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Democratic autonomy in North Kurdistan: An interview with the Democratic Society Congress

Submitted by Tom Anderson an... on Apr 28 2016 16:32

This Democratic autonomy is a movement which aims to establish a network of grassroots assemblies in Bakur (the Kurmanji Kurdish word for the area of Kurdistan within the borders of Turkey). Corporate Watch carried out interviews with several of the organisations involved in the process of democratic autonomy in June and July 2015.

Democratic Confederalism in Kurdistan

Submitted by Tom Anderson an... on Apr 25 2016 09:47

This article examines the theory and practice of democratic confederalism in Bakur and Rojava, and goes on to discuss how we can engage in solidarity, while maintaining an honest and critical perspective.

Proletariat is rising: 1.2 million in the streets against El Khomri Law in France

Submitted by hamid.moradei on Apr 2 2016 13:20

1.2 million people (workers and students) in the streets against the proposed El Khomri Law.

Dover: far-right anti-refugee protest - as it happened

Submitted by Anonymous on Apr 2 2016 09:25
Far-right anti-refugee protest in Dover

Anti-fascists blocked streets to delay a far-right anti-refugee march in Dover which only took place because the police cleared its route.

The loser left departs its ivory tower: Sanders, Corbyn and principled pragmatism for the Anglophone communist movement

Submitted by Steven. on Apr 1 2016 08:23
Corbyn/Sanders

libcom.org is proud to announce that we will be taking part in the formation of the new transatlantic initiative to fight the rise of the far right in the UK and US.

Workers strike at Tata Motors, Sanand, Gujarat, in India

Submitted by Charlie Chap on Mar 14 2016 18:17

Permanent workers of the Tata Motors plant in Sanand, Gujarat have struck work since 22nd February. This article looks at the strike in light of similar-dissimilar happenings in industrial production in India.

What sort of uprising do we need in Iraqi Kurdistan?

Submitted by zaher on Mar 1 2016 16:45

Zaher Baher discuss Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) in Iraqi Kurdistan, its corruption, and the resistance of Iraqi Kurds to their political leaders.

Far-right to attempt surprise Liverpool return

Submitted by Anonymous on Feb 26 2016 14:24
National Action and NWI cowering in Liverpool Lime Street's lost luggage

Neo-Nazis and Infidels are set to link up with Polish football hooligans as far-right groups try to return to the city of Liverpool tomorrow.

Fear the everyday state

Submitted by wahid on Feb 11 2016 08:36
"The nation is not a hotel we desert when the service worsens. We remain here."

On the fifth anniversary of the fall of Egypt's president Mubarak, this is an account of the uprising, and the ebb and flow of the Egyptian revolution, by Wahid, an activist in Cairo.

Autonomous social center Klinika attacked by Nazis

Submitted by free_demos on Feb 7 2016 20:50
Klinika social centre

On 6th of February in Prague, the autonomous social center Klinika was attacked by Nazis after solidarity demonstration against Fortress Europe.