Academics and writers from all over the world, including Noam Chomsky and Nobel Peace Laureate Adolfo Perez Esquivel have put their names to the appeal for global solidarity with Kobanê on 1 November when demonstrations will take place across the world in support of the Kobanê resistance against ISIS gangs. The day has been declared as International Day of Solidarity with Kobanê.

The Peoples' Democratic Party [HDP], Peoples Democratic Congress [HDK], Party of Democratic Regions [DBP] and Democratic Society Congress [DTK] have issued a statement calling for mass participation in the global rallies called for 1 November.

The statement said now was the time for all the peoples of the world to demonstrate that a different world exists from that of the imperialist and repressive states by supporting the resistance in Kobanê, adding: “We call on our people to come out on to the streets on 1 November with people all over the world in solidarity with Kobanê”.

Recalling that ISIS launched a major multi-front military campaign against the Kurdish region of Kobanê in northern Syria, as the third onslaught on Kobanê since March 2014, the statement noted that ISIS is now attacking with larger forces and wants to take Kobanê after being unsuccessful on the two previous occasions.

The statement continued: "ISIS has approached Kobanê borders, using heavy weapons. Hundreds of thousands of civilians are threatened by the most brutal genocide in modern history. The people of Kobanê are trying to resist using basic weapons against the most brutal attacks of ISIS terrorists, with only the assistance of the People’s Protection Units, the YPG and YPJ, but without any international help. The so-called international coalition to fight ISIS has not helped Kurdish resistance effectively despite witnessing the ongoing genocide committed against Kobanê. They have not fulfilled their real international legal obligations. Some of the countries in the coalition, especially Turkey, are among financial and military supporters of the ISIS terrorists in Iraq and Syria. They have not opened a humanitarian corridor to Kobanê and are delaying the arrival of the peshmerga. They are waiting for Kobanê to fall, however Kobanê has resisted heroically for more than 6 weeks.”

The statement called for ‘Global rallies for Kobanê and for humanity’ against ISIS, adding that democratic autonomy in Rojava promised freedom for all the peoples of Syria. "The ‘Rojava Model’ is a non-sectarian secular model which advocates pluralism and the unity of peoples. Everyone who wants democracy in our country and in the Middle East should support the resistance in Kobanê. A humanitarian corridor should be opened immediately and the status of the cantons of Rojava recognised", it stressed.

Now is the time to take action!

Now is the time for all the peoples of the world to demonstrate that a different world exists from that of the imperialist and repressive states by supporting the resistance in Kobanê, the appeal said, calling on all Kurdish people to come out on to the streets on 1 November with people all over the world in solidarity with Kobanê and against ISIS.
 
People’s Democratic Congress - HDK
Democratic Society Congress - DTK
Peoples Democratic Party- HDP
Party of Democratic Regions – DBP