Syria

Germany: Lift the ban on the PKK!
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Kurds protest in Dusseldorf.

By Florian Wilde, Die Linke member

November 3, 2014 -- International Viewpoint, submitted to Links International Journal of Socialist Renewal by the author -- The West has suddenly begun supporting various Kurdish organisations in its fight against the Islamic State.

So why is the largest Kurdish organisation of all, the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK), still outlawed? This article discusses current developments in Kurdistan and gives a brief overview of the history of the Kurdish liberation movement and the PKK’s illegal status in Germany. It argues for a radical left strategy focused on defeating the ban on the PKK.

Critique of Patrick Cockburn’s ‘Whose side is Turkey on?’
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Rojava’s autonomous cantons: What a revolution looks like
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Emerging Kurdistan: socialist or capitalist?
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What kind of Kurdistan for women? (+ video)
Malalai Joya: 'Fiery salutations to the brave women of Kobane'
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Kurdish leader: 'We are the only humanist shield against barbarity'
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Adam Hanieh: Gulf states, neoliberalism and liberation in the Middle East
Kurds: Statement by People's Democratic Party (Turkey) on developments in Rojava
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Socialist Alliance: Solidarity with Rojava revolution! West prefers IS killers to humane, pro-woman, democratic revolution
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Why does Russia continue to hang on to Assad?

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Kobanê: Heroic defence resists ‘Islamic State’ assault; 'Kobanê will be a grave for IS'
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The People’s Democracy Party (HDP) leader Selahattin Demirtas, who won nearly 10% in the recent presidential election. The HDP is leading a big campaign of solidarity with Rojava against the IS assault.

By Dave Holmes

September 27, 2014 -- Green Left Weekly/Links International Journal of Socialist Renewal -- Besieged since September 15, the northern Syrian Kurdish-majority city of Kobanê (Arabic name: Ayn al-Arab) has mounted an heroic, all-out resistance to the murderous 'Islamic State' (IS, formerly referred to as "ISIS") gangs.

As of September 25, despite all the superior heavy weaponry deployed by the IS, it appears that fierce resistance and determined counterattacks have halted or slowed the assault. Nonetheless, the IS thugs have pushed closer to the city centre than ever before and the situation remains perilous.