Reflections of a Kurdish Feminist
Just as American imperialism desperately needs to prop up its industrial war machinery through the ever lucrative arms sales, Iran needs Western involvement in the Middle East as a means of projecting its own hegemony and leadership goals for the region. It needs an enemy- a conflicting identity and narrative to maintain its Islamic Revolutionary ideology- and yes its own imperialist objectives.
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You can cheer the end of Sulaimani and still be anti-war. You can condemn the way Sulaimani was executed but still be relieved that he is no longer around to terrorize people. You can be anti-US imperialism and anti-Iranian dictatorship and brutality.
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Turkey Settles Chinese Uyghur in Kurdish Homes in Rojava One of the most insidious, and yet successful aspects of Turkey’s
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This is not a war. Don’t be fooled by the media or the political leaders calling this a “war”. A war, according to international law and Just War Theory is a military conflict between two sovereign states with relatively equal power and capacity.
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Baghdad Burning: Iraq Anti-Government Protests Becomes Deadly Since Tuesday mass anti-government protests have erupted in Baghdad as a result of
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“Simply freeing the militants …leaving the long-suffering people of Syria to continue to face the threat of these organizations is inhumane, and legally and morally irresponsible.
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The indefinite state of detention, despair and hopelessness is used as deterrence, and a clear threat to other would be refugees and asylum seekers. The message is clear: there is no hope here, no humanity, no home to be found.
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Economic violence has been a tool of authoritarian states against minorities in the region for decades. The Kolbers symbolize the intersection where race and class come together and add a further layer of violence, marginalization and oppression to the Kurdish issue.
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Devastating Fires: Turkey aids ISIS in Terrorizing Kurdistan For the past few weeks a number of suspicious fires have erupted
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To understand the current situation in Kurdistan, and specifically in Rojava in relation to mental health, we need to understand several important factors which heavily impact current issues and limitations in this regard.
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