Rojava is under threat. The SDF (Syrian Democratic Forces), dominated by the Kurdish YPG (People’s Defence Units), have retreated behind the Euphrates. They have lost much of the territory they previously controlled, including important oil […]
The decision by US president Donald Trump to give the green light to the Turkish army to launch a land and air invasion against Kurdish-held areas in north-east Syria is now spiralling into a wider […]
The following leaflet text will be distributed by Socialist Party (CWI England & Wales) members at a protest in central London, this coming weekend, against the Turkish invasion of northern Syria. socialistworld.net Scores of civilians, […]
Donald Trump drew sharp criticism from high level Republican Party figures after he gave the green light for Turkey to make a long planned military attack against Kurdish areas in northern Syria. Last Sunday, the […]
The Turkish state is bombarding Kurds in Afrin, using bombing and a ground invasion. This follows devastating attacks on Kurdish areas in Turkey in 2016, when President Erdogan ended a ‘peace process’ and started a […]
In just a few weeks the situation for Kurdish people in Iraqi Kurdistan has gone from euphoria to anger and fear.
On September 25, the Kurdistan region of Iraq (Southern Kurdistan) is set to hold a referendum on independence. Various regional and international powers have made clear their staunch objection to such a move, and Iraq’s […]
Peshraw Mohammed is a leading activist from the Socialist Review Centre in Iraqi-Kurdistan, and is currently a refugee in Germany. Sascha Staničić from the SAV spoke to him about the situation in Iraqi Kurdistan. Western […]
Two articles on the current situation in Turkey and Kurdistan
Looming civil war can only be countered by a united struggle of working people
Articles on Öcalan’s ideas and Rojava, originally published in sozialismus.info, the quaterly magazine of SAV (German section of the CWI)
No faith in authoritarian rulers and Western powers!
Will the end of Kobanê’s siege turn the tide against IS?
What does US military ‘assistance’ mean for the Kurdish struggle?
For democratic working people’s defence and mass struggle against capitalism
Regional war poses new challenges for struggle for Kurdish self-determination
On 8 May the PKK has begun to withdraw from Turkey. Millions are hoping now for an end to oppression and for democratic rights.
Attempts to form a new left umbrella party
Kürdistan’a kendi kaderini tayin hakkı!
It Is nearly seven years after the US-led invasion of Iraq. US imperialism had hoped for a quick war, the Iraqi oil industry under the control of US companies and a compliant, stable regime. However, […]
August 6 saw 4,000 people take to the streets of Chamchamal, a Kurdish city in northern Iraq, in protest against the huge increase in fuel prices and the lack of water and electric.
Oppressed workers and poor resist regime
Since the war on Iraq, the Kurds have stood out in stark contrast to the rest of the Middle East.
Kurdish people, known as the Kurds, live in an area that consists of south-eastern Turkey, northern Iraq, north-western Iran and a part of Syria.
International Women’s Day. cwi Kurdistan campaign.
Öcalan’a ve Bütün Siyasi Mültecilere Siginma Hakki! Kürdistan’a Kendi Kaderini Tayin Hakki! Yasasin Isçilerin Birligi ve Sosyalizm! Kürdistan Isçi Partisi PKK’nin lideri Abdullah Öcalan’in Türk gizli servisi tarafindan kaçirilmasi Kürtlerin öfke dolu kitlesel protestolarina yol […]
The abduction of the Kurdish Workers’ Party (PKK) leader Abdullah Ocalan by Turkish secret services has sparked furious mass protests by Kurds and more than ever internationalised the Kurdish question. The CWI stands with the […]
This statement of the Committee for a Workers’ International (CWI) mainly deals with those parts of Kurdistan which are currently located in Turkey. It does not go into the situation in Turkey or other parts […]
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