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Is Capitalism in Crisis, or Are We?

Is Capitalism in Crisis, or Are We? By Zaher Baher October 2015 Capitalism and its media have always tried to confuse and deceive us by presenting reactionary movements, events, and experiments as if they were revolutionary, when in fact they benefit the system rather than us. For almost a century media outlets tried to sell state capitalism to us as socialism, calling Russian bourgeois society a socialist society. For about forty years they tried to tell us that what happened in […]

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Interview with Beyond Europe about Turkey Election

Interview with Beyond Europe about Turkey Election 21/06/2018 1) Is there still a chance that Erdogan will not win the game? If so, who are his counterparts? What strategy do they pursue and what goals do they have? What is going to happen if the HDP exceeds 10 % and moves into parliament? A: I […]

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How can we take our movement forward?

How can we take our movement forward?​​ By: Zaher Baher Feb 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, our life harder and, in fact it has limited our freedom as well.  In the meantime the number of visible […]

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Either it’s the people’s revolution or no revolution.

Either it’s the people’s revolution or no revolution. By: Zaher Baher May 2019 Before going further I must stress that the revolution for me is a social transformation to a non-hierarchical and classless society, socialism. And this article is very much connected to some of my previous articles, especially, “The people’s movement desperately needs working […]

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Dilar response of on my article about PKK and my reply

Dilar response of on my article about PKK and my reply Dear Zaher, 24/01/2018 Thank you for your article. I hope you are well. I disagree with many of the things that you have written, mostly because I don’t think you have backed up your arguments with substance, but of course I will try to […]

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The social revolution will sweep Turkey Kurdistan sooner or later

The social revolution will sweep Turkey Kurdistan sooner or later  By Zaher Baher Below is the outcome of my visit to Northern Kurdistan in Turkey between 02/11/14 to 08/11/14 as one of a delegation from United Kingdom, organised by Peace in Kurdistan Campaign (PIK), People’s Democratic Party (HDP) and Democratic Society Congress (DTK). Throughout the […]

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We should not let Kobane and the rest of Rojava to be defeated by the big corporations and the international financial institutions.

We should not let Kobane and the rest of Rojava to be defeated by the big corporations and the international financial institutions. By Zaher Baher 03/06/2015 First of all, I should mention a couple of issues in Kurdistan of Turkey (Bakur) that are strongly connected to the subject.  Between 08/05 and 22/05/15 I visited a […]

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Confederalism, Democratic Confederalism and Rojava

Confederalism, Democratic Confederalism and Rojava By Zaher Baher Feb 2018 Many religions and ideologies from left to the right have tried to tackle class issues and other societal problems, but none of them has been able to resolve these problems, rather most of them have made the situation even worse. Whilst these problems have remained […]

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Afrin and the polices of Democratic Union Party

Afrin and the polices of Democratic Union Party By: Zaher Baher March 2018 Afrin is one of the district in north of Syria that commonly known as Rojava.  Afrin until 17/03/2018 was one of the Rojava’s canton that the civil war of seven years in Syria did not reach there. It was the safest place […]

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دەوڵەت و دەسەڵاتی بزنس

دەوڵەت و دەسەڵاتی بزنس زاهیر باهیر مارتی 2021 ماوەیەك لەمەوبەر لە دەمەتەقێیەکی درێژدا لەگەڵ برادەرێکی زۆر نزیکمدا، کە ئەنارکیست نییە، ئەو باوەڕی وابوو ئایندەی بەشەرییەت جۆرێك لە سۆشیالیزم دەبێت، بەڵام نەك ئەو جۆرەی کە ئەنارکیستەکان دەیانەوێت. برادەرەکەم بۆچوونی وابوو کە پێویستیی دەوڵەت وردە وردە لە کەمبوونەوەدا دەبێت، تا ڕادەی پێویستی نەبوون، تاکو  ئەوەی کە کۆمەڵ […]