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Sanctions against Russia: The impact is greater to Europe

Sanctions against Russia: The impact is greater to Europe By: Zaher Baher 27/03/2022 Before entering the subject, I would like to start with three points: Firstly, sanctions have no impact at all in the beginning. It is a long process and sometimes they create anger and resentment amongst the people in the countries where sanctions […]

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Rojava; between genocide and compromise

Rojava; between genocide and compromise By: Zaher Baher 16/10/2019 Rojava is going through a very difficult time; its future is not clear at the moment. However what is clear is that there will either be genocide or compromise. What is currently going on in Rojava has been caused by the very complicated background to its […]

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President Erdogan is as dangerous as President Trump

President Erdogan is as dangerous as President Trump By Zaher Baher May 2018 The system is always able to create dangerous people but the real danger is the system itself. The system also makes the people powerless, helpless and slaves too through its dark forces of which the Media is one. Media is a part […]

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PKK can seize this opportunity before President Erdogan grab it

PKK can seize this opportunity before President Erdogan grab it By Zaher Baher 07/05/2019 The big news in the Kurdish media including the social media, has been about Abdullah Ocalan being visited by his lawyers at Emrali prison. The last time such a visit took place was on July the 27th, 2011. This is good […]

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Our struggle must goes beyond what our lifestyle demands

Our struggle must goes beyond what our lifestyle demands By: Zaher Baher June 2017 The world still suffers from the current economic crisis that started in 2008. It has not only made the vast majority of us poorer and our life harder but has limited our freedoms as well.  In the meantime the number of visible […]

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Our attitude towards Rojava must be Critical Solidarity

Our attitude towards Rojava must be Critical Solidarity By Zaher Baher 30/01/2016 Many articles from different people about Rojava have expressed different views. The vast majority of them have covered the positive and bright sides of this experiment. I too have written many articles, in both Kurdish and English.  In addition, I have given many […]

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Organising ourselves is the first and main step towards our aim

Organising ourselves is the first and main step towards our aim By Zaher Baher October 2018 In June 2017 I wrote an article “Our struggle must go beyond what our lifestyle demands”*.  In that article I stressed some major factors that may be obstacles in the way of our struggles. Since I wrote that article […]

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Leftists and Communists have damaged the Socialist movement as much as the right-wing did

Leftists and Communists have damaged the Socialist movement as much as the right-wing did   By: Zaher Baher Sep 2016 The last century has seen a couple of historical catastrophes that continue to present day and the world still suffers from their fallout. The first one was so-called the Bolshevik revolution (Bolshevism) and the second was […]

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Is the working class revolutionary?

Is the working class revolutionary? By Zaher Baher August 2017 Well, this is not an easy question to answer in a short article like this. Before we go any further, we may need the actual definition of “working class”.  I admit again this is not easy either. There are different concepts or definitions for “working […]

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Is President Donald Trump a threat and danger?

Is President Donald Trump a threat and danger? By: Zaher Baher June 2020 Certainly he is, but who is he a threat to? Before answering this question, I believe that history has so far taught us a few things about the revolution that we cannot ignore. Firstly, it has shown that political parties, such as-lefties […]