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• The path of revolutionary Internationalism: Şehîd Ronahî 

  Heval Ronahî, Andrea Wolf, was murdered by the Turkish state on 23 October 1998 together with 23 of her comrades in Catak.
• PJAK Co-Chair: It is important to continue the uprising until victory 

  Looking at the revolution in Iran, PJAK Co-Chair Siamand Moini warns against harbouring expectations of democratic change in the mullahs' regime. He says that the people's power is preparing to build a sustainable democratic society.
• Struggling on, staying strong: Reflections on IRR50 

  To mark 50 years since the radical transformation of the Institute of Race Relations, a film has been released on the IRR's longevity and place in British anti-racism.
• Karasu: Kurdish people must rise up in the face of attacks 

  Mustafa Karasu calls on the Kurdish people to rise up against the guerrillas in the face of chemical attacks. Karasu describes the KDP’s attitude in the context of the invasion of Southern Kurdistan as the greatest historical disgrace in history.
• The strategically unchanging fascist Turkish reality 

  The fascist Turkish reality, which is tactically new and strategically unchanged, has once again approved itself with the fighting between mercenary groups in occupied Afrin.
• More than a million people return to Raqqa in the five years since its liberation 

  In the five years since Raqqa's liberation, more than a million people have returned to the city. A large number of projects, cooperatives and councils have been set up.
• Images of guerrillas exposed to Turkish chemical weapons 

  ANF has obtained footage of two guerrilla fighters affected by Turkish chemical weapons. They suffered paralysis of the nervous and respiratory systems and memory loss.
• Five years ago the liberation of Raqqa 

  Five years ago, Raqqa was freed from IS domination. The city, located about 200 kilometers west of Aleppo, has since been rebuilt. The previous three years of reign of terror have left deep traces.
• Vigil for Öcalan website publishes interview with lawyer Ibrahim Bilmez 

  Öcalan's lawyer Bilmez said: "We are calling on everybody to understand that freedom for Öcalan is freedom for the Kurdish people, and freedom for the Kurds is your freedom, too."
• New evidence of chemical weapons and banned bombs used by the Turkish state 

  ANF presents to our readers 14 different images showing the Turkish state using banned bombs and chemical weapons in the guerrilla-held in Medya Defense Zones in southern Kurdistan (northern Iraq).
• Aldar Xelîl: Turkey fabricates justifications for occupation 

  PYD Co-Presidency Council member Aldar Xelîl pointed to the Turkish attempts to fabricate justifications for new invasion attacks, saying, “They seek to change the cover of the attacks.”
• Debbie Bookchin: Turkey is actually engaged in a grotesque example of ethnic cleansing in Rojava 

  Debbie Bookchin underlined that Turkish President Erdogan sees the democratic, feminist and ecological system in Rojava as a threat to himself.
• Intellectuals from all over the world condemn international conspiracy against Öcalan 

  Intellectuals, writers and academics from all over the world continue to condemn the international conspiracy against Abdullah Öcalan.
• 9 October 1998: The day the international conspiracy began 

  In 1998, amid a unilateral ceasefire, Turkey, assisted by NATO, threatened Syria with war, forcing Abdullah Öcalan to leave the country on 9 October the same year. That day, the international conspiracy began.
• Kaya: Our system sets example for education in Kurdish in four parts of Kurdistan 

  The Education Board spokeswoman at Maxmur Refugee Camp, Bêrîvan Kaya, said that they have been providing education in their mother tongue for 27 years and added that the education system they promote relies on the paradigm of Öcalan.
• Kalkan: Everyone must take responsibility and struggle 

  KCK Executive Council Member Duran Kalkan evaluates the latest developments in Kurdistan and the Middle East.
• Remembering with anger and hope Şehîd Nagihan Akarsel 

  “Fighting Together” Feminist Organizing for Self-Determination and Democratic Autonomy and the Jineolojî Committee Germany wrote a text to pay tribute to Nagihan Akarsel.
• People of Amed worried for soaring cost of living 

  The people of Amed (Diyarbakir) said that they had suffered from the economic crisis and that those below the poverty line were collecting leftovers in the markets.
• Karayılan: Turkey uses tactical nuclear bombs in NATO inventory 

  Addressing the guerrillas in Zap, Avaşin and Metina, HSM Headquarters Commander Murat Karayılan said that the nuclear tactical bombs used by the Turkish state against them are in the NATO inventory and asked if NATO approved their use.
• Temelli: Our priority should be to destroy fascism 

  Sezai Temelli said that the Labor and Freedom Alliance is a joint struggle alliance against fascism, war and exploitation.
• Aban People’s Tribunal finds Islamic Republic leaders guilty of crimes against humanity 

  The Aban International People’s Tribunal on Iran’s atrocities delivered a summary of their findings on Friday, finding the Islamic Republic leaders guilty of crimes against humanity.
• Duran Kalkan: Conditions to fight for democracy and freedom are better than before 

  Duran Kalkan says conditions to fight for democracy and freedom are better than before.
• Duran Kalkan: Either the world ends or capitalism stops 

  Duran Kalkan said that "either the world ends or capitalism stops. One cannot expect capitalism to resolve its contradictions."
• Duran Kalkan sees opportunities for democratic emancipation in fragmentation of global powers 

  Duran Kalkan sees opportunities for democratic emancipation in the fragmentation of global powers. However, he warns, it is dangerous if the forces of world revolution do not act as one.
• Muzaffer Ayata: Turkey is a mafia state  

  PKK Central Committee member Muzaffer Ayata analyzes the current situation of the Turkish government and states that Erdoğan's regime is worse than the military coup regime of 1980.