics, not in order to reach ‘the aim’, but as a basic, ongoing attitude and resistance against the isolation imposed on us by capitalism. Another woman from Ishtar women’s assembly said that all the sexist and capitalist mentalities we carry inside of us must be ‘vomited out’ in order to make room for something new. Only by filling this new room with an organized struggle, a free life, free communes, a blooming earth and the revolutionary love and arts we wish for will be made possible.

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With Respect and Longing to the Leaders and Pioneering Communist Women of our Women's Freedom Struggle

Women of the Communist and Maoist movement in Turkey

From the Maoist Komünist Parti

Let's Increase the Fight Against Attacks on Women Revolutionaries

While women and oppressed sexual identities in Turkey and Northern Kurdistan continue their activities for both March 8 and local elections without slowing down, the detention, arrest, sexual harassment and torture attacks of the AKP-MHP fascist misogynistic alliance against women revolutionaries and politicians are increasing. Revolutionary activity is wanted to be prevented. The conclusion we can draw from the enemy becoming so aggressive should be, on the one hand, the fact that we are on the right track, and, on the other hand, to increase the efforts to thwart these attacks. Because this is what the women who are murdered, who are subjected to violence, harassment and rape every day, the working women who are subjected to all kinds of labor exploitation, and the oppressed sexual identities whose very existence is denied, expect from us. The fact that at least 3 women are murdered every day is now expressed in larger numbers. 8 women are murdered in one day!

While the fascist AKP-MHP Alliance is trying to destroy women revolutionaries with the help of the state, it is making the entire female masses do this through the hands of "the men closest to them". Violence, sexual assaults and murders against women and oppressed sexual identities receive legal protection in male state courts. Women who practice self-defense are given heavy penalties. With its "sacred family" policies, it aims to dissolve and imprison women and oppressed sexual identities within that family.

The united struggle of women is to combine the struggle for women whose closest relatives are murdered by men every day, and the struggle against male state attacks on patriotic, revolutionary socialist communist women who struggle in the mountains, in prisons, and in all areas of life. Our enemy is common, so our struggle must also be common.

Finally, as we commemorate our immortalized female comrades once again, let's make the upcoming March 8th a strong point where we will raise our united women's struggle and hold ourselves accountable against the male state that tries to turn our lives into hell.

This is our promise to our female comrades who have become immortal. We will win! Grow the rebellion against male domination and fascism! March to the women's revolution! Long live the united struggle of women!

KBDH General Council 01 March 2024

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August 15th 2024: 40 Years of armed struggle in Kurdistan

The 15th of August and the ongoing and unbroken guerrilla warfare in Kurdistan is the proof nothing is impossible and the hope for another world does not have to stay a dream or distant utopia. This brochure shows the impression of this reality and can become a source of inspiration & power for the readers in the imperialist metropolises. This makes it even more important to take this knowledge of the past 40 years of the revolutionary movement and to make it accessible & to collectivize it. With this one and many other brochures and texts there were many steps taken in this direction, but still there is a sheer infinite treasure trove of experience and knowledge concealed.

It is the task of all of us to appropriate this knowledge, to study the experiences of the revolution in Kurdistan on the basis of authentic material and to incorporate them in the struggle for freedom worldwide.

Read more:

https://riseup4rojava.org/38-years-of-armed-struggle/

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Following the police attack against the Kurdish Assembly in London, who were meeting to celebrate the anniversary of the birth of the Kurdish freedom movement, the assembly has released this appeal:

Over the past 10 years, KCK (NADEK) and Peace in Kurdistan (CAMPACC) have worked to bring communities together, uniting with them towards the common goal of democracy, equality, women's rights and the right to self-determination.

The government-backed attack on NADEK by the police is not just an attack on Kurds, it is an attack on All oppressed communities and the mission of NADEK! In response we're going to expand our 'Decriminalise Communities' campaign, starting with a Hashtag Storm TONIGHT at 19:00pm GMT.

#decriminaliseNADEK

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By: Armin Navabi

Published: Feb 6, 2023

A protest becomes a revolution when the protesters have hope, determination, and unity. This is why sowing division is a tried and true tactic used by unpopular leaders the world over to cling to power. This has been the Iranian regime’s recipe for survival for the past four decades. They turn different groups against each other by invoking ancient hatred and historical tensions. They do not invent the hate, but they inflame and weaponize it, pitting men against women with religion, ethnicities against each other using the fear of separatist movements, and religious people against secularists with warnings of degeneracy and depravity.

But now everything has changed. A 22-year-old woman's brutal death at the hands of Iran's morality police has laid waste to 40 years of efforts to divide and conquer. The recent protests — or revolution, as many Iranians insist — began after Mahsa Amini died in police custody after being arrested for her "improper" hijab (head covering) while visiting Tehran from the Kurdistan Province in Iran. As news spread and the people of Iran watched in horror, the same thought crossed their minds: “That could be my daughter.” “That could be my sister.” Against all odds, in a country where division over religion, ethnicity, and gender has been common, many Iranians have put aside their differences and are now united in one goal. Mahsa Amini's murder has brought people from all walks of life into the streets across Iran, demanding the end not merely of the morality police, but of the regime itself. Some loose strands of hair were enough to get Amini killed. They were also enough to bind a divided nation together in solidarity.

I'm not in the mood to talk about the Nobel Prize. https://t.co/8aq9SDhFRT

Women young and old are tearing off and burning their hijabs in the streets in protest against the Islamic regime. Even those unable to walk are joining the protests, as demonstrated by this woman in a wheelchair chanting, "Don't be afraid, don't be afraid, we are together."

For years, the Islamic Republic has told the people that Iran will be fractured and ultimately torn apart by Arab, Turkish, Baluch, and mainly Kurdish separatist groups if the regime falls. Leveraging Iranians' strong desire to protect their borders, the regime scares people into support by fearmongering about the potential success of Kurdish separatist groups. You may have some disagreements with us, but we are the only thing standing in the way of anarchy. But the spell of such propaganda seems to have broken. Non-Kurdish protesters across Iran now chant in support of Kurdish Iranians, including "Woman, Life, Freedom", a phrase which is Kurdish in origin. This slogan reflects the spirit of the protests and has captured the attention of people worldwide. The fact that this Kurdish chant is shouted across Iran’s ethnic groups highlights the unity among protesters.

The 1979 Islamic Revolution in Iran, which ushered in the current theocratic regime, also divided people along religious lines. In my childhood, I was introduced to the dichotomy: my friends and family were more liberal-minded and anti-regime, while the very religious pro-regime schools and media attempted to brainwash me. Being religious always seemed to go hand in hand with being pro-regime, and yet, more and more, the devout have been joining the anti-regime ranks for the past few years. These demonstrations have exposed this trend. Among those who have been arrested are some of the most pious, including women who wear the chador (a type of hijab that very religious women wear in Iran). Standing shoulder to shoulder with them are religious men.

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Despite all the laws and regulations that segregate and set them against each other, the men and women of Iran have come together to show the regime that a desire for freedom transcends gender and tradition. We have seen religious men appeal to their fellows by invoking the injustice inflicted on Imam Hussain, the martyred grandson of the Prophet Muhammad revered by Shia Muslims, imploring them to rise and stand against the injustice done to Mahsa. One man shouted that any man who doesn't stand up today is the same as those who betrayed Imam Hussain, and they will not be able to look him in the eyes in the afterlife. Along the same lines, a former TV presenter for the regime reminded people of the upcoming anniversary of the Prophet Muhammad's demise, showing respect for the prophet and demonstrating his religious sentiments, but then warning protesters to be on guard for false flag operations which might take the form of government agents burning the Quran and pulling chadors from women while pretending to be anti-regime protesters. His warning is an obvious indication that he supports the protesters, but he makes it even more explicit when he includes himself among them by saying, "We are fighting for freedom."

One area of concern is over LGBT issues. Contrary to the wishes of the regime, more and more Iranian LGBT activist groups have been springing up in recent years. Still, religious and traditional Iranians lag far behind on LGBT rights, and it remains a polarizing and unpopular issue. In an attempt to build the broadest possible coalition against the regime, some supporters are asking LGBT members to put their LGBT activism on the back burner, including requests that people not protest with rainbow flags [mainly in solidarity protests outside of Iran] and to try to blend in with others so that the regime can't use them to separate religious and traditional protesters from their ranks. The process of political sausage-making is rarely pretty, though it stands to reason that, should the regime fall, a more secular and democratic government would invariably be better for LGBT Iranians.

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The central theme of the uprising has been putting aside differences and uniting against the regime. In a moment that perfectly captures the message of unity, you can hear men chant “Woman, Life, Freedom” and the women respond “Man, Nation, Prosperity.” No matter the class, religion, ethnicity, or gender, Iranians are standing together. It's your turn to stand with them. Use the English and Persian hashtags, #MahsaAmini and #مهسا_امینی to bring attention to what's happening in Iran. Lend your voice to the chorus to cast down repressive theocracy. Today, we are all Mahsa.

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Funny how people who are actually oppressed aren't competing against each other for oppression points.

The universality and unanimity of this revolution might be one of the most remarkable things of all. Feminists are being asked to put away the man-hate slogans, LGBT people are being asked to put away the rainbow flags, because those will factionalize the movement, put men and more conservative religious types off-side, and create opportunities for the regime to divide and conquer. And they are. Because those are fights for another day. It's Iran, together, against the regime.

"Be with the people, one hand and one form with the rest."

Iran is a country that will be free.

Remember the Women's March in the US in 2017? Its most memorable symbol was a woman in a hijab, it featured a pro-Sharia Islamist among its most vocal representatives, and it descended into endless episodes of Intersectional madness, such as the pussyhat fiasco, which resulted in a furore, an apology and the deletion of the knitting pattern when feminists and Gender Studies professors insisted it wasn't sufficiently inclusive to women with penises. And also racism. Somehow. 🤡 When you're privileged and free, and your oppression is imaginary, the fight to the bottom is a mad scramble.

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Islamism is not liberation - solidarity with Israel

Islamism is not liberation - solidarity with Israel ❤️

There are people who do not understand why we are in solidarity with the revolutionaries in Iran, why we are also in solidarity with the Kurdish revolutionaries in Rojava, but why we would never and under no circumstances show solidarity with the ‘Palestinian liberation movement’. We don't understand what these people don't understand.

The ‘Palestinian Liberation Movement’ is not a liberation movement. It is a national movement that is exclusively controlled and directed by Islamist and annihilationist antisemitic forces.

While the Iranian and Kurdish revolutionaries are fighting for equality, democracy and freedom, the Palestinian National Movement is fighting for the destruction of Israel.

While Iranian and Kurdish revolutionaries want nothing more than nation-state self-determination, the Palestinian national movement has repeatedly been offered its own state of Palestine since 1948. Time and again, this national movement has rejected this state and declared that it wants to destroy Israel first.

In Rojava, no one is calling for the annihilation of Turkey or a ‘Kurdistan from the Taurus to the Bosphorus’. The revolutionaries in Iran are not calling for a ‘Baluchistan from Zahedan to Tabriz’ either. Only the Palestinian national movement can openly call for ‘Palestine from the river to the sea’ and wish ‘the Jews’ would ‘go back to where they came from’ without anyone critically questioning whether this national movement is still completely clean.

While Iranian and Kurdish revolutionaries are actively fighting against Islamism and its tyranny, the Palestinian national movement is largely financed, armed and controlled by the Iranian mullah regime (and other misanthropes).

Never before have Iranian and Kurdish revolutionaries gone murdering and torturing through villages in Turkey, killing hundreds of innocent Turkish civilians. Never before have Iranian and Kurdish revolutionaries hidden behind children.

Those who are in solidarity with emancipatory liberation movements can never be in solidarity with the Palestinian National Movement. The Palestinian National Movement is an enemy of freedom and a bloody obstacle on the path to peace in the Middle East.

Never peace with Islamism and annihilationist antisemitism.

Free Gaza from Hamas.

@Königlich Bayerische Antifa

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Kurdish political prisoner in Iran calls for resistance on International Women’s Day

Kurdish political prisoner Zeinab Jalalian marks International Women's Day with a powerful message from Yazd prison in Iran. In her letter, Jalalian celebrates the courage of women around the world, particularly those in Rojhilat and wider Iran, who resist oppression and fight for freedom.

Zeinab Jalalian, a Kurdish political prisoner in Iran for the past 17 years and under imminent threat of execution, has written a poignant letter from Yazd prison celebrating the resilience and resistance of women worldwide, with particular reference to the struggles and sacrifices of women in Rojhilat (Iranian Kurdistan) and wider Iran.

Her letter, published on the eve of International Women’s Day on 8 March, underlined the wider struggle against injustice and the ongoing quest for freedom and equality.

Jalalian’s message is not just a commemoration but a call to action, highlighting the significance of 8 March in the wake of the ‘Jin Jiyan Azadî’ (Woman, Life, Freedom) movement, which has faced a severe backlash, including brutal attacks and arrests aimed at suppressing the women’s resistance movement. This movement, in Jalaliyan’s view, is a symbol of resilience against the regressive forces and ideologies of groups such as the Islamic State (ISIS), with the support of international powers.

Furthermore, Jalalian extended her message to the plight of Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) leader Abdullah Öcalan, the founder of the slogan and idea of ‘Jin Jiyan Azadî’, who has been imprisoned for 25 years in Turkey’s İmralı Island Prison as a result of what she describes as an international conspiracy. She called for support for Öcalan, framing his freedom as an integral part of the wider struggle for liberation and justice in which she and others are engaged.

In her letter, Jalalian highlighted the interconnectedness of struggles across borders and the vital role of international solidarity in confronting injustice and standing up for the rights of the oppressed.

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Sakine Cansız, a founding member of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) and one of the leading figures in the Kurdish women’s movement, who was killed with two other female activists in Paris a decade ago, predicted today’s nationwide “Jin, Jîyan, Azadî – Woman, Life, Freedom” uprising led by Kurdish women in Iran, way back in 2011.

Cansız’s 2011 interview during a conference of the Eastern Kurdistan Women’s Union, which included an analysis of and predictions about the women’s struggle in the Kurdish-populated regions of western Iran known as Rojhilat, was published for the first time in 2022.

Cansız stresses in the interview that the Kurdish women’s struggle has the power to lead not only Kurdish women but also all Persian, Baloch and Azeri women in the region.

“Women have no friends other than the struggle for freedom,” she says.

Emphasising the historical importance of women organising in Rojhilat, Cansız says, “The greatest response to the system that stole women’s freedom from them was women joining the struggle.”

Born in Tunceli (Dersim) in eastern Turkey in 1958 and becoming one of the first pioneers of the Kurdish Women’s Movement, Cansız was imprisoned after the 12 September 1980 military coup in the infamous Diyarbakır (Amed) Prison, which would later go down in the country’s history for the inhumane treatment and torture of its prisoners.

After she was released from prison in 1991, she was among the founders of the Patriotic Women’s Association, the first Kurdish women’s institution in the metropolitan city of Istanbul.

Cansız was still an active and prominent member of the Kurdish women’s movement when she was killed in 2013 in a Kurdish information centre in Paris. The gunman, who was Turkish, allegedly had connections with the Turkish intelligence service (MİT) and as well as Cansız, he killed two other female activists; Fidan Doğan, who was at the time a diplomatic representative of the Kurdistan National Congress, and Leyla Şaylemez, a Kurdish youth movement activist.

That incident has remained unresolved and has caused great distress among the Kurds, fuelling mistrust in European institutions.

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INFOREEL : Limelight On Bolochistan

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Assalamualaikum, namaskar

Today we will limelight on bolochistan.

Estimated 10,000 to 20,000 and more baloch are missing since 2006 after The assassination of veteran Baloch leader nawab Akbar Bugti - he was the first who acknowledges the plight of bolochistan and boloch who was being looted by the army regime of Pakistan , he strive for the equal right for boloch in Pakistan, but what's the end result, assassination he was assassinated by the Pak agency and this led the continues assassinations & abductions of thousands of baloch who spoke for their rights in Balochistan and outside Balochistan the prominent example is the assassination of Karima baloch in 2020 she was the outspoken baloch activist living in Canada for almost five years .

I ask only this? Where Is muslim ummah, where are they , muslim ummah always stands & defend for the rights of muslims - correct ,but when it's comes to bolochistan why are they silence, Are Baloch not enough to be a Muslims ? The struggle is already been for 20 years and more How much will u wait to speak up.

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