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1. Rojava Revolution- seven years on

   Middle East Dave Holmes Turkey's war on Afrin Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) Syrian ... women are empowered to enjoy their full human rights and which is based on grassroots democracy and ... Democratic Forces (SDF) July 19 marked the seventh anniversary of northern Syria’s Rojava Revolution. On that ...

2. Turkey, hands off Rojava!

   Middle East Dave Holmes Turkey's war on Rojava Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) People's ... Defense Units (YPG) Women's Protection Units (YPJ) Turkish forces have invaded Rojava — the ... a resurgence. With the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), the military arm of the AA, focused on resisting the ...

3. Rojava Revolution: What does the ‘safe zone’ deal mean?

   Middle East Dave Holmes Turkish military Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) Women's Protection ... involvement of women and the relentless efforts to empower them is simply without historical precedent. All ... genuine people’s revolutions have drawn women into the struggle to some extent, but never like this. In ...

4. Kobane: Epic resistance increases pressure on US and Turkey

   Imperialism & war International solidarity Democracy National liberation Dave Holmes Kobane’s ... prolonged, unyielding resistance — especially the heavy frontline involvement of women — has won admiration ... so. Every day the resistance holds out increases the pressure on Turkey and the imperialist powers. ...

5. Why the ban on the PKK is wrong

   cooperation, based on grassroots assemblies and in which women are being empowered to step forward and ... Anti-racism Democracy Economy Imperialism & war Socialist Alliance Dave Holmes Kurdistan ... Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) has been included on Australia's list of terrorist organisations. It is ...

6. Rojava conference to discuss support for commune-style democracy

   Women's Protection Units (YPJ) Naarm/Melbourne A conference on the Rojava Revolution will be held as the ... Syria: An experiment in radical democracy, feminism & ecology” will be held in Melbourne on June 30 ... problems it faces and to build support for it. For six years Syria has been engulfed in a terrible war. The ...

7. The lies that keep the PKK on terror list

   that the PKK places on women’s rights and the role women play in the organisation, this latter ... developed into a full­scale war on the Kurdish people. Erdogan hopes that in a climate of violence and fear, ... happy to repeat its lies. Stop the war, re­start peace talks The Erdogan regime is waging a war on the ...

8. Turkey: Erdogan manoeuvres to retain power after election shock

   Imperialism & war Workers & unions Socialism Anti-racism Economy Democracy National ... on its support. The MHP is also vehemently opposed to peace talks with the PKK. On July 1 a new ... Hurriyet Daily News said. Clearly, a resumption of the war between the PKK and the state would be an ...

9. Why the Kurdish struggle is so important

   show very clearly the tremendous role women are playing in the fight on both sides of the border. The ... Imperialism & war Socialism Feminism Anti-racism International solidarity Democracy Economy ... pamphlet The Kurdish Freedom Struggle Today in Melbourne on September 29. Holmes is a co-author of the ...

10. 'We need our version of the Rojava Revolution right here'-- speech to Melbourne meeting marking PKK founding

    Imperialism & war Socialism Feminism Anti-racism International solidarity Democracy Economy ... has once more been kept on the list of terrorist organisations. The Turkish regime sent officials to ... — and in particular the unprecedented frontline role of women — electrified millions of people around ...

11. Kurds mobilise to fight Islamic State

    exposure. The IS has massacred hundreds of Yezidis and kidnapped large numbers of women. Ekurd.net said on ... Imperialism & war International solidarity Democracy National liberation Dave Holmes The ... post-World War I big-power settlement, the Kurds are the world’s largest ethnic group without a state of ...

12. Kurdish Paris march highlights hypocrisy-- different killings, different standards

    Imperialism & war Anti-racism International solidarity Democracy National liberation Dave ... Hebdo office, another demonstration marked another set of killings in the French capital. On January 10, ... three Kurdish women activists of the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) and to protest the French ...

13. An inspiring glimpse of Rojava's revolution

    Imperialism & war Anti-racism Democracy National liberation Dave Holmes Kobane Rojava ... revolution Naarm/Melbourne An August 11 meeting at the Melbourne Trades Hall heard an inspiring report on the ... University of Newcastle academic and now a central figure on the Kobane Reconstruction Board, spoke for ...

14. Kurdish liberated zone appeals for support against assault by Islamic State thugs

    Imperialism & war International solidarity Democracy National liberation Dave Holmes Since ... the disintegrating Iraqi army. The defenders managed to hold out and inflict a heavy defeat on the IS ... besieged on three sides. The IS forces are using rockets, artillery and tanks to bombard the defenders. ...

15. Kobane: Heroic defence resists ‘Islamic State’ assault

    Australian government) talks about waging war on the IS but the real fight against the fundamentalists is ... Imperialism & war International solidarity Democracy National liberation Dave Holmes Besieged ... and to empower women. The contrast between this humane, democratic project and that of the brutal, ...

16. Campaign launched to de-list the PKK

    Anti-racism Democracy Imperialism & war International solidarity Dave Holmes Kurdistan ... Third World migrant communities, the women’s movement, the Indigenous rights movement, from trade ... unionists and environmentalists. The website contains background material on the Kurdish question and ...

17. Ambitious conference to discuss support for Rojava

    war. The original democratic revolt against the Assad regime has given way to a brutal multi-sided ... conflict. But in the midst of this carnage, under threat on all sides, the freedom struggle in Rojava is ... building a radical commune-style democracy. Unprecedented efforts are being made to empower women. A new ...

18. Patriotism is a dangerous myth

    Imperialism & war Dave Holmes Australian and New Zealand Army Corps (ANZAC) ANZAC day ... — politicians, business moguls, journalists in the corporate media, and so on — are all patriotic. But we should ... a tiny minority — the corporate rich — own the economic infrastructure on which we all depend. The rich ...

19. Socialist Summer School energises activists for a busy year

    Alliance, the event was held at Sydney University's Women's College from January 4-7. Some 210 ... heard plenary talks given by leaders of the DSP and Resistance on a number of key problems of the ... struggle for socialism. "What is Marxism?"; "War, revolution and imperialism"; ...

20. Free speech under attack in Brunswick

    and refugees; real action on climate change; opposing the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan; and so on ... dead location — and impose oppressive insurance conditions to boot. On February 20, GLW supporters ... and a half we had collected about 80 signatures on a petition. Management called police, who shut the ...

21. Turkey: Left party takes centre stage with bold campaign

    discriminated against across the country. This includes women, workers, the Alevi religious community, ... began withdrawing its armed forces to bases in northern Iraq. The bloody civil war appeared to have ... election rallies waving a Koran. Bomb attacks On May 18, simultaneous bomb blasts hit HDP offices in the ...

22. What would a liveable city look like?

    beings. However, on the ground and actually living and working in this wonder, things are quite different: ... those of the mass of working people who live and toil in them. Today the destructive effect on the ... life-threatening pollution and a vast network of roads and car parks that scar the urban landscape. People live on ...