[Green Left Weekly, #1048, April 20, 2015]
Turkey's parliamentary elections will be held on June 7. A lot is at stake, both for the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) and especially for the oppressed Kurdish population.
A collection of articles and talks by Dave Holmes
Turkish elections: High stakes for both Kurds and government
[Green Left Weekly, #1048, April 20, 2015]
Turkey's parliamentary elections will be held on June 7. A lot is at stake, both for the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) and especially for the oppressed Kurdish population.
Campaign launched to de-list the PKK
[Green Left Weekly, March 31, 2015]
The Melbourne-based Australians for Kurdistan committee has launched a campaign calling for the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) to be removed from the Australian government's list of terrorist organisations. The PKK was first listed in 2005; its listing comes up for review this August.
Kobanê: A great victory, the struggle continues
[Speech given to a celebration of the liberation of Kobanê, at the Kurdish House in Pascoe Vale in Melbourne, January 28, 2015.]
Socialist Alliance joins with you in saluting the heroic defenders of Kobanê. After four and a half months, the IS killers have at last been driven out of the city. Considering everything, that is a great victory.
Paris: Different killings, different standards
[Green Left Weekly, #1037, January 21, 2015]
The day before the massive Paris demonstration against the killings at the Charlie Hebdo office, another demonstration marked another set of killings in the capital.