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abolitionmediaThe Situation in Kurdistan and the Middle East From a Revolutionary Perspective: Widerstandsvernetzung SwitzerlandFollowing the developments of recent months, we as revolutionary internationalists are confronted with various questions and contradictions that need to be analysed. First and foremost, we would like to point out that the geopolitical situation in the wake of the imperialist wars is developing at a speed that makes it impossible for us to make precise predictions. It is important for us to recognise and understand what ishappening in general and to develop our next steps from this.– The general development –Abdullah Öcalan’s appeal calls for the dissolution and disarmament of the PKK. However, this is by no means unconditional and is not aimed at ending the struggle, but at a process of renewal of the movement. As a result, the military forces in the mountains have withdrawn and moved into a position of defence. Of course, they continue to exercise their right to self-defence. “We are capable of attacking Ankara if necessary,” as the commander Murat Karayılan clearly expressed the guerrillas’ capabilities. Meanwhile, Turkey’s attacks are not only continuing unabated, they have even intensified. The whole thing has to be understood as a process, and in order to assess it correctly, we have to look at the current situation of the guerrillas in the mountains of Kurdistan, in Rojava, but also at the overall situation in the Middle East and geopolitical developments.A lot has happened in the Middle East in the last year and a half: the collapse of the Syrian regime and the takeover by the jihadist militias of Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) under al-Dscholani, the genocide in Gaza by the Israeli army and its Western allies and the war in Lebanon, to name but a few. The weakening of the axis of resistance in turn led to the further isolation of the Iranian regime. The new order in the region has not yet been established.Turkey is increasingly losing its role as the strongest regional power to the Israeli state, which in turn is supported by US imperialism. This development raises the question for Turkey of how to position itself in the Middle East in the future. Turkish fascism is responding to its political and economic crisis in an attempt to close its own ranks, i.e. to strengthen its internal front. The arrest of Ekrem İmamoğlu – the mayor of Istanbul – shows just how precarious the situation is inside Turkey. This arrest was just the last drop of oil that ignited the anger of the masses. Since then, they have taken to the streets and turned against Turkish fascism.– The free mountains of Kurdistan –The process that has been set in motion is not only the result of geopolitical developments in the region, but also of the direct military confrontation between the Turkish state and the guerrillas. Overall, the war situation in the mountains can be seen as a stalemate, which in itself represents a huge success for the guerrilla forces. The guerrillas have not only managed to hold their own ground against the second largest NATO army for several decades. It has also succeeded in developing its strategic and operational capabilities to the point where it is able to confront the enemy offensively. Recent successes in the field of air operations and air defence bear witness to this. The guerrillas are also capable of operating under the enemy’s nose and penetrating its heart.Despite numerous announcements, the Turkish army has failed to crush the guerrillas and to advance to Kandil. It is openly showing its desperation by repeatedly attacking the guerrillas’ war tunnels with chemical weapons. This situation has not come about overnight, but over many years. It is sufficient proof of the ability of the armed forces to constantly evolve, not to shy away from criticism and self- criticism and to draw consequences from them.– The revolutionary process –The revolutionary process unites two sides – the military and the political. One cannot exist without the other and yet one must be the leading side. Therefore, it is important to recognise when which side must be the leading one. A shift can open up political spaces that can be filled with content. This is the case in Syria, for example, with the fall of the Assad regime. It remains to be seen who will prevail there and how. Basically, we trust that our friends on the ground will do everything in their power to ensure that everything that has been built and fought for in Rojava in recent years is defended with all their might.The history of revolutionary movements also shows that the revolutionary process has more sides than the military one. Moreover, negotiations and ceasefires have always been a part of war. Dogmatic clinging to the old is bound to fail. . The art of developing the old into the new is not achieved in one fell swoop, but through a process – adapting to the circumstances while preserving the revolutionary content.As revolutionary internationalists in Europe, we must support progressive movements worldwide with all our strength and stand shoulder to shoulder in solidarity with all oppressed peoples in the struggle against fascism and imperialism. We must trust in our own strength and develop our own political line. The enemy – the war profiteers and warmongers – is still in our own country. Let us act according to this maxim!Widerstandsvernetzung Switzerland, March 2025<a href="https://abolitionmedia.noblogs.org/?p=18505" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://abolitionmedia.noblogs.org/?p=18505</a><a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://abolitionmedia.noblogs.org/tag/europe/" target="_blank">#europe</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://abolitionmedia.noblogs.org/tag/peace/" target="_blank">#peace</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://abolitionmedia.noblogs.org/tag/rojava/" target="_blank">#rojava</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://abolitionmedia.noblogs.org/tag/solidarity/" target="_blank">#Solidarity</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://abolitionmedia.noblogs.org/tag/swiss/" target="_blank">#swiss</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://abolitionmedia.noblogs.org/tag/west-asia/" target="_blank">#westAsia</a>

Infoladen Schwarzmarkt„Gemeinsam Kämpfen“-FLINTA Café mit Aktuellen Eindrücken aus der Frauenrevolution in Rojava in Zeiten der Umbrüche 21.04.25 18:00 – 22:00 Kölibri, Hein-Köllisch-Platz 12, Hamburg <a href="https://mastodon.bida.im/tags/Rojava" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Rojava</a> <a href="https://mastodon.bida.im/tags/Hamburg" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Hamburg</a> <a href="https://mastodon.bida.im/tags/FLINTA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FLINTA</a> <a href="https://mastodon.bida.im/tags/Sperrstunde" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Sperrstunde</a> <a href="https://sperrstunde.org/events/2025-04-21-gemeinsam-kaempfen-flinta-cafe-mit-aktuellen-eindruecken-aus-der-frauenrevolution-in-rojava-in-zeiten-der-umbrueche" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://sperrstunde.org/events/2025-04-21-gemeinsam-kaempfen-flinta-cafe-mit-aktuellen-eindruecken-aus-der-frauenrevolution-in-rojava-in-zeiten-der-umbrueche</a>

MichaelWilkUSA plant Truppenabzug aus Nordostsyrien in den nächsten Monaten. Ohne grundsätzlich Sympathie für die Außenpolitik der USA zu empfinden, schon gar nicht unter der Regie von Trump, bedeutet der geplante Rückzug der US Kontingente in Nordostsyrien <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/Rojava" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Rojava</a> eine erhöhte Gefährdung der Selbstverwaltung Aanes in <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/Rojava" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Rojava</a>. Die Spielräume des autokratischen <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/Erdoganregime" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Erdoganregime</a> und seiner islamistischen Proxitruppe SNA wachsen, ebenso wie die der HTS Übergangsregierung. <a href="https://jungle.world/blog/von-tunis-nach-teheran/2025/04/usa-planen-baldigen-truppenabzug-aus-syrien" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://jungle.world/blog/von-tunis-nach-teheran/2025/04/usa-planen-baldigen-truppenabzug-aus-syrien</a>

Gebrauchskunstgorekhaa@anarchism.space... das Jahr 6 775 ...ROJAVA. Ein Feiertag für das yezidische Neujahrsfest Çarşema Sor.https://kurdistan-au-feminin.f..."<a href="https://fedifreu.de/tags/SYRIEN" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SYRIEN</a> / <a href="https://fedifreu.de/tags/ROJAVA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ROJAVA</a> - Die Autonome Verwaltung Nord- und Ostsyriens (AANES) hat einen <a href="https://fedifreu.de/tags/Feiertag" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Feiertag</a> anlässlich des yezidischen Neujahrsfestes (Çarşema Sor) am Mittwoch, den 16. April 2025, ausgerufen. Das yezidische Neujahrsfest: Çarşema Sor Nach dem yezidischen Kalender schreiben wir das Jahr 6 775. DeepL<a href="https://fedifreu.de/tags/Neujahrsfest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Neujahrsfest</a> <a href="https://fedifreu.de/tags/yezidischesNeujahrsfest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#yezidischesNeujahrsfest</a> <a href="https://fedifreu.de/tags/%C3%87ar%C5%9FemaSor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ÇarşemaSor</a> <a href="https://fedifreu.de/tags/yezidischerKalender" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#yezidischerKalender</a> <a href="https://fedifreu.de/tags/Kalender" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Kalender</a>

elCelio 🇪🇺 🇺🇦🇸🇾 GOOD NEWS FROM SYRIA [when will the flag be changed?]The ceasefire that was brokered between the <a href="https://mastodon.uno/tags/SNA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SNA</a> (backed by <a href="https://mastodon.uno/tags/Turkey" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Turkey</a>) and the Kurds of <a href="https://mastodon.uno/tags/Rojava" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Rojava</a> (North-East <a href="https://mastodon.uno/tags/Syria" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Syria</a>) is still holding both in the city of <a href="https://mastodon.uno/tags/Aleppo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Aleppo</a> and on the <a href="https://mastodon.uno/tags/TishrinDam" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TishrinDam</a> on the <a href="https://mastodon.uno/tags/Euphrates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Euphrates</a> riverThe ceasefire was brokered with the support of the (US-led) "Global coalition" and the intervention of the army of the new Syrian transitional government (former <a href="https://mastodon.uno/tags/HTS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#HTS</a>), which will act as interposition force between the warring factions

MichaelWilkPositive Ansätze zur Deeskalation? : Der strategisch bedeutende Tişrîn-Damm am Euphrat steht künftig unter gemeinsamer Kontrolle der DAANES <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/Rojava" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Rojava</a> und der syrischen Übergangsregierung. Unter Vermittlung der internationalen Koalition wurde ein Abkommen zur Entmilitarisierung geschlossen. <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/Syrien" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Syrien</a> <a href="https://anfdeutsch.com/rojava-syrien/einigung-am-tisrin-staudamm-45913" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://anfdeutsch.com/rojava-syrien/einigung-am-tisrin-staudamm-45913</a>

il fabbroSabato prossimo 19 aprile mi trovate a questo evento presso CasArcobaleno (via Lanino 3/A <a href="https://mastodon.bida.im/tags/Torino" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Torino</a>, a due passi dal Balon). Una commemorazione per i compagni internazionalisti caduti a <a href="https://mastodon.bida.im/tags/Bakhmut" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Bakhmut</a>, tutti con esperenzia nel <a href="https://mastodon.bida.im/tags/Rojava" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Rojava</a> Sarà l'occasione per sostenere i collettivi ucraini impegnati a vario titolo nella resistenza. Proietteremo *PER LA PRIMA VOLTA IN ITALIA* il documentario "The Moscow Mutiny" sulle proteste in <a href="https://mastodon.bida.im/tags/Russia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Russia</a> del 2012, nel quale appare anche Dmitry <a href="https://mastodon.bida.im/tags/Petrov" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Petrov</a>. Ci sarà anche spazio per una mostra con le opere di un artivista <a href="https://mastodon.bida.im/tags/LGBT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#LGBT</a> + russo, Lev Nikitin, e degli artivist3 ucrain3 del Beauty Studio. È richiesta tessera ARCI, anche i controcanti sono benvenuti, si discute apposta.

Anarchists in NES*Don't hesitate to boost if you enjoy reading the reports!*<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NewsFromTheFront" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NewsFromTheFront</a> Weekly highlight from your anarchist comrades in <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NES" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NES</a> 31.03.25 - 06.04.25-----------------------------------------------------------------# ISRAEL ATTACKS AND TENSIONS WITH TURKEY Israeli troops in southern Syria were met with resistance when some armed individuals confronted their advances with light weapons. After a brief exchange of fire IDF soldiers withdrew from the area, hitting back with artillery shells and airstrikes leaving at least 9 dead. Several Israeli airstrikes hit locations in Damascus, Hama and Homs, where Turkey aimed to build a military air base. Israeli state sources said the attacks are a warning against Turkish expansion in Syria, referring to reported Turkish plans to take control of Tiyas airbase in Homs countryside with a view to deploy air defense batteries and drones. Turkish official channels strongly denounced the Israeli attacks, but also stated that Turkey has no intentions to escalate conflict and risk war with Israel. Thousands of Syrians from Daraa gathered at the funeral of those killed by Israeli airstrikes and elsewhere protests were held to denounce the Israeli aggression.# AGREEMENT ON YPG AND YPJ WITHDRAWAL FROM ALEPPO Following agreements between the provisional government and SDF, negotiations to normalize the situation in the Kurdish neighborhoods of Aleppo became the first visible step of the military reorganization of Northern Syria. A convoy of hundreds of fighters left the historic Kurdish neighborhoods of Şêx Meqsûd and Eşrefiyê, waving YPG and YPJ flags, escorted by forces of the Ministry of Defense. The convoy moved to Tabqa and other areas under control of SDF. The negotiations included exchange of prisoners, with around 100 prisoners from each side already transferred. Political agreements include certain autonomy of the local political institutions and organizations, as well as representation in the political organs of the region. Military forces connected with the Ministry of Defense will have presence in the area, but local Kurdish security forces (Asayish) will remain in the neighborhoods to ensure protection of the population, with agreements to integrate them in the security and police institutions of Aleppo in the future. Local structures will persist until a permanent solution is reached within the ongoing negotiations for all north-east Syria and freedom of movement in the city will be ensured for all residents. Observers suggest that the Aleppo Agreement could serve as a template for similar understandings in other contested regions of Syria, particularly where different military and political actors maintain overlapping spheres of control.# ASSYRIAN NEW YEAR AND DECLARATIONS AGAINST THE NEW CONSTITUTION The Assyrian new year - Akito - was celebrated all along northern Syria on the first of April, with Assyrians, Syriacs and Chaldeans gathering to dance and celebrate. The Assyrian community also made clear at those events that they are not sufficiently represented in the new Syrian state, with declarations and statements denouncing the lack of diversity and inclusivity in the new constitution. Major Assyrian cultural organizations believe minorities are under threat due to the salafist ideology underlying the new government. CELEBRATIONS FOR ÖCALAN'S BIRTHDAY AND THE FOUNDATION OF YPJ On April 4th many people celebrated the birthday of Abdullah Öcalan. In Rojava it is common to organize reforestation events, planting trees to restore forests and celebrate nature. This is also the day that YPJ was founded, marking 13 years of struggle in defense of the people of north-east Syria and against patriarchy. YPJ organized events highlighting the importance of women resistance and struggle and the value of Öcalan’s ideas in the revolution of north-east Syria. In Bakur, northern Kurdistan, people marched to Amara village, the birth place of Öcalan. On their arrival to Amara village they called for the Turkish state to act following the message of Öcalan and take steps towards democratization and engagement with the Kurdish political question.# REHABILITATION WORKS IN TISHRIN DAM Technical teams have begun maintenance and repair operations at Tishrin Dam, paving the way for the restoration of its services and electricity generation. The dam has been a strategic point in the clashes between SDF and SNA Turkish proxies, suffering critical damage from Turkish bombs and attacks against SDF. As the military conflict slows down and negotiations advance, the rehabilitation of such critical infrastructure is a major step that can help provide electricity to the Syrian people. Clashes between Turkish proxies and SDF are not totally halted, but such initiative may suggest that agreements can make way for restoring Syria energy capacity. This would not have been possible without the efforts and sacrifices of the many civilian convoys that kept vigil on Tishrin dam, preventing further damage to it by Turkish attacks. The vigil goes on after several months of uninterrupted presence, keeping watch on the dam and supporting the resistance of SDF against Turkish attacks.----------------------------------------------------------------- <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Syria" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Syria</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NES" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NES</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SDF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SDF</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/DAANES" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DAANES</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/AANES" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AANES</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SNA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SNA</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SDF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SDF</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PYD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#PYD</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/YPJ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#YPJ</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/YPG" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#YPG</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/HTS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#HTS</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Rojava" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Rojava</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Kurdistan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Kurdistan</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Revolution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Revolution</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/DefendRojava" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DefendRojava</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Anarchy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Anarchy</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Anarchism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Anarchism</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Comrades" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Comrades</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Internationalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Internationalism</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/AbdullahOcalan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AbdullahOcalan</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/%C3%96calan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Öcalan</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PKK" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#PKK</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WomenLifeFreedom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WomenLifeFreedom</a>

Radical Resilience FilmFolgeempfehlung: Frieden für Kurdistan Podcast <a href="https://chaos.social/@frieden_fuer_kurdistan" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@frieden_fuer_kurdistan</a> <a href="https://todon.nl/tags/Kurdistan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Kurdistan</a> <a href="https://todon.nl/tags/Syrien" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Syrien</a> <a href="https://todon.nl/tags/NES" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NES</a> <a href="https://todon.nl/tags/Rojava" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Rojava</a>

Gebrauchskunstgorekhaa@anarchism.spaceDie Kurden und die Globalisierung: Zwischen brüderlichem Idealismus und politischer FragmentierungDas kurdische Volk, das hauptsächlich in <a href="https://fedifreu.de/tags/Bak%C3%BBr" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Bakûr</a>, <a href="https://fedifreu.de/tags/Bash%C3%BBr" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Bashûr</a>, <a href="https://fedifreu.de/tags/Rojava" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Rojava</a> und <a href="https://fedifreu.de/tags/Rojhilat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Rojhilat</a> lebt, ist eine Nation ohne Staat, aber mit einer tiefen historischen, sprachlichen und kulturellen Identität. Trotz ihrer Ressourcen, ihrer großen Bevölkerung und ihrer geostrategischen Bedeutung gelingt es dieser Nation nicht, in einer Welt, die von den wirtschaftlichen und politischen Logiken der <a href="https://fedifreu.de/tags/Globalisierung" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Globalisierung</a> beherrscht wird, eine kollektive Strategie hervorzubringen. Ein ignoriertes wirtschaftliches Potenzial Die kurdischen Regionen verfügen über zahlreiche Vorteile: Öl, Wasserressourcen, landwirtschaftliche Nutzflächen, strategische Korridore, aber auch eine große Jugend und eine aktive Diaspora. Diese Elemente könnten eine solide Grundlage bilden, um ein gemeinsames Wirtschaftsprojekt aufzubauen, internationale Partner anzuziehen oder auf den regionalen Märkten Einfluss zu nehmen. In einer Welt, in der die Globalisierung den Wert von Rohstoffen, aufstrebenden Verbrauchermärkten und lokaler Stabilität erhöht, verfügen die <a href="https://fedifreu.de/tags/Kurden" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Kurden</a> über einen echten Hebel. Da es jedoch an einem einheitlichen politischen Bewusstsein fehlt, bleibt dieses Potenzial ungenutzt. Die <a href="https://fedifreu.de/tags/Ressourcen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Ressourcen</a> werden nicht auf der Grundlage einer gemeinsamen nationalen Vision verwaltet, sondern fragmentiert und manchmal von regionalen Mächten oder Claninteressen missbraucht...Übersetzt mit DeepL

Gebrauchskunstgorekhaa@anarchism.spaceWie wirken sich die israelisch-türkischen Spannungen auf <a href="https://fedifreu.de/tags/Syrien" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Syrien</a> und die <a href="https://fedifreu.de/tags/Kurden" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Kurden</a> aus? https://kurdistan-au-feminin.f..."SYRIEN / <a href="https://fedifreu.de/tags/ROJAVA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ROJAVA</a> - Bedran Ciya Kurd sagte, dass die expansionistische <a href="https://fedifreu.de/tags/Politik" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Politik</a> der Türkei nicht nur Israel, sondern auch Syrien und die Kurden alarmiere. Im <a href="https://fedifreu.de/tags/NahenOsten" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NahenOsten</a> zeichnet sich eine neue geopolitische Realität ab. Die Spannungen zwischen der <a href="https://fedifreu.de/tags/T%C3%BCrkei" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Türkei</a> und <a href="https://fedifreu.de/tags/Israel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Israel</a> belasten nicht nur die BeziehungenDeepL

Anarchists in NES*Don't hesitate to boost if you enjoy reading the reports!*<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NewsFromTheFront" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NewsFromTheFront</a> Weekly highlight from your anarchist comrades in <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NES" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NES</a> 24.03.25-30.03.25 Also available on <a href="https://tekosinaanarsist.noblogs.org/category/war-updates/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://tekosinaanarsist.noblogs.org/category/war-updates/</a>-----------------------------------------------------------------# RENEWED CLASHES WITH TURKISH PROXIES Turkish attacks against SDF continued. The intensity of Turksih attacks decreased since the beginning of March, as negotiations about a ceasefire took place and negotiations for the integration of SDF in the new Syrian army developed. Nevertheless, new attacks in the west bank of the Euphrates river from SNA Turkish proxies this last week, proved that the end of hostilities is not yet a reality. SDF also published footage of three new Turkish military bases being build in Manbij countryside, with videos of alleged Turkish military convoys that include armored vehicles and advanced military equipment such as radars, circulating at night in areas under control of Turkish proxy forces. Rumors about direct negotiations between AKP (Turkish ruling party) and SDF circulate on social networks together with speculations about steps for peace talks between Turkish state and PKK, but until now there are no official announcements in such direction.# FORMATION OF THE 'SYRIAN EQUAL CITIZENSHIP ALLIANCE' or 'TAMASUK' In reaction to the provisional constitution that the transitional government recently presented, an alliance of more than 30 diverse political parties and civil society organized groups was formed. The main aim of this alliance, including the Syrian Democratic Council (SDC) and other Kurdish, Christian, and Druze-affiliated groups, is to demand a new Syrian constitution that respects the diversity of Syria as well as promoting a decentralized and democratic Syrian State. The alliance founding statement present itself not as direct opposition to the government but working towards a unified Syria, willing to engage with all political forces, including the government of al-Sharaa.# NEW APPOINTED FATWA SUPREME COUNCIL AND RENEWED TRANSITIONAL GOVERNMENT On Friday March 28 al-Sharaa appointed 15 members to the newly formed supreme Fatwa council. The council will oversee religious rulings on critical issues and will be lead by Osama al-Rifai, who have close connections with Turkish president Erdogan and the Muslim Brotherhood. Al-Rifai was appointed as Grand Mufti of Syria in 2021 and have been a prominent Islamic scholar in the opposition to al-Assad regime. Several notable HTS-affiliated scholars, including Sheikh Abdul Rahim Atun, former HTS-backed Supreme Fatwa Council member Anas Ayrut, and new Minister of Justice Mazhar al Wais, also sit on the new council. On Saturday March 29 al-Sharaa also announced the list of the ministers of the new transitional government. HTS loyalists and other men close to al-Sharaa keep their positions in key cabinets, with some new names of technocrats that join the government in less critical ministries. The government remains therefore arab, suni and HTS dominated, including some tokenized members from ethnic minority groups. The Syrian Democratic Council (SDC, political body aligned with the DAANES) made a statement denouncing this new government as a continuation of the exclusion politics of the Syrian State, declaring that the DAANES have no obligation to implement the decisions of such government and that it will continue working for a democratic Syria.# FIRST KURDISH WOMEN'S CONFERENCE IN NORTH-EAST SYRIA The inaugural Kurdish Women's Conference was held in North-East Syria on March 23rd, aimed at amplifying the voices of Kurdish women within the evolving Syrian society and fostering a path toward a unified, democratic future. Approximately 300 delegates are participating, including representatives from political parties, intellectuals, authors, artists, journalists, and women from diverse organizations and movements. The conference features representatives from the women's committees of the Democratic Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria (DAANES) as well as from Aleppo and Damascus. Among the topics was the importance of the continuation of YPJ and womens self-defense as well as rejecting the Damascus constitution. Suad Mistefa, mother of Martyr Hevrin Xelef, said that women cannot be deceived by this constitution and that the slogan “Jin, Jiyan, Azadi” will always win.# INTERNATIONAL SEHIDS MEMORIAL On March 24 a commemoration for international sehids took place in Qamsihlo, gathering dozens of internationals to remember the struggle of our internationalist fallen comrades. March 24 is the date that Elefteria Fortulakis, a woman from Greece, burned herself in 2006 to protest for the imprisonment of Abdullah Ocalan. It was the 5th year this commemoration took place in Rojava, with delegates from “families for peace” from Germany as well as other groups and organizations. The event also hosted the screening of the movie “Legerin – In search of Alina”, exploring the life of sehid Legerin, a doctor from Argentina who joined the guerilla in the Kurdish mountains and lost her life in a car accident in Rojava in 2018.# EID CELEBRATIONS At the end of March, closing the Ramadan, the celebrations of Eid become an important event in all Muslim world. In Syria Eid started on March 31st, and for 3 days families will be visiting relatives and friends, eating sweets and strengthening social bonds. Political organizations also celebrate eid visiting each other and building diplomatic relations. The new transitional government made a televised prayer all together from the presidential palace.# (SOME THOUGHTS, NOT SO MUCH OF) ANALYSIS The celebrations of eid are an important reminder of the value of social bonds in this society, with kurdish and arab mothers and grandmothers spreading sweets and candies among kids on the streets. Every receiving guests and going to visiting their relatives and neighbors for three days. It also comes with the arrival of the spring, as well as the recent celebrations of newroz dancing around the fire. It also come together with the celebrations of Akito, the Assyrian new year, making a very lively days and cheerful days. News of agreements and peace talks combine good with the atmosphere of this festivity, combining well with hopes of peaceful times and the end of bloodshed in Syria. For us it’s also an important time to join the local rhythm of this society, to visit friends and neighbors and receive the guests that come to visit us, putting in practice the lessons of hospitality and cultural fluency we learned over the years living and taking part of this revolutionary society. And yes, it’s true that there is a religious component in these celebrations, as Christmas does in christian countries, but we also learned to not focus on that aspect and to value these days for the human and social aspect they bring. Social relations are the key to sustain the networks of mutual aid that are foundational in our anarchist values, and every opportunity to strengthen these bonds of friendship and solidarity should be cherished and celebrated.Revolutionary greetings! 🖤 ----------------------------------------------------------------- <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Syria" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Syria</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NES" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NES</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SDF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SDF</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/DAANES" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DAANES</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/AANES" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AANES</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SNA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SNA</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SDF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SDF</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PYD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#PYD</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/YPJ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#YPJ</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/YPG" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#YPG</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/HTS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#HTS</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Rojava" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Rojava</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Kurdistan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Kurdistan</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Revolution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Revolution</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/DefendRojava" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DefendRojava</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Anarchy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Anarchy</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Anarchism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Anarchism</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Comrades" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Comrades</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Internationalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Internationalism</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/AbdullahOcalan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AbdullahOcalan</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/%C3%96calan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Öcalan</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PKK" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#PKK</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WomenLifeFreedom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WomenLifeFreedom</a>

Ardor In <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23Syrien" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Syrien</a> ziehen sich Kämpfer der kurdischen <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23YPG-Miliz" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#YPG-Miliz</a> aus der Stadt <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23Aleppo" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Aleppo</a> zurück und setzen so Teile des Abkommens mit der neuen syrischen Regierung um. Nach ihrem Abzug soll die Sicherheit der Viertel durch die <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23Asayish" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Asayish</a> (Sicherheitsdienst) der Verwaltung von <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23Rojava" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Rojava</a> gewährleistet werden. <a href="https://taz.de/Abkommen-mit-Damaskus/!6080855/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Abkommen mit Damaskus: Kurdisc...</a>

Killy-AnnA preliminary agreement stipulates the demilitartization of the Tishrin Dam area and its handover to a special administration without any military presence from any party. Implicit implementation will take place in the coming period, and the agreement was made to defuse any military confrontations or field escalation on the axis. Source: Syria TV, according to government sources.<a href="https://syria.liveuamap.com/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://syria.liveuamap.com/</a><a href="https://subversive.zone/tags/Syria" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Syria</a> <a href="https://subversive.zone/tags/Rojava" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Rojava</a> <a href="https://subversive.zone/tags/DAANES" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DAANES</a>

antiverschwurbelte aktion<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/rojava" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#rojava</a>❔welches abkommen haben rojava und die neue islamistische regierung von syrien getroffen?❔welche bedeutung hat öcalans aufruf, die PKK aufzulösen für die region?❔läuten die proteste in der türkei das ende von erdogan ein?giyas sayan ist kurd. politiker in berlin<a href="https://youtu.be/zKrGMT9OFN0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://youtu.be/zKrGMT9OFN0</a>

MichaelWilkEs sind nicht nur kurdische Menschen, die das Regierungskabinett des islamistischen Übergangpräsidenten al-Scharaa in <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/Syrien" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Syrien</a> ablehnen. In Nordostsyrien <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/Rojava" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Rojava</a> leben viele Ethnien, kurdische, assyrische, arabische jesidische. Sie haben nicht nur gegen den IS gekämpft ( und tun dies immer noch), sondern ebenso eine Gesellschaft etabliert, in der Frauen und Männer gleichberechtigt leben. Eine syrische Neuordnung muss dies respektieren und abbilden, sonst werden Islamismus und Totalitarismus ihre menschenfeindliche Herrschaft fortsetzen. Ebenso müssen die Bombardements des türkischen <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/Erdoganregime" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Erdoganregime</a> enden. <a href="https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=https://www.deutschlandfunk.de/kurden-in-syrien-lehnen-neue-regierung-ab-106.html&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoTOTkxNzQ0MTgxNDAxMjg5MTUzNzIaNWExMzEyZDhmNTQzMDBmOTpjb206ZGU6VVM&usg=AOvVaw38bkQ_AymkfOpOHDX7GstY" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=https://www.deutschlandfunk.de/kurden-in-syrien-lehnen-neue-regierung-ab-106.html&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoTOTkxNzQ0MTgxNDAxMjg5MTUzNzIaNWExMzEyZDhmNTQzMDBmOTpjb206ZGU6VVM&usg=AOvVaw38bkQ_AymkfOpOHDX7GstY</a>

abolitionmediaOn Ocalan’s Call for Peace and Social Democratic Imperialism: An Anarchist Communist CritiqueRevolutionary struggle is never a solitary endeavor; rather it is an unfolding process replete with contradiction and tension. But sifting through the complexity what fundamentally endures is solidarity and principles. When we – anarchist and communist revolutionaries – embark on the path of struggle we expect to exist, grow and die in a life of contradiction and tension, but we also intend for the path we are on to steadily maintain the positions that we’ve historically defined as unequivocal. In essence, some things are negotiable, some deviations are forgivable, and some can be treacherous. The recent positions and actions by the PKK, in several of its components, are not only inconsistent with revolutionary struggle, but have deviated so far from the established principles of proletarian and internationalist struggle that the project has now veered into an essentially revisionist, collaborationist posture. This is particularly alarming as the internationalist movement exceedingly needs heightened, resolute and honorable positions as the challenges facing us are grave and growing. We are writing from an anarchist communist position that is far from monolithic in our locale, or in general, but we have also been at the forefront of solidarity efforts with the PKK since the formation of the International Freedom Battalion, the HBDH, and the establishment of the anarchist guerrilla faction, the IRPGF. We have been increasingly alarmed at ongoing developments and the most recent political realities need to be addressed. We are not writing this with any elation and are not laying out this statement from a dogmatic, idealist stance. In actuality, we maintained principled silence on a whole host of revisionist deviations, and would have continued out of respect for the complex and dynamic position the combatants find themselves in at the forefront in the conflict zones in West Asia. However, recent developments have pushed us to publicly critique the organization in spite of our admiration for their historical accomplishments.In the earlier phases of the struggle in Rojava, the US and the YPG both stated their collaboration was “temporary, transactional and tactical”; in essence, not a strategic partnership but a brief association to combat ISIS. This stated position is now, approximately, 8 years old and has turned into unarguably a comprehensive strategic partnership. The reality is even more stark in light of the larger situation in West Asia today. The Palestinian Revolution, ignited by the monumental October 7th operation, followed by remarkable acts of solidarity performed in northern occupied Palestine and the Red Sea, set a new stage in contemporary struggle against colonialism and imperialism, but is also an illustrative example of resistance for the entire internationalist movement. The war against the Zionist settler regime, and in effect the US-led imperialist world system, is at an elevated state, and due to the genocidal nature of the imperialist forces, the planned ethnic cleansing of Palestinians, and the potential of success for the Resistance in Gaza, the liberation of Palestine must have a central role. To be clear, this is not to contrast the Kurdish movement with the Palestinian movement, but to highlight a fundamental contradiction that has reached its peak. The Zionist regime, being a settler appendage of US power projection, has embarked on a genocidal campaign, and the eradication of the Zionist state will put unprecedented pressure on American imperialism, particularly as the US is a wounded animal that has been in decline for some time due to its intensifying excesses. In this context, the PKK partnership with the American regime is particularly inconceivable – as a crucial war for liberation against colonialism rages on in the region.The opportunism in this collusion is evident but there are also three other crucial points that we feel must be addressed to clarify the true scope of the morass.1) The historic statement by Abdullah Ocalan calling for the PKK to lay down its arms and to dissolve itself not only betrays the strategy of revolutionary people’s war, self-defense, and proletarian struggle; the release of the statement had been timed at the height of the counter-revolutionary push across the region, which is the HTS/Turkish consolidation of power and the Zionist colonial expansion in Syria.The statement was met with confusion initially by PKK executive committee members. Murat Karayilan, for instance, stated, “Let’s assume that he [Ocalan] made the call. But this work cannot be done only through a call. We are a movement with tens of thousands of armed people. These fighters are not on a payroll to be sacked. These are ideological fighters. They have beliefs and are willing to sacrifice themselves.” The Turkish revolutionary organization, the MLKP who is allied with the PKK, resoundingly rejected the statement arguing:<blockquote> We strongly emphasize that the view in the “Call for Peace and a Democratic Society,” which states, “There is no path outside of democracy for system searches and implementations. There cannot be. Democratic consensus is the fundamental method,” is incompatible with the reality of polarization between oppressors and the oppressed, the rich and the poor, the rulers and the oppressed peoples in Turkey, Kurdistan, and worldwide. In a world where the ruling class, through their state apparatuses, hold the monopoly on violence, have access to the means of violence, are armed to the teeth, fascistize state apparatuses, and divide the world with blood and fire, it is impossible for the working class, women, oppressed peoples, and workers to achieve their basic demands, gain freedom, and create a just, humane world without armed struggle and revolutionary mass violence. The MLKP will continue the fight for freedom against the fascist regime, denialist colonialism, the patriarchal system, capitalist exploitation, and imperialism, for the Union of the People’s Republics of Turkey and Kurdistan, for the Democratic and Socialist Federation in the Middle East, and for the war for socialism, using all means and forms of struggle.</blockquote>We echo a similar sentiment here. The renunciation of revolutionary self defense and mass violence is the siren call of a movement replete with bourgeois revisionism. Other segments in Ocalan’s call illuminate the same issues: the demands for “free self-expression, democratic self-organization of each segment of society based on their own socio-economic and political structures”; the idea that “permanent and fraternal continuity” can be achieved if it is “crowned with democracy.” Or that “there is no alternative to democracy in the pursuit and realization of a political system. Democratic consensus is the fundamental way.” This is the language of imperialist power; it is the language of liberalism. We don’t mean this in a pejorative sense either, but literally. The discourse of democracy separated from class war, a movement without an armed component, or a strategic initiative against the colonialist enemies is merely speaking the language of defeat. 2) Mazloum Abdi, the top SDF general, who was in the PKK high command, the HPG and a personal friend of Ocalan, publicly stated that the YPG is open to support from the Zionist colonial regime. Abdi stated if the occupation regime can “prevent attacks against us and stop the killing of our people, we welcome that and appreciate it… ‘Israel’ is a force with influence in the US, the West, and the region.” As we noted, Palestine is the compass for anti-colonial revolution, and publicly articulating (particularly now) a desire to open relations with the Zionist regime is unconscionable.From Imrali Island to SDF headquarters, the whispers of social democratic imperialism have now become screams, however, in Qandil, and HBDH guerrilla zones we hear a different discourse. Cemil Bayik recently stated, for instance that, “A new Syria is being built, and it is based on protecting ‘Israel’ and the global capital. What does ‘Israel’ represent? It represents global capital; it represents the capitalist system. Protecting ‘Israel’ does not only mean protecting Israel; it also means protecting the system of capitalist modernity.” After the martyrdom of Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah the MLKP proclaimed his “memory will live on in the struggle for a free and united Middle East,” while also calling “on the peoples of Kurdistan and Turkey to take the streets, side by side with the peoples of Palestine and Lebanon, against genocidal colonialism.” TKP-ML’s Martyr Nubar Ozanyan Brigade, based in Rojava, proclaimed that “Nasrallah has become an example of resistance against ‘Israels’ brutality, attacks and occupations.” They called “on all peoples to take a stand against genocide and to actively solidarize with the Palestinian and Lebanese people,” since the “only remedy for the oppressed against this system is to unite in a common line of resistance and to strengthen solidarity networks with the oppressed peoples of the world.” These positions hearken back to the foundational era of the PKK’s Kurdish Freedom struggle, when guerrillas were based in the Bekaa Valley as guests of the Palestinian Resistance, and even took casualties fighting Zionist colonialists in the 1982 battle for the Castle Arnun in Lebanon. Evoking this period highlights the nature of the political differences that have emerged, and the consolidation of bourgeois thought and practice within the upper echelon of the PKK – seemingly the dominant perspectives. The revolutionary parties and some of the executive branch in Qandil fully understands that the Kurdish Freedom Movement, allied with the Palestinian Resistance is unmistakably the path to liberate both societies – merged again through resistance. Practically speaking, the Resistance in Palestine and Lebanon wanted a front opened against the Zionist regime from Syria. The Assad regime, being as opportunistic and cynical as expected, refused to open a new front for the Resistance, leaving Hezbollah to take the brunt of the fighting in the north singlehandedly. If PKK/YPG forces had opened a front, even symbolically, the contradictions that exist would have been severely disrupted, solidarity between the stateless peoples would have been strengthened and the repairing of Kurdish-Arab ties could have been addressed with a foundational basis of revolutionary solidarity and not political maneuvering. 3) The SDF/YPG announcement of their political and military merger with the HTS regime in Damascus signals an impending collapse of the revolutionary project. The HTS seizure of power in Syria is the culmination of a counter revolutionary process targeting Palestine and revolutionary Kurdistan in tandem. HTS, like its counterparts ISIS and Al-Qaeda, are accomplices with the fascist Turkish state. Its military offensive against Assad, timed on the very day of the ceasefire in Lebanon – November 27th – was designed to put extraordinary pressure on the Palestinian Resistance and its supporters during a period of vulnerability. In this regard, it was almost certainly agreed upon by the Zionists and their American sponsors. Before the offensive, the US and Zionist regime were beaten to a stalemate in Lebanon and the HTS actions became the one marker of strategic success for imperialism in the entire al-Aqsa Flood battle. Fascist Prime Minister Netanyahu claimed the collapse of the Syrian regime was “a direct result of the blows we have inflicted” on the anti-Zionist Resistance forces. On the Kurdish side, the success of the HTS military operation brought to power the same people the PKK had fought against since the rise of ISIS and it also rejuvenated the Turkish backed SNA forces that were attacking the YPG in the north. However, this also put political pressure on revolutionary factions in the Kurdish movement since Rojava was surrounded by hostile forces who have now gained momentum.The Communist factions have maintained the position that striving for a Kurdish nation, allied with internationalist anti-imperialist forces as a bulwark against Western expansion is the objective. The PKK, on the other hand, proposed the formation of the democratic nation, opposed to the nation-state system, where directly-democratic communes organize themselves, cutting through the miscellaneous Sykes-Picot arrangement, and through ethnic divisions. But the opportunistic forces in the PKK, based in Syria and Turkey, disregarded both revolutionary propositions and took Ocalan’s call for disarming/dissolution and the opportunity to appease western forces to its logical conclusion. As TKP-ML stated in their recent text about Ocalan’s call, “it appears that even this ‘paradigm’” – Democratic Confederalism – “has now been abandoned.” In both instances, in Syria and Turkey, the party is calling for subsumption by both states. In Turkey the PKK calls for the establishment of a democratic process, which as Cemil Bayak says the conditions for such an initiative do not even exist. He states, “The Turkish state attacks us every day with all kinds of weapons. How are we going to stop under these circumstances? Of course, our struggle continues.” In Syria, Salih Muslim, spokesperson for the PYD’s foreign relations, reinforces the capitulation, claiming that the agreement with HTS is consistent with Ocalan’s decree.We should also note that the signing of the agreement with the HTS regime, just like the offensive against Assad, was timed in a particularly heinous manner. The signing ceremony was commenced immediately after one of the gravest massacres – resembling Sabra and Chatilla – was committed by regime forces. Recent estimates maintain that almost 1400 people were slaughtered by the state in western Syria, the vast majority civilians, with tacit approval by the west and their puppet Arab states. In the imperial core, particularly in the US, we had struggled against the revisionist creep in Rojava solidarity efforts; promoting the combative forces and maintaining the line of armed struggle, anti-imperialism, while supporting efforts either towards the Kurdish nation, or the Democratic Confederalist line. Both positions have merit, and solidarity was established through struggle, with its clearest articulation in the International Freedom Battalion in Rojava, and the HBDH in Turkey in Bakur. Through this process we have also understood mourning, loss and sacrifice. The internationalist movement has given martyrs from all over the world; Orhan Bakırcıyan, Ivana Hoffmann, Dogan Kirefe, Lorenzo Orsetti, Michael Israel, Ulaş Bayraktaroglu, Alina Sanchez, Nurhak Cem, and the list continues.In memory of the fallen it is our responsibility to clearly proclaim that the direction the party has taken is contrary to the stated objectives of the revolution: from either the class struggle position or the Democratic Nation. We hope non-revisionist forces within the struggle can exert the necessary pressure to prevent a further drift towards reaction and normalization with imperialism. In a similar manner that Fatah’s capitulation in the Palestinian struggle damned the left to years of insignificance, or Khrushchev’s peaceful coexistence betrayed anti-colonial forces, thoroughly discrediting the Soviet project, the PKK’s shift towards integration and peaceful coexistence with US imperialism will certainly have a similar effect. The integration of revolutionary political forces into the Western-backed state in Syria, and the dismantling of revolutionary military forces in Qandil and Bakur is totally irreconcilable and antagonistic to the furtherance of the internationalist movement. The Kurdish Revolution, with the PKK as its primary revolutionary force, cannot prevail after being absorbed into bourgeois, fascist political structures in West Asia; in fact, the most advanced sections of the movement – the women’s movement and the armed struggle – will only survive if the democratic aspirations of the Kurdish people are fulfilled and maintained through embracing the principled positions that have been established and continuing to combine efforts with other forces fighting against imperialism today. People’s War, the Democratic Confederalist model, and the “right to freely secede” (the right to establish a Kurdish nation which is now rejected by Ocalan), are all positions that reject absorption and must be upheld. As TKP-ML succinctly stated, “Renouncing or refusing to demand.. national-collective rights does not mean that the Kurdish national question has been resolved, nor does it indicate that the contradiction between the oppressor and oppressed nations has disappeared.” Due to wary statements from some members of the PKK leadership and the revolutionary organizations we believe there is still potential to pivot and rectify the situation internally. We are certain the guerrillas in the mountains, the commando units in the cities, and local organizers who worked diligently to build popular power are questioning these positions. Revolutionaries in Kurdistan and elsewhere understand what is at stake and that now is not the time for half measures. The collaborationist posture is particularly egregious as antagonisms and conflict are amplified in the region. The internationalist anarchist and communist positions must further the line against capitulation. For a free Kurdistan and a free Palestine!No to unilateral ceasefire and disarmament!Revolutionary Anarcho-Communists in the Northeastern “US” Further reading:“Kurdish National Question ”The Call of the Century”: Solution or Dissolution? – TKP-ML,” <a href="https://abolitionmedia.noblogs.org/17751/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://abolitionmedia.noblogs.org/17751/</a>“Let’s Strengthen the Struggle for the National and Democratic Rights of the Kurdish People! — MLKP,” <a href="https://abolitionmedia.noblogs.org/17327/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://abolitionmedia.noblogs.org/17327/</a> “PKK: We will comply with Leader Öcalan’s call, we declare a ceasefire,” <a href="https://anfenglish.com/features/-78180" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://anfenglish.com/features/-78180</a>“Call for Peace and Democratic Society: Abdullah Ocalan,” <a href="https://www.demparti.org.tr/Images/UserFiles/Documents/Editor/2025/eng-callfor-peace-and-democratic-society.pdf" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.demparti.org.tr/Images/UserFiles/Documents/Editor/2025/eng-callfor-peace-and-democratic-society.pdf</a> <a href="https://abolitionmedia.noblogs.org/?p=18070" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://abolitionmedia.noblogs.org/?p=18070</a><a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://abolitionmedia.noblogs.org/tag/anarchism/" target="_blank">#anarchism</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://abolitionmedia.noblogs.org/tag/critique/" target="_blank">#critique</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://abolitionmedia.noblogs.org/tag/hbdh/" target="_blank">#hbdh</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://abolitionmedia.noblogs.org/tag/mlkp/" target="_blank">#mlkp</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://abolitionmedia.noblogs.org/tag/palestine/" target="_blank">#palestine</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://abolitionmedia.noblogs.org/tag/pkk/" target="_blank">#pkk</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://abolitionmedia.noblogs.org/tag/rojava/" target="_blank">#rojava</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://abolitionmedia.noblogs.org/tag/syria/" target="_blank">#syria</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://abolitionmedia.noblogs.org/tag/tkp-ml/" target="_blank">#tkpMl</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://abolitionmedia.noblogs.org/tag/west-asia/" target="_blank">#westAsia</a>

abolitionmediaRemembering Şehîd Tekoşer Piling: TA Sixth Anniversary StatementŞehîd Tekoşer, Lorenzo Orsetti, have become an example for many of us. He carved himself a place in the front lines of the revolution, and he will always have a place in our hearts. His commitment proved to our kurdish and arab comrades that internationalists stand shoulder to shoulder with them in the fight for a free life. His sacrifice became a painful loss, a reminder of the risks we take when we struggle.More than 12000 comrades gave their life in the war against the islamic state, against the theocratic fascism of the caliphate. He is one of them. After his sacrifice, many Italian media and even politicians praised him as a hero. But too often that same mainstream media and some of those politicians support the political repression and the judicial punishments of those who followed the same path, the partisan path. They try to simplify his struggle as the Italian who fought ISIS, not looking at the anarchist ideas that motivated such a decision.When he was alive, as many of us, he experienced in flesh the injustice of this system. He knew very well about the oppressions that forced us to chose such a revolutionary path. The hardships we suffer under capitalism, surviving the alienating reality of working for someone else profit, brought him to reject the inherent injustice of our society. He came to Rojava to find an alternative, to learn and to defend of this revolution, to become a drop of the storm that is coming. For him, fighting in the front lines against ISIS was nothing more and nothing less than a continuation of his anarchist militancy, putting in practice its principles of international solidarity, mutual aid and people’s self-defense.In the 6th anniversary of his sacrifice, we want to honor him and to extend our warm greetings to his family and friends. Even if today we can not be present with you all, his comrades and those who commemorate him today, you can be sure that we grieve with you. We mourn him, we remember him, and his memory give as strength to we carry on with his revolutionary struggle, with our revolutionary struggle. He gave us all he got, we owe him this and much more.To remember is to struggle, Şehîd namirin! Têkoşîna Anarşîst March 2025Source: <a href="https://tekosinaanarsist.noblogs.org/remembering-s-tekoser-piling-6th-anniversary/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Tekosina Anarşîst</a><a href="https://abolitionmedia.noblogs.org/?p=17981" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://abolitionmedia.noblogs.org/?p=17981</a><a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://abolitionmedia.noblogs.org/tag/anarchism/" target="_blank">#anarchism</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://abolitionmedia.noblogs.org/tag/kurdistan/" target="_blank">#kurdistan</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://abolitionmedia.noblogs.org/tag/lorenzo-orsetti/" target="_blank">#lorenzoOrsetti</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://abolitionmedia.noblogs.org/tag/rojava/" target="_blank">#rojava</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://abolitionmedia.noblogs.org/tag/syria/" target="_blank">#syria</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://abolitionmedia.noblogs.org/tag/tekosina-anarchist/" target="_blank">#tekosinaAnarchist</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://abolitionmedia.noblogs.org/tag/west-asia/" target="_blank">#westAsia</a>

Anarchists in NES*Don't hesitate to boost if you enjoy reading the reports!*<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NewsFromTheFront" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NewsFromTheFront</a> Weekly highlight from your anarchist comrades in <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NES" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NES</a> 17.03.25 - 23.03.25 Also available on <a href="https://tekosinaanarsist.noblogs.org/category/war-updates/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://tekosinaanarsist.noblogs.org/category/war-updates/</a>(2/2) -----------------------------------------------------------------# ANALYSISAs the spring arrives, the celebrations of Newroz light the fire of resistance. This is a time of hope for the Kurdish people. The message of Abdullah Öcalan sparked expectations for a peace process and a possible road map for a democratization of Turkey. This also echoes in Syria, with renewed negotiations petween PYD and ENKS to make a joint Kurdish delegation to negotiate with Damascus. It seems that the years of denial of the Kurdish identiy, of assimilation and ocupation, may be reaching its end. The resistance of the Kurdish people against colonization, against the borders imposed by European colonizers in Middle East after the World war, against the assimilation and genocidal policies, seems to be growing ripe. But what does this mean at the end of the first quarter of the 21st century? The creation of a Kurdish state, dream of many Kurdish resistance movements from the last century, seems not possible in the current world order. In any case, the Abdullah Öcalan's proposal of Democratic Nation is also rejecting such path, deeply questioning the role of nation-states and their capacity to build a free life and a democratic society. The negotiations with the provisional government of Damascus, when analyzed with an anarchist perspective, seem very discouraging. The new draft of the Syrian constitution is far away from the revolutionary dreams that brought us to Rojava. However, it is worth to not hurry with conclusions. Many political organizations criticized the proposed constitutional draft, with strong opposition from the institutions of the DAANES as well as from the Druze community. The current political agreements and positions will influence all involved actors. From all years of civil war in Syria it can be expected that hegemonic state forces will use all opportunities to create more strife and chaos. It opens doors for them to step in, assert themselves as legitimate players and pursue their goals. The negotiations between SDF and the Provisional government can be considered with that reality in mind. Revolutionary Northeastern Syria asserts itself in all fields possible and shows itself as a legitimate and viable political actor. It takes the image of revolutionary system here far beyond the "allies who defeated ISIS", towards being seen as a model and a system to be implemented, or at least to be reckoned with. We also should distinguish political talks from ideological lines. ENKS-PYD agreement is a good example of that. This brings us to one of the lessons we as anarchists can find here. We observe that a revolutionary movement needs to have capacity of bringing various political actors to contribute to the liberatory changes. Skillful diplomacy of DAANES and SDF is a good example of this effort.In the past we shared reflections on the challanges that HTS will face to assert itself as the new government of Syria. The recent wave of insurgency that shaked Latakia may be the extreme example of that. The occupations of Turkey in the north and Israel in the south, the unrest in Deir Ezzor, the claims for decentralization by the Druze community in the south and the Kurds in the north, are just examples of the challenges that the post-Assad Syria is facing. The DAANES is a proof of how a decentralized system in Syria is not only possible but necessary. Still, HTS will try to hold their grip on the newly captured central power in Damascus, navigating a dangerous balance of forces that can easily derail. If the diplomacy can't reach satisfactory solutions for all relevant actors, we know how easily (and how a fast) the tensions can escalate to new armed conflicts. It is good to remember that the estimations of fighters of HTS before the offensive against the regime varied between 10.000 and 30.000 soldiers. At that time, the numbers of SNA were estimated between 30.000 and 80.000, while SDF is ranging between 100.000 and 120.000. In theory, all the main military forces in Syria agree that it is time for peace, to work together to rebuild Syria. To reach cohesive agreements means that all sides also need to make concessions. Assad is gone, and the future of Syria needs to be built on consensus and popular unity, including all the people in Syria and with the memory of all those who gave their life to make this day possible.We also know that happy endings are just for movies. Life goes on and the struggle has to go on. We need to use the time we have to be ready for what will come tomorrow. We have a revolution to defend and we have a fight to win. We can't simply wait and expect that things will play out as we wish. 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