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• The internationalist legacy of Sakine Cansız 

  Originally published on the website of Kurdistán América Latina, an article by Alberto Colin Huizar depicts the struggle and legacy of Sakine Cansız and her contributions to “revolution within the revolution".
• Hozat: Kurdish people achieved the Democratic Nation revolution under the direction of Öcalan 

  Hozat: The freedom movement will become social and mass
• Kalkan: Everyone sees what the guerrillas are capable of and how they fought 

  Kalkan evaluated the developments in the struggle between the guerrilla forces and the Turkish army as well as the situation in the Middle East.
• Former Parastin member: The forces deployed to guerrilla areas are affiliated to the KDP 

  Şêrwan Seid Yusuf Heci, a former member of Parastin, said that the forces deployed to the guerrilla areas under the name of Border Guard Units are not Iraqi forces, but forces affiliated to the KDP and their purpose is to fight the PKK.
• Kalkan: Öcalan's resistance is against the attempts to exterminate Kurds 

  Duran Kalkan spoke extensively about the Imrali system of exile, torture, and genocide and the resistance to it.
• Planned chaos in Syria 

  Moscow, Damascus and Tehran are arming and organizing predominantly Arab sections of the population and trying to mobilize them against the Autonomous Administration, the liquidation of which is a priority for Turkey anyway.
• Ferrero: What was done to Öcalan and what was done to Gramsci have similar purposes 

  Former Italian Minister Paolo Ferrero said that the Imrali isolation had a similar purpose to what the fascist Mussolini government did to Antonio Gramsci, to kill the ideas of great thinkers.
• Abdullah Öcalan: a quarter of a century in prison 

  When we ask ourselves about the reasons that lead a state like the Turkish one to impose such a cruel measure of isolation and noncommunication, the reflection leads us to our own history as Latin Americans, to try to find some answer.
• Mother of two martyrs on how Abdullah Öcalan influenced her life 

  The Internationalist Commune of Rojava interviewed the mother of two martyrs about how Abdullah Öcalan influenced her life.
• The importance of city partnership between Berlin Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg and Derik  

  In 2019, a city partnership between Berlin Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg and Derik was established. RIC spoke to Berivan Hussain and Ciwan Hassan, the co-chairs of the people’s municipality of Derik, about the partnership.
• Sabri Ok: The Turkish state is drowning as a result of the war against Kurds 

  Sabri Ok said that "the Turkish state is drowning as a result of this war. Its economy has collapsed. Erdoğan has reached the ending point."
• Earthquake survivor Şahin: I have a right to live like a human being 

  Fehime Şahin still lives in a tent a year after the severe earthquake with its epicentre in North Kurdistan. She has little food, is seriously ill and has to survive on very little money.
• Sabri Ok: Cologne march is very important and will affect our future 

  Sabri Ok said today's march in Cologne to demand freedom for Kurdish people's leader Öcalan is very important.
• Raúl Zibechi: Abdullah Öcalan, a quarter of a century in prison 

  Zibechi wrote that "Öcalan and the perseverance of the Kurdish people helped to spread the philosophy of a movement that was little known 25 years ago and that today, with zapatismo, represents the greatest hope for the peoples of the world"
• Kalkan: Let's increase the campaign for Öcalan's freedom and the solution of the Kurdish question 

  Kalkan said that "success and victory will be for those who resist the conspiracy and the Imrali system for freedom."
• Kalkan: The Imrali system is a genocide system 

  Duran Kalkan said, in an extensive analysis, that "the international conspiracy and the Imrali system of torture, isolation and genocide have been exposed in every detail."
• The International Conspiracy in Abdullah Öcalan's words 

  Abdullah Öcalan writes widely in 'The PKK and the Kurdish Question in the 21st Century' about his decision to come to Europe and about the international conspiracy which led to his abduction in Kenya on 15 February 1999.
• International Initiative: Öcalan’s Freedom Is Your Freedom 

  Öcalan’s Freedom Is Your Freedom
• Sabri Ok: Öcalan's new paradigm was the best answer to the international conspiracy 

  Sabri Ok said that "the International Conspiracy is continuing today."
• Karasu: The paradigm of Rêber Apo is an example for Turkey, an example for the world 

  Mustafa Karasu said that "the paradigm of Abdullah Öcalan is an example for Turkey, an example for the world."
• Karasu: The freedom of Leader Öcalan is the freedom of the Kurdish people 

  Mustafa Karasu said that Abdullah Öcalan took the greatest revenge in history on those who carried out the International Conspiracy by introducing a paradigm that eliminated their reason for existence.
• Avesta: We are closer than ever to achieve Öcalan's freedom 

  Sozdar Avesta said that the campaigns to free Öcalan are reaching their goal.
• Sozdar Avesta calls for broad participation in 17 February's march for Öcalan in Cologne 

  Sozdar Avesta, member of the KCK Presidential Council, called for broad participation in the demonstration that will demand freedom for Abdullah Öcalan on 17 February in Cologne.
• Lawyer Bilmez: We need to increase international solidarity to break this severe isolation  

  At the conference taking place in Bilbao, Öcalan's lawyer, Ibrahim Bilmez, said that international solidarity needs increased in order to break this severe isolation and thus pave the way for the solution of the Kurdish question through democratic means.
• The future promised by YPJ women against ISIS 

  While the YPJ's determined stance, claim and efforts for social transformation show that a future respecting human dignity is possible, ISIS' cruelty and human exploitation reveal the darkest darkness.