George Katsiaficas, a Greek-American historian and social theorist, released a video message in solidarity with the Kurdish people and their freedom struggle which is being targeted on various fronts, not only in Kurdistan, but also abroad.

George Katsiaficas denounced the Turkish military campaign against the Metina region in southern Kurdistan, where attacks continue unabated, and today’s police operation against the Kurdish media in Belgium.

The message by George Katsiaficas includes the following:

“Today, the Kurdish freedom movement has been attacked on two fronts.

In southern Kurdistan, around the city of Metina, there have been howitzers, helicopters and jet planes bombing local people.

Secondly, in Brussels, Belgium, the police have raided the independent Kurdish media’s television newspaper, destroying equipment and refusing to allow the workers there to defend their equipment of their own offices.

This offensive of the enemies of Kurdistan demonstrates clearly the international character of the Kurdish freedom struggle. Today, their offensive has occurred on two fronts. Tomorrow, we must counterattack on many fronts, where the people of the world and the Kurdish people together confront the oppressive world system now in control of world wealth.

All power to the people.”

About George Katsiaficas

George Katsiaficas (Ph.D., Political Science, University of California, San Diego, 1983) became active in social movements in 1969 as an anti-war protestor and supporter of the Black Panther Party. For years, Katsiaficas taught at Boston’s Wentworth Institute of Technology, a working-class college, and he was a research affiliate at Harvard University in both European and Korean studies.  His latest book, The Global Imagination of 1968 (2019) discusses Sixties’ movements in more than fifty countries and outlines global waves of uprisings subsequent to 1968. Katsiaficas was editor of New Political Science (1998-2003), Chairperson of the Caucus for a New Political Science (1989-1991), and founded a book series for the Caucus. Under his leadership, the CNPS became an Organized Section of the American Political Science Association. His many honors include the Charles A. McCoy Career Achievement Award presented by the New Political Science Section of the APSA in 2011. A longtime activist for peace and justice, he was a student of Herbert Marcuse, whose theories he recently defended from misogynist and untruthful attacks. His website is www.eroseffect.com