WORLD KOBANê DAY: In the face of state complicity, let’s organize people’s solidarity!
Kobanê will not fall! Just 9 years ago, as the city was encircled by the forces of the self-proclaimed Islamic State, whose advance had been lightning-fast, a day of international mobilization was organized in support of the Kurdish resistance. On November 1, 2014, millions of people rise up around the world to express their support for Kobanê and denounce the international community’s inaction and the collusion of certain states with Daesh.
A decisive turning point in the war waged by the self-defense forces of the Federation of North and East Syrian (YPG/YPJ), the battle of Kobanê was a few months later the first major setback suffered by the Islamic State. It marked the beginning of its retreat and eventual downfall.
The fierceness of the fighting and the resulting loss of human life made the heroic resistance of the self-defense forces a symbol of global resistance against the forces of reaction. A modern-day Stalingrad, this battle will forever be remembered as the one that changed the course of the war in Syria and the Middle East.
This battle, and the subsequent liberation of the Syrian northeast, was the triumph of a self- administrated, democratic, ecological, multi-ethnic and multicultural project founded on women’s freedom against a fundamentalist and fascist order.
“Una respuesta a los ataques del ejército turco”
El atentado del domingo ante el Ministerio del Interior turco, reivindicado por el Partido de los Trabajadores del Kurdistán (PKK), sorprendió a muchos, ya que los atentados suicidas no eran una táctica habitual del PKK desde hacía tiempo. ¿Por qué utilizó el PKK este medio?
En mi opinión, no se trata de atentados suicidas, sino de acciones de autosacrificio en el marco de la autodefensa contra los ataques genocidas del ejército turco contra el pueblo kurdo en Turquía, Irak y Siria. El Estado turco está llevando a cabo la campaña de guerra psicológica “Hemos acabado con el PKK en Turquía, sólo quedan en Irak y Siria”. Los camaradas recordaron a los gobernantes fascistas que el PKK también existe en el lugar donde se organizó por primera vez y que los kurdos pueden defenderse en el mismo lugar donde se planean los ataques contra ellos.
Call To Action: Riseup against Turkish Warcrimes in North Eastern Syria
To all supporters of the Kurdish liberation struggle, anti-fascists, socialists, feminists, anarchists,
communists, environmentalists, and those dedicated to a better world,
Turkey has launched probably the most widespread bombing campaign North-Eastern Syria has faced so far.
Since October 5th, Turkey has conducted more than 30 airstrikes, primarily in the Cizîre region and Kobanê.
These airstrikes have targeted vehicles, villages, and especially critical civilian infrastructure, including oil-
and power plants & gas stationsresulting in civilian casualties and casualties among internal security forces.
Large areas experienced a total power blackout with many hospitals, bread-factories and other critical
public-institutions completely without electricity. The attacks continued this morning when a Corona-
Hospital & a power station were targeted.
Despite the obvious war crimes, no reaction has been heard from the international community so far.
These attacks followed threats by Turkey’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Hakan Fidan, directed at the self-
administered region. The pretext for these threats was a self-sacrificial action that took place on October 1st
in Ankara, claimed by the People’s Defence Forces (HPG). The Turkish Minister of Foreign Affairs declared
that the attackers came from North-Eastern Syria, justifying these attacks on “all infrastructure,
superstructure, and energy facilities,” especially in Syria and Iraq.