What can we learn from the recent protests? By: Zaher Baher 12/11/2019 This year we have witnessed many protests in the UK and other countries from Yellow Vests in France, protests in Iran, Morocco, Sudan, Extinction Rebellion in more than 120 countries, Haiti, Hong Kong, Ecuador, Chile, Greece, and now in Catalonia, Bolivia, Iraq and […]
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We, supporters of Rojava, should be worried about its partnership with the United States. By: Zaher Baher 17th May 2017 The political and military balance in Syria is constantly changing. Relations between the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), co-founded by People’s Protection Units (YPG), and in turn Russia and US constantly ebb and flow. The dynamic […]
We must bury the traditional struggles to adopt new ones By Zaher Baher 12/02/2020 Capitalism and its pillar, the state, have changed their methods to fight back against the working class movement. The system with all its structures have amended and adapted themselves to the struggle of their class enemy and have learnt how to […]
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The State and the Power of Business
The State and the Power of Business By Zaher Baher March 2021 Recently I was involved in a long discussion with a close friend of mine who is not an anarchist. He believes that the destination of human beings is a kind of socialism but not necessarily the one that anarchists want. My friend thinks […]
The people’s movement desperately needs working class solidarity By: Zaher Baher Jan 2019 For the last four decades we have seen either no support or very little from the working class, especially the industrialised sections and big companies to people’s movement. It is easy to see this phenomenon in the Iranian green movement in […]
The latest messages from Ocalan and my opinion* By Zaher Baher Aug 2019 The latest of Ocalan’s messages,** ‘calls for a ceasefire’, are good news. It offers great hope and opportunity not just for the Kurdish community in Turkey, but also in fact for all communities there. I support Ocalan’s message, although it has come […]
The Kurdish people should get involved in and support campaigns on Local and National issues By Zaher Baher Oct 2017 The emigration of Kurdish people to Europe, Scandinavia, the United States (USA) and other countries started during World War ll. However, they remained a tiny minority, compared to immigrants from many other countries, until the […]
The competition between Iran and United States over Iraq By Zaher Baher 01/01/2020 On 27th December, a US base near Kirkuk came under attack, killing a US contractor and injuring US and Iraqi soldiers. The US claimed that the attack was launched by a Shia militia group, Kata’ib Hizbullah (KH) pro-Iranian. On Sunday 29th December, […]
The battle of Idlib Province in Syria is decisive and crucial for the future of Rojava By: Zaher Baher Iraq 05 Sep 2018 “We are at the final stage of solving the crisis in Syria and liberating whole territory from terrorism”, stated Walid al-Moualem, Syria’s foreign minister when he met Sergei Lavrov, his Russian counterpart, […]
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 […]