Afrin and the Policies of the Democratic Union Party By: Zaher Baher March 2018 Afrin is one of the districts in northern Syria forming the region commonly known as Rojava. Until 17/03/2018, Afrin was one of Rojava’s cantons that the seven year Syrian civil war did not reach. It was the safest place in the whole of Syria until January 20th when the Turkish State invaded. Around 200,000 people...
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Confederalism, Democratic Confederalism and Rojava By Zaher Baher Feb 2018 Many religions and ideologies from left to the right have tried to tackle class issues and other societal problems, but none of them has been able to resolve these problems, rather most of them have made the situation even worse. Whilst these problems have remained unresolved, groups, political parties and individuals have...
Where is the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) heading? By Zaher Baher 30/12/2017 Since the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) formed it has gone through difficult times but never like now. The best part of PKK struggle was the period of unilateral ceasefire. That was the period when the PKK flourished and the Kurdish people in Bakur rested. It was also a very good opportunity for the PKK to focus...
The Kurdish people should get involved in and support campaigns on Local and National issues Oct 2017 The emigration of Kurdish people to Europe, Scandinavia, the United States (USA) and other countries started during World War ll. However, they remained a tiny minority, compared to immigrants from many other countries, until the mid-1970s and early 1980s, when major waves of Kurdish...
Is the working class revolutionary? August 2017 Well, this is not an easy question to answer in a short article like this. Before we go any further, we may need the actual definition of “working class”. I admit again this is not easy either. There are different concepts or definitions for “working class”. According to the Cambridge English dictionary it is “a social group...
Our struggle must goes beyond what our lifestyle demands June 2017 The world still suffers from the current economic crisis that started in 2008. It has not only made the vast majority of us poorer and our life harder but has limited our freedoms as well. In the meantime the number of visible and invisible wars increases and the number of victims goes up. Despite this, the leftist...