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• PKK: We will break the isolation, smash fascism and end the occupation 

  "Regardless of what others do, we have set our path and will continue to follow this right path. We will break the isolation, smash fascism and end the occupation," said the PKK.
• Karayılan: Our goal is to break Turkish colonialism 

  Murat Karayılan of the PKK has commented on the current war situation in the Medya Defense Zones in a video message. A situation map presented by the commander-in-chief of the central HPG headquarters provides important information.
• Ahmet Aslan: Two fallen brothers and a son in the guerrilla 

  Ahmet Aslan had nine siblings, his two brothers died in the Kurdish liberation struggle. Years later, his son also joined the guerrilla.
• Lawyer Turhallı: Isolation goes against Turkish constitution and laws 

  Abdullah Öcalan is still in isolation on Imrali prison island. Lawyer Cemile Turhallı explains how this contradicts the Turkish constitution as well as international law.
• Duran Kalkan: The PKK is still a workers' party 

  "Abdullah Öcalan rescued socialism from the clutches of a system of power and the state," Duran Kalkan explains in an ANF interview on the development of the PKK, which today is also a women's party.
• We must all stand together against Turkish attacks on Kurds, says Louise Regan 

  Louise Regan, National Officer, Membership and Equality, National Education Union and a Time Has Come Campaign, talked about the importance of standing together against Turkish attacks on Kurds.
• HPG commander on Turkish invasion: We will win 

  "The only obstacle to the realization of the neo-Ottoman dreams is the guerrilla. We are convinced that we can crush this operation as well," HPG commander Piling Suruç said about the Turkish invasion of Medya Defense Zones.
• Maxmur: Dangerous plans for a resistant refugee camp 

  The society of Maxmur has repeatedly made history in the past through its resistance-filled life. It will therefore continue to play an exemplary role for the peoples of the region in the future because of its autonomous, self-governing lifestyle.
• The Zapatistas are sailing towards Europe where they will also meet Kurds 

  Kurds will be meeting the Zapatistas who left Mexico a week ago and are sailing towards Europe, to bring their message of solidarity.
• Interview with Shahzavar Karimzadi, Baloch economist, human rights activist and professor 

  Connor Hayes speaks with Shahzavar Karimzadi, Senior Lecturer at the University of Hertfordshire, about the history of the Balochistan liberation struggle.
• PAJK Coordination Member Munzur: Guerrilla will not allow the invaders to succeed 

  "The guerrilla will not allow the invaders to succeed and this resistance will bring the end of the AKP-MHP fascist regime. We have been resisting this brutal, genocidal system for half a century", said PAJK Coordination Member Raperîn Munzur.
• Bayık: A historic mission to defend Kurdistan 

  In a video message, Cemil Bayık of the KCK described the guerrilla resistance against the Turkish invasion as a "legitimate defensive war" for the Kurdish people. Those who evade this struggle should not ask for forgiveness later, he said.
• Cafer Şervan: Time for freedom for workers 

  “Democratic and working people of Turkey should expand their organization. We say once again that it is the right time for all workers and democratic circles to unite, said KCK Executive Council Member Cafer Şervan.
• Sabri Ok: The aim of Turkey’s offensive is to separate South and North Kurdistan 

  Sabri Ok from the Executive Committee of the KCK stated that the aim of the current Turkish invasion in the Medya Defense Zones in South Kurdistan is the separation of northern and southern Kurdistan and the expulsion of the civilian population.
• 49 years ago the execution of revolutionaries Deniz Gezmiş, Yusuf Aslan and Huseyin Inan 

  49 years ago, on 6 May 1972, Deniz Gezmiş, Yusuf Aslan and Huseyin Inan were hanged in Ankara.
• Today marks the 40th anniversary of the death of Irish republican hunger striker Bobby Sands  

  Forty years ago today, Irish Republican prisoner Bobby Sands, died in Long Kesh after 66 days on hunger strike. Today prisoners in Turkey reached day 160 of their hunger strike.
• Arab fighter from Hama: YPG protects the peoples of Syria 

  YPG fighter Rojhat Agir is Arab and from Hama. "We have seen the violence of the state, the other groups and the IS. The YPG protects the peoples of Syria," he stresses.
• A new war and an unsettled bill 

  For all those who resisted and protested in Europe during the Afrin war, one bill has remained unsettled since then. An unsettled bill with the military industry, those responsible in state bureaucracy and politics, and supporters of Turkish fascism.
• 84 years ago, the Dersim Genocide 

  4 May marks the 84th anniversary of the beginning of the Dersim Genocide. The Turkish government massacred thousands of people, those who survived were banished, Dersim was depopulated.
• Avesta: Shengal resistance is a question of to be or not to be 

  Sozdar Avesta of the KCK has spoken out in an interview about the dangers of the agreement between the KDP and the Iraqi government on the Shengal region, warning that resistance to it is a question of "to be or not to be."
• “It is the AKP/MHP regime that should be prosecuted in Kobanê trial, not the HDP” 

  Viyan Çiyazan fought in the Kobanê resistance against ISIS. Regarding the Kobanê trial in Turkey, she says, "It's not the HDP that needs to be prosecuted, but the fascist AKP/MHP regime that supports terror."
• Karayilan: "Guerrillas writing a new history in Kurdistan” 

  "From our point of view, the resistance so far is a success, but no one should fall into victory drunkenness now. This was only the beginning," guerrilla commander Murat Karayilan said about the course of the Turkish invasion in South Kurdistan.
• German internationalist in Rojava: "I can only advise you: Come here!" 

  Internationalist Goran Kobanê is from Germany and lives in Rojava. He advises others to come to the autonomous region of northeast Syria themselves to get involved in the grassroots democratic project and learn from it.
• HDP Izmir MP Kemalbay salutes Workers' Day 

  HDP Izmir MP Serpil Kemalbay reminded that today Workers’ Day will be celebrated under lockdowns and said this system has to be changed.
• ÖHD lawyer Şahin: The state deepens isolation to avoid solving the Kurdish issue 

  ÖHD lawyer Şemdin Şahin reminded that the state has been systematically applying isolation for many years and added: "The state is deepening the isolation because it does not want to solve the Kurdish problem through democratic means."