The revolution underway in Rojava is the target of the totalitarian regimes of
Erdogan in Turkey and the mullahs in Iran. The same hatred in them of freedom andemancipation. And while the West looks the other way, the repression escalates.---- As we go to press, the Iran of the Ayatollahs has just arrested TaranehAlidoosti, a famous actress, as well as the lawyer Mohammad Ali Kamfirouzi,defender of journalists imprisoned by the regime. The relationship withKurdistan? That of the collusion of tyrannies who are not mistaken when it comesto questioning their authority. That again of the convergence of dictatorshipsagainst the Kurds, who nevertheless never tire of giving the "the" of aself-managing, feminist, multi-ethnic emancipation. There is no error either onthe side of the protest which takes up the slogan Jîn, Jiyan, Azadî, programmaticsince 2006 in the ranks of Kurdish militancy and its allies.Tehran invokes "incitement to chaos" as a charge against Iranian actress TaranehAlidoosti. The Iranian state is doing this against the backdrop of the hugeprotest movement following the assassination of young Kurdish Mahsa Amini, whichhas shown no signs of slowing down since September 16. The mullahs know well thestrength of the Kurdish movement. It is therefore no geopolitical coincidencethat they consciously contribute to playing a role of lock in the device ofencirclement put in place by the Turks for a year, which puts the Kurdishrevolution in immense danger.Quasi permanent state of siegeIn the aftermath of Daesh's defeat in 2019, Erdogan was staging a low-intensitywar to stifle Kurdish resistance wherever he could find ways to circumvent oreven disregard international law, including outside his own borders. Its logic:to besiege Kurdistan from Syria to Iraq, to erode Kurdish morale, to normalizethe continual war.The siege of the Kurdish positions is first organized in the west, in Syria.Since 2020 the pressure on Rojava has not ceased.CC BY 2.0 KurdishstruggleToday, the pretext of the November 13 attack in Istanbul[1]is gaining ground foranti-Kurdish sentiment beyond the most reactionary Turkish fringe.Two contextual elements dictate Erdogan's murderous timetable. First, thepresidential election scheduled for June 2023, which will be the last run by thesultan in power for twenty years. Its challenges are to make people forget alamentable economic management (84% inflation), to justify the regime's incessantviolence against not only the Kurdish and Alevi minorities, but also against allthe opposition, which inevitably ends up in prison, or worse.The other deadline is that of the end of validity of the Treaty of Lausanne(1923), which theoretically gives back the possibility to the populations victimsof the division of the Ottoman Empire to be able to decide their fateindependently. If the game is obviously far from won, the end of the treatyrenews the question of the borders of Kurdistan.The siege of the Kurdish positions is first organized in the west, in Syria.Since 2020 the pressure on Rojava has not ceased. Erdogan had reactivated Daeshsleeper cells, unleashing them on villages in the region. Since April 2023, thistactic has been supplemented by drone attacks, targeted assassinations of Kurdishleaders, arrests of journalists - an all-out intensification.State Terror as structural policyTurkey obviously designates the PKK as responsible for the Istanbul attack[2].And although the predominant feeling is that of an atrocious Turkish intox, onNovember 20 it launches 70 planes and drones which bombard schools, oil wells,grain silos, hospitals, not only in Rojava, but also on the front of the is, inBasur (Iraqi Kurdistan), causing about fifteen deaths and as many injuries[3].To carry out these airstrikes, it is necessary to pass through Russian andAmerican airspace. Erdogan necessarily benefited from the green light of the latter.The whole arsenal of state terror goes into it: psychological warfare attacks thegreat symbols of resistance (Kobane), leaves the militias of Islamic Statefanatics and Syrian auxiliaries to inspire horror (corps of militants charred,tortured). Not to mention the chemical weapon: if the proof is not yet formal,the suspicion of the experts seems almost proven[4]. Not to mention the diversionof the course of the Euphrates to make the people of Rojava thirsty and commitwhat a US general describes as "ethnic cleansing"[5].Not so disinterested helpersStill in Basur, the Turkish army entered more than 50 km inside the Iraqiborders, in complete defiance of protests from Baghdad[6], establishing more than36 bases there! It besieges the Qandil mountains, a traditional stronghold of theKurdish resistance. Ankara further spoils the situation by largely financing thecommercial development of the region controlled by its straw man, Massoud Barzani.So if the people of Rojava are notoriously united and determined to defend theirterritory, they know what to expect since the attack in Istanbul. The Turkishstrategy has affected Kurdish morale, especially among the youngest, who havemany desires to leave the country.CC BY-SA 2.0 Max GerlachMeanwhile, Iran is attacking Kurdish bases also in Iraq. The hour is particularlydark. The lockdown seems total.And yet: the impact of the war in Ukraine will undoubtedly have pushed Biden towant to take advantage of the situation and play his own geopolitical card.Indeed, the delivery of heavy US artillery to Rojava in early December can beinterpreted as a way of regaining a foothold in the region abandoned under theTrump mandate, to face both Putin and Erdogan.Comments collected from a correspondent of the Kurdish diaspora in Europe are notmistaken: "America is helping us militarily... but our satisfaction is not basedon this support intended to fight against Daesh. We have not asked permission todefend ourselves from anyone, we are fighting to establish democraticconfederalism. How can we believe these countries that tore us to pieces (in1920)? we do not trust the United States but have hopes: as long as we haveweapons to fight against the Turkish state. We only trust democraticconfederalism and the peoples of the region."More than ever, the Kurdish struggle needs our support, our commitment, here orthere, so that this revolution, which looks so much like our projects for alibertarian, self-managing society, freed from patriarchy and capital, does morethan survive. , but flourish !Biji berxwedana Kurdistan !Comments by anonymous Kurdish internationalists collected by Cuervo (UCLAix-en-Provence)To validate[1]On November 13, the unclaimed attack killed 6 people and injured 80 onIstiqlal Street in Istanbul.[2]The PKK has formally denied this and its strategy never includes attacks ofthis type.[3]See rojavainformationcenter.com[4]See "Chemical weapons in Kurdistan : Questions serious enough to justify aninvestigation" on Humanite.fr.[5]"Colonel Caggins: Turkey is committing ethnic cleansing in northern Syria" onkurdistan-au-feminin.fr[6]Read our press release of June 16, 2021, "Against the war in Iraqi Kurdistan,against the treachery of the PDK"https://www.unioncommunistelibertaire.org/?Kurdistan-Faire-vivre-la-Revolution-dejouer-le-piege-turc_________________________________________A - I N F O S N E W S S E R V I C EBy, For, and About AnarchistsSend news reports to A-infos-en mailing listA-infos-en@ainfos.ca
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