Abdullah Ocalan
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Xebat Andok (Kurdistan Democratic Communities Union): On Democratic Confederalism
Defending Rojava means defending Abdullah Öcalan
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By Internationalist Commune
Öcalan’s Strategic Success on Imralı
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Geopolitics of Syrian Kurds and military cooperation with the US
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By Ercan Ayboga
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The Kurdish struggle – An interview with Dilar Dirik
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Dilar Dirik interviewed by George Souvlis, first published at Salvage
George Souvlis: By way of introduction, could you explain what personal experiences strongly influenced you, politically and academically?
Dilar Dirik: As a Kurd, you can never run from your identity, because your identity is essentially political and the level of your political consciousness acts as a self-defense as the only way to secure your survival and existence. That is why insistence on the free expression of your self-determined identity is portrayed as political controversy, nationalism, or terrorism by the capitalist-statist system.