Tag Archives: anarchism

Le nouveau Situationiste: l’esprit post-capitaliste de ’68 revient à la France

Posted on 13 April, 2016 by

The period of unrest in France during May 1968 saw massive demonstrations and two weeks of general strikes across all regions of the country, universities were occupiesd and workers did the same in the factories. The entire economy of France … Continue reading →

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Rojava: the real frontline against ISIS; inside the Kurdish revolution

Posted on 23 October, 2015 by

Since their successful defense of Kobanê against the Islamic State a year ago, the Kurdish resistance movement – specifically the YPG (men’s milita) and YPJ (women’s militia) – has captured international media attention. Meanwhile, their experiment in forming a stateless … Continue reading →

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The social revolutionary thread that links the Zapatistas of Mexico & the Kurds of Rojava

Posted on 25 August, 2015 by

A gathering of Zapatista women Despite being continents apart, the struggles of the Kurds and Zapatistas share a common purpose – to resist capitalism, liberate women and build autonomy – and a common ideology. We have extensively covered what is … Continue reading →

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World ignores 1000s of Yezidi women captured, raped and enslaved by ISIS

Posted on 18 July, 2015 by

It is estimated that in the ISIS-occupied areas over 4 million women are subjugated and enslaved. Several thousand of these are Yezidis, captured last August and held as concubines, sold as slaves, humiliated, raped and tortured. The world has stood … Continue reading →

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Interview with anti-ISIS warrior (Kurdistan)

Posted on 8 July, 2015 by

The following is an interview with an environmentalist, vegetarian anarchist (see picture above) from Turkey and who is a member of Sosyal Isyan (Social Insurrection) and fighting as part of Birleşik Özgürlük Güçleri (United Freedom Forces) alongside the Kurdish YPG … Continue reading →

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The peoples assemblies movement: part 2 – Greece

Posted on 7 June, 2015 by

Peoples’ assemblies have been a dominant feature of anti-capitalism in Greece and Spain (see Part 1, published yesterday) for many years. In both countries this movement has paved the way for the success of Syriza and Podemos, respectively (though some … Continue reading →

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Insight into the little-known ‘anarchist’ revolution underway in Rojava (western Kurdistan)

Posted on 16 February, 2015 by

  Towards the end of last year reports filtered through of an ‘anarchist’ revolution underway in the Kurdistan province of Rojava. It appeared to have all the trappings in place – equality of gender, redistribution of wealth, levelling of hierarchies … Continue reading →

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