In Kassel for weeks protesting hundreds against the war of aggression in Kurdistan, west.
Again the yellow banner is on the street. „Revolution in Rojava – Feminism, ecology, can "Democracy is read out. Hundreds of people follow the demonstration block carrying the banner. Around a hundred women, children, Young people lead to the train. You can see that they are fighting on the street. The Kurdish Student Association has called, as often happens in these weeks, against the war of aggression of Turkey in northern Syria, also called Rojava to demonstrate.
Shortly it will be hectic in Kassel Jägerstraße, as a follower of Mili Görüs mosque association show the fascist wolf greeting from the window. Some participants of the Kurdish demonstration try the courtyard of the mosque to storm, but fail furiously at hastily awarded Grid. The atmosphere is charged in Kassel and nationwide. In Dortmund in mid October were thrown firebombs at a mosque of the DITIB mosque Association.
Erdogan's war of aggression in Syria against the Kurds unites Turkey's right-wing and Islamist forces. The Islamist proxies, who provide the cannon fodder of the offensive, committing war crimes, The Turkish army bombed the civilian population. The response in the global community is sharply condemning, but no actions against the war follow. The dictator Erdogan can apparently do whatever he wants. His war against the Kurdish people continues with all severity.
“Shortly it will be hectic in Kassel Jägerstraße, as supporters of the Mili Görüs Mosque Association show the fascist wolf salute out the window.”
The outrage over the attack, which also increasingly is a humanitarian catastrophe, now breaks for weeks Kassel Roads Railway. the Kurdish Community is surprisingly united, aside their political trenches. Flags wave of KDP Barzani supporters from northern Iraq In addition to the flags of the socialist Kurdish freedom movement. Although the differences hardly final can be bridged, is a common opposition to Erdogan important moment.
the socialist Project Rojava radiates under massive pressure yet fascination. Among the protesters on streets of Kassel many German Left, which show solidarity. the Tags grassroots, Feminism and ecology have rarely as fully reacted, one is located in the speeches and Greeting words agree.
Kassel that plays a special role in the equation of the military raid, showed up in the second week of protests, as German activists factory Krauss-Maffei Wegmann, the tank manufacturer in the Wolfhager road, blocked. They blocked the entrances, chained themselves to the factory gates and occupied the roof of the factory. A SWAT deployment ended after 10 Hour blockade. Now KMW can supply among others, the Turkish military again. was the main success of the action a comprehensive positive media coverage by nearly all mainstream media, of course, away from the concrete operation disabilities.
While the high-frequency action weeks in Kassel became known, that the German internationalist "Konstantin Andok Cotkar" has fallen in the defense of the Kurdish city Serikaniye. he was killed in an air raid supplies exactly that army KMW.
The relevance of the theme, locally and globally, do not seem to share all. After 13 Days complete silence about the daily actions and Demonstrations with up to 800 participating, pity on the Regional monopoly newspaper HNA to an article. He turned to a Good part to traffic restrictions because of the demonstrations.