Despite recent calls by the UN for a global ceasefire as part of efforts to limit the impact of Covid-19, Turkish military forces have continued military operations as part of their illegal occupation of Northeastern Syria. These attacks should be seen as repeated and severe crimes against humanity. On the 23rd of March, Turkish artillery … Read more
Dockworkers have continued their strike in the Italian city of Genoa. The strike is a refusal to load weapons in the port of Genoa, including arms destined for Turkey’s illegal military actions in Syria and Iraq. Workers took a similar action prior to the 18th of February when a Saudi ship docked at the port … Read more
Activists in the Spanish city of Getafe held a protest outside their local Airbus factory earlier this month. They protested the company’s links to the Turkish invasion of Northern Syria. Airbus manufactures transport planes used by the Turkish military in their illegal war against Kurds and others in Northern Syria.
Activists in Bern, Switzerland took action against the French insurance company AXA for the company’s links to the Turkish state. Activists threw red paint over several AXA company cars to highlight how the corporation is complicit in the atrocities of the Turkish state. They noted how comapnies like AXA, Credit Suisse, Mercedes and Rheinmetall are … Read more
Hundreds of protesters marched in the Greek town of Lavrio on the anniversary of the illegal Turkish invasion of Afrin. The march organised by the Revolutionary Youth Movement was attended by the Kurdish community and Greeks alike. The protesters marched to the town square to condemn the Turkish state’s continued attacks against the democratic system … Read more
The protests took place as part of an action carried out in the Swiss city of Bern protesting the Davos economic forum. In Bern 5,000 demonstrators protested the World Economic Forum attended by world leaders including US President Donald Trump and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. Kurdish and Turkish refugees and migrants marched together with … Read more
The Turkish president faced protests from feminist, civil society groups and Kurdish community groups during his visit to Berlin starting on Sunday the 19th of January. Erdoğan’s visit is part of a conference on the on-going Libyan civil war which the Turkish state has been criticised for intervening in. A coalition of groups and activists … Read more
Protesters in Braunschweig Germany took action against Volkswagen and the company’s links to Turkey. On the 7th of January activists blocked the entrance to VW’s facilities in the city calling on the company to respect the international boycott of the Turkish state. Volkswagen is currently considering building a large-scale factory in Turkey which would represent … Read more
Members of the EZLN expressed their solidarity with the gender revolution in Rojava and Syria. The call for solidarity occurred during the Zapatistas’ “Second International Meeting of Women Who Fight” attended by 3,500 women from across the world. The Zapatistas have held their autonomous territories in the Mexican state of Chiapas since their uprising in … Read more
Activists from Marseilles taking part in the general strike challenging Macron’s neoliberal reforms, expressed their solidarity with Rojava.