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• Kalkan: The guerrilla ready to play its role more effectively in the 40th year of struggle 

  A new analysis by Duran Kalkan, member of the KCK Executive Council, about the latest developments in Kurdistan, the Middle East and the world, with a focus on the historical significance of August 15, 1984, and the importance of the guerrilla struggle.
• Karayılan: True freedom comes through the power of people and revolutionary people's war 

  “True freedom comes through the power of the people, the mobilisation of the people, the revolutionary people's war and all forms of political-social struggles for a democratic nation," said HSM Commander Murat Karayılan in an address on 15 August.
• 15 August 1984, the day the Kurds lit a fire of hope 

  15 August 1984 is an important date for the Turkish-Kurdish conflict as it marks the first PKK attack, led by Mahsum Korkmaz, known as Egîd.
• Kalkan: In Turkey, there is no opposition to war, no demand for peace 

  “After so many years, the war has entered its 40th year. This war is at the root of everything. How will there be brotherhood if the reality of war is not seen?” said Duran Kalkan of the KCK Executive Council.
• Kalkan: The Kurds are resisting against all of NATO, which has been waging the war since 1985 

  The breakthrough of August 15 and the resulting guerrilla resistance underlies all the libertarian democratic developments in Kurdistan during these 39 years, said Duran Kalkan of the KCK Executive Council.
• Peace in Kurdistan campaign: Self-Determination struggles in the 21st Century, global perspectives 

  Peace in Kurdistan and CAMPACC organize a seminar called 'Self-Determination Struggles in the 21st Century: Global Perspectives'.
• Xanim Eyo: Abdullah Öcalan's freedom is our freedom 

  Lawyer Xanim Eyo from North and East Syria spoke in Geneva and said that the isolation of Abdullah Öcalan and the attacks on Rojava have the same aim.
• Kalkan: The Turkish Republic was founded on the basis of Kurdish genocide and hostility 

  "Had it not been for the establishment of such a republic or the Treaty of Lausanne, perhaps there would have been no Hitler, no Mussolini, there would have been no Second World War in Europe, and humanity would not have suffered such massacres."
• Youth and the digital media of capitalist modernity 

  Firaz Dağ wrote: "It is imperative that we recognize that digital media are a tool of the system of capitalist modernity for the control and manipulation of youth and this has become increasingly clear over time."
• KONGRA GEL calls for an increase of struggle to mark 15 August anniversary 

  On 15 August, the Kurdish movement is celebrating an important anniversary. On this date in 1984, the PKK fired the first shot at the Turkish occupation. To mark the occasion, the KONGRA GEL called for an expansion of the fight.
• Crisis of construction sector deepening 

  The crisis experienced by the construction sector, which has been functioning as the locomotive of the Turkish economy in recent years, is deepening.
• Nine years ago the Yazidis genocide in Shengal 

  The 74th genocide arrived at the doors of the Yazidi community on 3 August 2014. The Islamic State killed, raped, kidnapped thousands in Shengal.
• Bayık: The AKP-MHP government has become weak but still tries everything to look strong 

  KCK Executive Council Co-Chair Cemil Bayık spoke about AKP politics and the anniversary of the genocide of the Yazidis by the Islamic State.
• PKK calls for total resistance against AKP/MHP fascism 

  In the face of the recent attacks of the AKP/MHP regime, the Executive Committee of the PKK calls on all peoples in Turkey and democratic humanity for total resistance against the AKP/MHP regime.
• Bayık: Leader Abdullah Öcalan's physical freedom should be on the agenda everywhere 

  KCK Executive Council Co-Chair Cemil Bayık stated that the isolation against Kurdish People's Leader Abdullah Öcalan is getting worse and said: "The most important agenda for everyone, in every field, should be the freedom of Rêber Apo."
• Karasu: Kurdish national unity is important 

  Mustafa Karasu, member of the KCK Executive Council, spoke about the approaching anniversary of the Yazidi genocide, the 100th anniversary of the Treaty of Lausanne, and the importance of Kurdish national unity.
• Karasu: Fighting Kurdish genocide and isolation means fighting for the democratization of Turkey 

  Mustafa Karasu, member of the KCK Executive Council, spoke about the latest developments in Kurdistan, the Middle East and the world.
• Beneath the Veil: Exposing phone content of foreign ISIS women 

  All the images used in the video published by YPJ were found on confiscated phones of foreign ISIS women, or from recordings inside the Al-Hol camp itself.
• 'Challenging capitalism towards the construction of a democratic society' conference in Bogota 

  'Challenging capitalism towards the construction of a democratic society' is the title of the conference that will kick off today in Bogota.
• KCK: The freedom of Öcalan and the struggle against the Treaty of Lausanne are inseparable issues 

  Remarking that the Treaty of Lausanne can only be abolished by the unity of the Kurdish people, which will then create the basis for a new treaty, KCK saluted the international efforts demanding freedom for Kurdish leader Abdullah Öcalan.
• Mori: Democratic Confederalism and Jineoloji could also be spread in Japan 

  "The idea of confederalism as a social construct is ideal," says Japanese philosophy professor Motonao Mori, who thinks that Abdullah Öcalan's paradigm and Jineoloji could also be spread in Japan.
• Kurdish political prisoner Zeynab Jalalian denied medical care 

  Iran’s only woman political prisoner serving a life sentence, Kurdish activist Zeynab Jalalian, has been threatened and coerced into making forced confessions and expressing remorse by interrogators from the Ministry of Intelligence.
• Savary-Borioli: Conditions of Imrali much more difficult than those in Robben Island 

  Swiss Parliamentarian Dr. Beppe Savary-Borioli protested the absolute isolation imposed upon Kurdish People's Leader Abdullah Öcalan.
• ‘The Yazidi community could only preserve its existence through resistance’ 

  One hundred years after the Treaty of Lausanne, various Kurdish movements are trying to build a political consensus against the genocidal policies in Kurdistan.
• Siwar Rojdem: The struggle goes on 

  Siwar Rojdem lost both legs to an ISIS mine. But with the help of other disabled people, he found his way back to life and continued the fight for the revolution.