[By Karen Fletcher] Northern Syria’s Feminist Revolution is the title of a one-day seminar to be held in Melbourne on Saturday, November 4. Continue reading
Protest denounces Turkish attacks on Afrin
[By Dave Holmes] Melbourne, August 5 — A rally outside Melbourne’s State Library protested Turkey’s invasion of northern Syria and its attacks on the Afrin and Shehba regions. Continue reading
Dossier on the Turkish threat to Afrin
Protest Turkey’s attacks on Afrin
Inspiring call for solidarity with Kurdish freedom struggle
[By John Tully] Solidarity with the Kurdish freedom struggle was stepped up at an inspiring conference held in Melbourne over the June 30-July 1 weekend. The conference, which was held at the Flinders Street campus of Victoria University, discussed the bold experiment in radical democracy, feminism and ecology that is taking place in the Democratic Federation of Northern Syria (DFNS). Most importantly, the conference resolved that “it is a duty of supporters of the liberation struggle in northern Syria to make determined efforts to publicise its inspiring achievements and build practical solidarity with it”. Continue reading
Democracy, feminism & diversity: Support the radical alternative in northern Syria
The following statement was adopted by the conference, The Rojava Revolution in northern Syria: An experiment in radical democracy, feminism & ecology, Melbourne, July 1, 2017. Continue reading
Rojava conference will take place at a critical time
[By Dave Holmes] A conference on the Rojava Revolution will be held as the struggle in northern Syria enters perhaps its most critical phase. The Rojava Revolution in Northern Syria: An experiment in radical democracy, feminism & ecology is the title of a conference to be held in Melbourne on Friday, June 30 and Saturday, July 1. The event aims to inform participants about the revolutionary process, to discuss the problems it faces and to build support for it. Continue reading
Ambitious Rojava conference planned
[By Dave Holmes] The Rojava Revolution in Northern Syria: An experiment in radical democracy, feminism & ecology is the title of a conference to be held in Melbourne on Friday, June 30 and Saturday, July 1. The event aims to spread knowledge about the Rojava Revolution and to build support for it.
The conference is being hosted by the Victoria University College of Arts & Education and organised by Honorary Professor John Tully with the assistance of the Kurdish Democratic Community Centre of Victoria and Australians for Kurdistan. It will be held at the city campus of Victoria University (300 Flinders Street, Melbourne). Continue reading
Greens leader speaks out for Kurdish rights
[By Dave Holmes] Greens leader Senator Richard Di Natale expressed his strong support for the embattled Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) in Turkey. The left-wing party has a strong base among the country’s oppressed Kurdish community. Speaking at a November 17 Kurdish solidarity meeting at Melbourne’s Trades Hall, Dr Di Natale condemned the current crackdown by the regime of Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan. The HDP’s joint leaders, Selahattin Demirtas and Figen Yüksekdag, have been arrested along with a number of the party’s other MPs. Continue reading
Online petitions target Turkey’s move toward dictatorship
Two online petitions targeting Turkey’s moves towards dictatorial rule are appealing for public support.
- Bring President Erdogan to International Criminal Court for the hate crimes he committed can be found here.
- The second petition (the English-language text is at the end) hits the repression of Turkey’s left-wing pro-Kurdish Democratic Freedom Party, especially the recent arrest of most of its parliamentarians.