An action was held outside the Turkish Embassy in London as part of the days of action against the Ilisu dam. UK news website The Canary wrote: Around 50 people joined a protest to call on Turkey not to destroy hundreds of majority-Kurdish villages within its borders. The government plans to fill a controversial dam …
Under the motto “#riseup4rojava” Kurds, internationalists and left-wing groups met on 8th of June in the German city of Leipzig and demonstrated with the slogan “Break isolation, fight fascism, liberate Kurdistan” through the city centre. Many colourful flags made the solidarity with the revolution in Kurdistan clear! German weapons out of Kurdistan – smash turkish …
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On May 28, activists demonstrate in Berlin and occupy the podium of the Rheinmetall stockholders’ meeting and interrupt it for 45 minutes. Against arms exports, the war in Yemen and the occupation in Afrin. For life!
Portugal – an action have been organized regarding european elections, in solidarity with hunger strike and calling for riseup4rojava English (Português abaixo) “On 8 November 2018, in Dyarbakir prison, Leyla Güven, a Kurdish parliamentarian of the HDP, began a new wave of resistance by the Kurdish people, with a hunger strike demanding compliance with legal …
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This article was originally published by The Canary news website Supporters of Kurdish hunger strikers say ‘boycott holidays in Turkey!’ by Tom Anderson On 18 May, demonstrations were held in several cities around Wales and England calling on holidaymakers to boycott tourism in Turkey. Kurdish Solidarity Cymru and the Kurdistan Solidarity Network say that tourism …
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“rompiamo l`isolamento il silenzio uccide” Break the isolation, remaining silent kills! [Italy] On Sunday, 13th May 2019, people took the street in the cities of Pisa and Bologna to show solidarity with the hunger strike & against the isolation of Abdullah Öcakan. The activists called also for the campaign #riseup4rojava
At the beginning of May a week of anti-fascist action was held on the island of Lesvos. The actions and demonstrations were held to commemorate an attack by fascists on a group of refugees who were occupying the town square of Mytilene. The refugees were protesting the conditions in the nearby state-run detention camp of …
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Internationalists against the isolation on German federal press conference At the federal press conference in Berlin, the hunger strike of thousands of people against the isolation of the kurdish thinker and leader Abdullah Öcalan was called attention to. With the words “We didn’t want to disturb for long, we’ll leave right away”, four activists at …
On the 4th May actions took place throughout the UK against Turkish tourism industry & in solidarity with the ongoing hunger strikes to demand the end of the isolation of Abdullah Öcalan. Pickets, demonstrations and direct actions took place in Bristol, Barry, Swansea, Newport, Cardiff, Roath, Brighton, Hull, Exeter, Merthyr Tydfil, Manchester, Dundee and London. …
On the 1st of May the link between local struggles and the #riseup4rojava campaign became visible in many cities around Europe. The pictures show actions in Zurich, Barcelona, Berlin & Malmö. Long live international solidarity! Banks, corporations and hypocritical governments are leading the world into a climate catastrophe. They divide the people and accumulate unimaginable …
