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Freedom and death. Reflections on resistance, represion and sacrifice.

On the sacrifices of Willem Van Spronsen and Mikhail Zhlobitsky, global repression and international anarchist movement

 

In the recent decades we saw growth of social movements and global uprisings. Revolutionaries and grassroots movements developed tactics, advanced strategically, were succeeding, being crashed by state repressions, were assimilated and reborn again and again. We lost many comrades on the way. Comrades who gave their lives for others – because they wanted to live so much, dying for it became as worth it as living for it and the reign of death was disappearing from their eyes. Let’s take a brief look into one aspect of our generation of struggle in places that are far away from the context of so-called Middle East. And two comrades who gave their lives for it.
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1 month since Turkish invasion: Burying and Remembering Ş. Ceren Güneş

Tekoşîna Anarşîst on the 10th of November 2019:

“1 month since first bombs declared start of Turkish invasion. Despite big politicians’ talks&declarations such as so-called ceasefire and geopolitical agreements, war only escalated. Today in Dêrik people buried 14 beloved family members, friends, brothers, sisters and fighters.”

R.I.P. Jamie Janson

We would like to commemorate Jamie Janson, an ex-YPG volunteer who took his own life on the 4th of September 2019. Some of us had an honour to be together with him during the defense of Afrin.

Rest in Power Jamie. Şehîd namirin!