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• Riseup4Rojava launches week of action against AXA  

  The week of action against insurance company AXA promoted by Riseup4Rojava kicks off today.
• Ayata: Our resistance is a historical necessity 

  "Our resistance is not the result of an arbitrary decision, but a historical necessity,” said Muzaffer Ayata from the Central Committee of the PKK.
• Kobanê premiering today in Northern and Eastern Syria 

  The film Kobanê, produced by the Rojava Film Commune, will premiere today in the city of Kobanê.
• Six schools open in Waşûkanî and Serêkaniyê camps 

  Waşûkanî and Serêkaniyê camps house 6 schools for the approximately 6,000 students at 3 levels of education.
• Roma citizens reject urban transformation in their neighbourhood 

  Citizens reacted to the urban transformation project introduced in the neighbourhood of Turgutreis in Mersin, where Roma people predominantly live.
• The Flower of Transformation Blooms in Kurdistan  

  It will take hard and long-term struggles for the flower of transformation to fully bloom. Despite the enormous challenges statist systems face, these inspiring pinpoints in the dark offer hope for a better world.
• Turkish army uses all kinds of chemical weapons 

  The Turkish army is using all kinds of chemical weapons in the invasion attacks it has been carrying out for 5 months in the Medya Defence Areas. Recently, it has been using chlorine gas.
• Anarchist Diplomacy: Ecology, Self-Determination and the Ineffable – An Interview with Carne Ross 

  Anarchist Diplomacy: Ecology, Self-Determination and the Ineffable – An Interview with Carne Ross
• Erdogan fascism has no future 

  How will Damascus reconcile with Erdogan at a time when Syria is under occupation, an alternative army is raised in the occupied areas and Idlib remains a hub for rebels? Is it normal to intervene in another country under these conditions?
• Three and a half trillion dollars for the war in Kurdistan 

  The attempt to resolve the Kurdish question through war has cost the Turkish state more than three and a half trillion US dollars, according to research.
• Bert Schouwenburg and Dr. Patrick Huff on Turkey's war crimes 

  Bert Schouwenburg and Dr. Patrick Huff spoke on Turkey's war crimes.
• ‘What God used to represent is now represented by the nation state’ 

  Lecwan Dogan is an internationalist and a member of the People's Defense Forces (HPG) in the mountains of Kurdistan. The guerrilla fighter spoke to ANF about war, liberalism and the nation state.
• Cemil Bayik: Kurds want their questions answered 

  Cemil Bayik spoke about the latest developments in Kurdistan, the Middle East and the world.
• Hospitals in Maxmur provide health care despite the embargo 

  Dr. Mihemed Unver and Dr. Tîrêj Demir works at Martyr Hogir and Martyr Viyan Physiotherapy Hospital in Maxmur. They said that despite all the obstacles, they provide the best health service for the refugees and they try to supply the medicines themselves.
• Cemil Bayik: Standing up for Öcalan means protecting freedom - PART ONE 

  Cemil Bayik spoke about the latest developments in Kurdistan, the Middle East and the world.
• Duran Kalkan: We are entering the final phase of the Time for Freedom Campaign 

  Duran Kalkan, member of the KCK Executive Council, spoke about important new developments with regards to the struggle for the freedom of Abdullah Öcalan, as well as the continuing war crimes by the Turkish Army in South Kurdistan.
• The corpse in the bag 

  Hakan Arslan's father fought for six years to have his son buried with dignity. The fact that his mortal remains were handed over to him in a bag was shameful for humanity, says the Kurdish family father.
• Foza Yûsif: The war has entered a new phase 

  PYD politician Foza Yûsif criticized the international powers for their silence regarding the Turkish attacks and warned the Syrian regime against a new agreement with Turkey.
• British MP: OPCW should conduct an investigation in Kurdistan 

  British parliamentarian Russel Moyle criticized that the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) does not carry out an investigation into whether the Turkish state is using chemical weapons in Kurdistan.
• Long March 2022 to kick off on 9 September in Essen 

  The call for the Long March 2022 has been issued. Under the slogan “For the freedom of Rêber Apo – Join the struggle for freedom”, the march will go from Essen to Aachen.
• Teachers' union of North and East Syria: Turkey is destroying educational infrastructure 

  The teachers' union of Northern and Eastern Syria warned that the constant attacks on schools have meant a heavy threat to the education system and thus create a vacuum in which ISIS ideology could spread again.
• Children are working in the textile sector in Mersin 

  In the textile sector in Mersin, workers are employed at low wages and without insurance. But the high number of child workers are removed from the workshops during the inspections.
• Cooperating with Erdogan means selling humanity, writes Devriş Çimen 

  Devriş Çimen, the European representative of the Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) wrote an in-depth analysis for Swedish newspaper Dagens ETC.
• Clare Baker: The time has come for freedom for Ocalan 

  Clare Baker, Unite the UNION International officer, said the time has come to free Ocalan.
• Revolutionary People's War against the occupation in Rojava – II 

  The Social Defence Forces (HPC) continues to fulfil its self-defence duties in line with the dictum "the only duty is the defence of the country and the people".