Wednesday, September 20, 2023





 #Kakistocracy #CorpMedia #Idiocracy #Oligarchs #MegaBanks vs #Union #Occupy #NoDAPL #BLM #SDF #DACA #MeToo #Humanity #DemExit #FeelTheBern

#JinJiyanAzadi #BijiRojava  Canadian army veteran arrested in Iraq after stint with Kurds fighting ISIL in Syria [UPDATES]

https://nationalpost.com/news/world/canadian-army-veteran-arrested-in-iraq-after-stint-with-kurds-fighting-isil-in-syria

Western volunteer fighters returning from Syria have increasingly faced the prospect of detention in the autonomous Kurdistan region of northern Iraq...

RELATED UPDATE: Female Kurdish fighters announce new training academies for Arab women to take on Isis in Syria

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/female-kurdish-fighters-ypj-set-up-new-training-academies-arab-yazidi-women-to-fight-isis-a7508951.html

RELATED UPDATE: 'Hundreds of us will die in Raqqa’: the women fighting Isis

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/apr/30/hundreds-of-us-will-die-in-raqqa-the-women-fighting-isis

RELATED UPDATE: Women recruits prepare to join Syria's Raqqa battle

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-mideast-syria-forces-female-idUSKBN1AP2B9

RELATED UPDATE: Unbowed

https://newint.org/features/2020/06/11/unbowed

RELATED UPDATE: ‘Now I’ve a purpose’: why more Kurdish women are choosing to fight

https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2021/jul/19/came-to-fight-stayed-for-the-freedom-why-more-kurdish-women-are-taking-up-arms

RELATED UPDATE: “Woman, Life, Freedom”: Syrian Women Are Rising Up Against Patriarchy

https://truthout.org/articles/woman-life-freedom-syrian-women-are-rising-up-against-patriarchy/

RELATED UPDATE: The Rojava cycle in Ankara's 'Decomposition Plan' against Kurds - I

https://anfenglishmobile.com/features/the-rojava-cycle-in-ankara-s-decomposition-plan-against-kurds-67927

RELATED UPDATE: YPJ announces the death of four fighters

https://anfenglishmobile.com/women/ypj-announces-the-death-of-four-fighters-68526

RELATED UPDATE: TJA launches "Towards Freedom with Jin-Jiyan-Azadî" campaign in Urfa

https://anfenglish.com/women/tja-launches-towards-freedom-with-jin-jiyan-azadi-campaign-in-urfa-69333

RELATED UPDATE: WATCH How Iran’s ‘women’s revolution’ could unite an opposition movement

https://medyanews.net/how-irans-womens-revolution-could-unite-an-opposition-movement/

RELATED UPDATE: PJAK Co-Chair Zîlan Vejîn: ‘What united all women and peoples of Iran was ‘Jin, Jiyan, Azadi’ slogan

https://medyanews.net/pjak-co-chair-zilan-vejin-what-united-all-women-and-peoples-of-iran-was-jin-jiyan-azadi-slogan/

RELATED UPDATE: RJAK: We will keep the spirit of ‘Jin, Jiyan, Azadî’ alive

https://anfenglish.com/women/rjak-we-will-keep-the-spirit-of-jin-jiyan-azadi-alive-69343

RELATED UPDATE: WATCH Iranians defy security crackdown, flood streets in massive protests (UPDATED)

https://medyanews.net/iran-steps-up-security-measures-for-protests-on-anniversary-of-jina-aminis-death/

RELATED UPDATE: Kurdish women in Europe salute first anniversary of Jin Jiyan Azadi uprising in Iran

https://anfenglish.com/news/kurdish-women-in-europe-salute-first-anniversary-of-jin-jiyan-azadi-uprising-69353

RELATED UPDATE: WATCH European cities rally in support of Jin Jiyan Azadî movement

https://medyanews.net/european-cities-rally-in-support-of-jin-jiyan-azadi-movement/

RELATED UPDATE: 700 people detained during protests in Iran

https://anfenglishmobile.com/news/700-people-detained-during-protests-in-iran-69369

RELATED UPDATE: Kurdistan on anniversary of Jina Amini’s murder: Strikes, protests, state repression

https://kurdistanhumanrights.org/en/news/2023/09/18/kurdistan-on-anniversary-of-jina-aminis-murder-strikes-protests-state-repression/

RELATED UPDATE: ‘Jin, Jiyan, Azadî’ Movement: One year on

https://medyanews.net/jin-jiyan-azadi-movement-one-year-on/

RELATED UPDATE: Iran’s Year of Defiance and Repression: How One Woman’s Death Sparked a Nationwide Uprising

https://kurdistanhumanrights.org/en/press-releases/2023/09/19/irans-year-of-defiance-and-repression-how-one-womans-death-sparked-a-nationwide-uprising/

RELATED UPDATE: Farewell to Fevzi Özmen

https://anfenglishmobile.com/news/farewell-to-fevzi-Ozmen-69400

RELATED UPDATE: TEV-ÇAND Europe condemns smear campaign against director Yılmaz Güney

https://anfenglishmobile.com/features/tev-Cand-europe-condemns-smear-campaign-against-director-yilmaz-guney-69405

RELATED UPDATE: WATCH Syrian Civil War and Spillover: Every Day

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ToxfSPfbx2E

Wednesday, September 13, 2023





 #CorpMedia #Idiocracy #Oligarchs #MegaBanks vs #Union #Occupy #NoDAPL #BLM #SDF #DACA #MeToo #Humanity #DemExit #FeelTheBern

#JinJiyanAzadi #BijiRojava Christian militia in Syria defends ancient settlements against Isis [UPDATES]

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/mar/03/christian-militia-syria-defends-ancient-settlements-isis

Fighters try to protect last pockets of Assyrian Christians after Islamic State kills dozens, captures 300 hostages and forces thousands into exile...

RELATED UPDATE: Christian female fighters take on ISIS in Syria

https://english.ahram.org.eg/News/173379.aspx

RELATED UPDATE: Syriac-Assyrian Christians in Syria warn: we will defend ourselves against a Turkish invasion

https://www.european-syriac-union.org/news-reader/syriac-assyrian-christians-in-syria-warn-we-will-defend-ourselves-against-a-turkish-invasion.html

RELATED UPDATE: Syrian Kurds outraged over mutilation of female fighter

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/feb/02/syrian-kurds-outraged-over-mutilation-of-female-fighter

RELATED UPDATE: Christian Leaders Say Turkish Invasion Of Syria Raises Risk Of 'Genocide'

https://www.npr.org/2019/10/09/768697873/evangelical-christian-leaders-push-back-on-turkish-invasion-of-northern-syria

RELATED UPDATE: Video shows abuse of slain female fighter by Turkish forces

https://www.smh.com.au/world/middle-east/video-shows-abuse-of-slain-female-fighter-by-turkish-forces-20191024-p533yg.html

RELATED UPDATE: America’s Abandonment of Syria - Many Syrians thought that the U.S. cared about them. Now they know better

https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2020/04/27/americas-abandonment-of-syria

RELATED UPDATE: Assyrian Christian commander: Turkey is a threat to security and stability in Syria

https://npasyria.com/en/46621/

RELATED UPDATE: How a small but powerful band of women led the fight against ISIS

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/how-a-small-but-powerful-band-of-women-led-the-fight-against-isis

RELATED UPDATE: ‘The Daughters of Kobani’: A chronicle of the women who fought ISIS

https://www.csmonitor.com/Books/Author-Q-As/2021/0428/The-Daughters-of-Kobani-A-chronicle-of-the-women-who-fought-ISIS

RELATED UPDATE: WATCH SDF top commander, US CENTCOM express sorrow for the death of three women fighters

https://medyanews.net/sdf-top-commander-us-centcom-express-sorrow-for-the-death-of-three-women-fighters/

RELATED UPDATE: WATCH Kurds in northern Syria pay tribute to fallen on Eid al-Adha

https://medyanews.net/kurds-in-northern-syria-pay-tribute-to-fallen-on-eid-al-adha/

RELATED UPDATE: Young artists of the Rojava Revolution

https://anfenglish.com/rojava-syria/young-artists-of-the-rojava-revolution-68314

RELATED UPDATE: Tribes in Raqqa call on the tribes in Deir ez-Zor to support the SDF

https://anfenglishmobile.com/rojava-syria/tribes-in-raqqa-call-on-the-tribes-in-deir-ez-zor-to-support-the-sdf-69161

RELATED UPDATE: Iranian Kurdish parties to stage joint protests on anniversary of Jina Amini’s death

https://medyanews.net/iranian-kurdish-parties-to-stage-joint-protests-on-anniversary-of-jina-aminis-death/

RELATED UPDATE: Remembering Jîna Amini: Empty promises and the need for real change

https://medyanews.net/remembering-jina-amini-empty-promises-and-the-need-for-real-change/

RELATED UPDATE: Jina Mahsa Amini’s parents to hold anniversary at daughter’s grave

https://kurdistanhumanrights.org/en/news/2023/09/11/jina-mahsa-aminis-parents-to-hold-anniversary-at-daughters-grave/

RELATED UPDATE: TJK-E calls on everyone to attend actions to mark the anniversary of killing of Jina Amini in Tehran

https://anfenglishmobile.com/women/tjk-e-calls-on-everyone-to-attend-actions-to-mark-anniversary-of-killing-of-jina-amini-in-tehran-69281

RELATED UPDATE: New Academy for teachers and school directors opens in Qamishlo

https://anfenglishmobile.com/rojava-syria/new-academy-for-teachers-and-school-directors-opens-in-qamishlo-69253

RELATED UPDATE: The truth of the Treaty of Lausanne and its historical impact

https://anfenglishmobile.com/features/the-truth-of-the-treaty-of-lausanne-and-its-historical-impact-69290

RELATED UPDATE: Court rejects lawsuit to close the ‘We Will Stop Femicide Platform’

https://anfenglishmobile.com/women/court-rejects-lawsuit-to-close-the-we-will-stop-femicide-platform-69295

RELATED UPDATE: Jina Mahsa Amini’s father threatened for the family’s commemoration plans

https://anfenglishmobile.com/kurdistan/jina-mahsa-amini-s-father-threatened-for-the-family-s-commemoration-plans-69298

RELATED UPDATE: WATCH Syrian Civil War and Spillover: Every Day

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ToxfSPfbx2E

Wednesday, September 6, 2023






#CorpMedia #Idiocracy #Oligarchs #MegaBanks vs #Union #Occupy #NoDAPL #BLM #SDF #DACA #MeToo #Humanity #DemExit #FeelTheBern

#JinJiyanAzadi #BijiRojava Syriac Christian women take up Kalashnikovs to fight Islamic State [UPDATES]

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/dec/13/syriac-christian-women-militia-fight-islamic-state

Newly formed battalion of 50 women sees first major action fighting with coalition of forces to overtake strategic town of Hol...

RELATED UPDATE: ‘Female Protection Forces of the Land Between Two Rivers’: All-female Syrian Christian fighters take on Isis

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/female-protection-forces-of-the-land-between-two-rivers-allfemale-syrian-christian-fighters-take-on-isis-a6772136.html

RELATED UPDATE: 'Man, She's Pretty': Behind Syrian Rebels' Gruesome Murder of a Female Kurdish Fighter

https://www.haaretz.com/middle-east-news/syria/2018-02-08/ty-article/syrian-rebels-celebrate-gruesome-murder-of-female-kurdish-fighter/0000017f-dbb3-d3a5-af7f-fbbf56770000?lts=1694053875725

RELATED UPDATE: Martyrs never die - “Do not stand at my grave and cry; While Rojava lives, I did not die.”

https://www.jpost.com/opinion/martyrs-never-die-585962

RELATED UPDATE: Meet The Fighting Bethnahrin Women of Syria

https://www.albawaba.com/slideshow/meet-bethnahrin-women-protection-forces-female-fighters-syria-1305820

RELATED UPDATE: Meet the women with guns who fought Isil in Syria - and are now battling its patriarchy

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/women/life/meet-women-guns-fought-isil-syria-now-battling-patriarchy/

RELATED UPDATE: [Women’s Voices] Bethnahrin Women Protection Forces – HSNB

https://womendefendrojava.net/en/2019/11/30/womens-voices-bethnahrin-women-protection-forces-hsnb/

RELATED UPDATE: Syriac Women Protection Forces complete military training

https://anfenglishmobile.com/women/syriac-women-protection-forces-complete-military-training-44066

RELATED UPDATE: All-female Syriac Christian fighting force in Syria celebrates 5th anniversary

https://npasyria.com/en/46029/

RELATED UPDATE: Five years of Bethnahrin Women's Protection Forces

https://anfenglishmobile.com/women/five-years-of-bethnahrin-women-s-protection-forces-46315

RELATED UPDATE: The Women Who Fought to Defend Their Homes Against ISIS

https://time.com/5940848/syria-women-fought-against-isis/

RELATED UPDATE: Bethnahrin Women’s Protection Forces renews commitment to defense of women and freedom on anniversary of its founding

https://syriacpress.com/blog/2022/08/26/bethnahrin-womens-protection-forces-renews-commitment-to-defense-of-women-and-freedom-on-anniversary-of-its-founding/

RELATED UPDATE: Rojava festival in Berlin

https://anfenglish.com/culture/rojava-festival-in-berlin-68448

RELATED UPDATE: Kurdish journalist re-arrested in Iran over Jina Amini report, moved to notorious prison

https://medyanews.net/kurdish-journalist-re-arrested-in-iran-over-jina-amini-report-moved-to-notorious-prison/

RELATED UPDATE: Preparations underway for demonstrations to mark the anniversary of the killing of Jina Amini

https://anfenglish.com/women/preparations-are-underway-for-demonstrations-to-mark-anniversary-of-killing-of-jina-amini-69067

RELATED UPDATE: YPJ announces death of commander Roşna Egîd

https://anfenglishmobile.com/rojava-syria/ypj-announces-death-of-commander-rosna-egid-69168

RELATED UPDATE: Long March for the freedom of Abdu11ah 0calan continues

https://anfenglishmobile.com/news/long-march-for-the-freedom-of-abdullah-Ocalan-continues-69179

RELATED UPDATE: Political organisations in Eastern Kurdistan call for a general strike on 16 September

https://anfenglishmobile.com/kurdistan/political-organisations-in-eastern-kurdistan-call-for-a-general-strike-on-16-september-69180

RELATED UPDATE: WATCH Syrian Civil War and Spillover: Every Day

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ToxfSPfbx2E
 

Saturday, August 19, 2023

 These people make me want to vote for Biden...

https://twitter.com/jacksonhinklle/status/1567311844427313154

Wednesday, August 16, 2023

✨ Life update - Staying curious & travelling around Europe/Asia for 4 mo...






#CorpMedia #Idiocracy #Oligarchs #MegaBanks vs #Union #Occupy #NoDAPL #BLM #SDF #DACA #MeToo #Humanity #DemExit #FeelTheBern

#JinJiyanAzadi #BijiRojava “Women, Life, Freedom": The Feminist Revolution of the Kurdish YPJ - Madelyn Evans [UPDATES]

https://issuu.com/mjpsprint/docs/mjps_2021__2_/s/12061235

On April 4, 2013, prompted by the eruption of the Syrian Civil War and the encroachment of ISIS into Kurdish territory, the Women’s Protection Units was established.More commonly referred to as its acronym “YPJ,” �Yekîneyên Parastina Jin in Kurdish), this all-female militia is one of the main two armed forces in Rojava, a de facto autonomous region in northeastern Syria also known as Western Kurdistan...

RELATED UPDATE: "From #Rojava to #China: #IRPGF stands in solidarity with Chinese Feminists. A society can never be free without women’s liberation!" (1)

https://twitter.com/IRPGF/status/857992789954527232

RELATED UPDATE: KURDISH FEMALE FIGHTERS: THE WESTERN DEPICTION OF YPJ COMBATANTS IN ROJAVA

https://glocalismjournal.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/Dean_gjcpi_2019_1.pdf

RELATED UPDATE: On the ten year anniversary of the women’s revolution, we will defend our achievements, and we will multiply them!

https://womendefendrojava.net/en/2022/07/19/on-the-ten-year-anniversary-of-the-womens-revolution-we-will-defend-our-achievements-and-we-will-multiply-them/

RELATED UPDATE: Spring is unstoppable! – 10 Years of Rojava Revolution

https://www.defendrojava.org/news/j8556lu5zqenmi3dbam56wxeppseov

RELATED UPDATE: "Jin, jiyan, azadi” is not a hashtag - The deep roots of the iconic slogan in the Kurdish women's struggle.

https://progressive.international/wire/2022-10-14-jin-jiyan-azadi-is-not-a-hashtag/en

RELATED UPDATE: Kongra Star: Our response will be the success of women’s revolution

https://anfenglish.com/women/kongra-star-our-response-will-be-the-success-of-women-s-revolution-62877

RELATED UPDATE: Iran's protesters find inspiration in a Kurdish revolutionary slogan

https://www.npr.org/2022/10/27/1131436766/kurdish-roots-iran-protest-slogan

RELATED UPDATE: Jin, jiyan, azadi: From rallying cry to revolution

https://www.utblick.org/2022/11/26/jin-jiyan-azadi-from-rallying-cry-to-revolution/

RELATED UPDATE: ‘Woman, Life, Freedom’ from Rojava to Rojhelat: Connections and Solidarities

https://www.kurdishpeace.org/research/womens-liberation-and-leadership/woman-life-freedom-from-rojava-to-rojhelat-connections-and-solidarities/

RELATED UPDATE: Jin, Jiyan, Azadî: The Appeal for Kurdish Self-Determination in Eastern Kurdistan

https://dckurd.org/2023/01/14/jin-jiyan-azadi-appeal-for-kurdish-independence/

RELATED UPDATE: Jin, jiyan, azadi: Kurdish women are at the forefront of the revolution in Iran

https://assembly.malala.org/stories/jin-jiyan-azadi-kurdish-women-are-at-the-forefront-of-the-revolution-in-iran

RELATED UPDATE: The Kurdish feminist revolution

https://newint.org/immersive/2023/02/23/iran-kurdish-feminist-revolution

RELATED UPDATE: Jin, Jiyan, Azadi (Woman, Life, Freedom): The Genealogy of a Slogan

https://crimethinc.com/2023/03/08/jin-jiyan-azadi-woman-life-freedom-the-genealogy-of-a-slogan

RELATED UPDATE: Woman, Life, Freedom from Rojava to Rojhelat According to Behrooz Boochani

https://en.radiozamaneh.com/34000/

RELATED UPDATE: Saying Jin, Jiyan, Azadî in Kurdish is not enough

https://medyanews.net/saying-jin-jiyan-azadi-in-kurdish-is-not-enough-2/

RELATED UPDATE: Seven years ago Manbij was liberated by the SDF

https://anfenglishmobile.com/rojava-syria/seven-years-ago-manbij-was-liberated-by-the-sdf-68806

RELATED UPDATE: YPG-YPJ military parade in Aleppo salutes the anniversary of 15 August initiative

https://anfenglishmobile.com/rojava-syria/ypg-ypj-military-parade-in-aleppo-salutes-the-anniversary-of-15-august-initiative-68826

RELATED UPDATE: Young women from four parts of Kurdistan join the guerrilla ranks

https://anfenglishmobile.com/kurdistan/young-women-from-four-parts-of-kurdistan-join-the-guerrilla-ranks-68828

RELATED UPDATE: First World Youth Conference to be held in Paris in November

https://anfenglishmobile.com/features/call-for-the-first-world-youth-conference-in-paris-68838

RELATED UPDATE: YBŞ and YJŞ remember the martyrs who fell in the month of August

https://anfenglishmobile.com/kurdistan/ybS-and-yjS-remember-the-martyrs-who-fell-in-the-month-of-august-68840