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• Workers in construction industry: We have no hope for future 

  Workers in the construction industry said they have difficulty bringing bread to their homes and have little hope for the future.
• Kurds and Italian activists in Florence protest invasion attacks carried out by Turkey 

  Kurds and Italian activists got together in Florence to protest the invasion attacks carried out by the Turkish state with the cooperation of the KDP, and to support the resisting guerrillas.
• Thousands rally in Düsseldorf against occupation and betrayal: “Defend Kurdistan” 

  Thousands of people took part in the Germany-wide "Defend Kurdistan" demonstration in Düsseldorf against the Turkish war of aggression in southern Kurdistan. Criticism was directed not only against the KDP but also against the "West".
• KCK: Let’s take a stand together against the AKP-MHP occupation attacks on May 1 

  KCK called on all peoples, women, workers and the entire working population to take to the streets on this year's May Day and strengthen their unity, openly take a stand against AKP-MHP's occupation attacks and show solidarity with the Kurdish people.
• Police raid apartment of political prisoner in Hatay 

  The apartment of political prisoner Hasan Vural in Hatay was stormed last night by a heavily armed special unit of the Turkish police and searched for three hours with absurd justification.
• Central rally against occupation and betrayal kicks off in Düsseldorf 

  Participants call on the people of Kurdistan to pour into the streets and embrace the guerrilla resistance.
• ISIS 'Beatles' cell member from UK sentenced to life in US 

  An ISIS militant from the UK has been jailed for life by a US court for his involvement with a notorious hostage-taking terror cell.
• Democratic Alevi Women's Union calls on everyone to take to the streets against war on 1 May 

  The Democratic Alevi Women's Union issued a statement and invited everyone to take part on 1 May, Labor Day.
• Esquerra Republicana strongly condemns Turkish aggression against Southern Kurdistan 

  Catalan party Esquerra Republicana strongly condemns Turkish aggression against Southern Kurdistan.
• Teacher working in Mersin has his "salary cut" for speaking Kurdish and Arabic to his students 

  Hüdai Morsümbül, a teacher of Turkish working in Mersin, had his "salary cut" following an investigation launched against him for speaking Kurdish and Arabic to his students.
• Stop military aggression against Kurds, says Socialist Party of Malaysia 

  The Socialist Party of Malaysia strongly condemned the new intensified cross-border offensive of Turkish armed forces against the Kurds.
• Politician Ölbeci talks about the violence she suffered at the hands of the state at Kobane Trial 

  Continuing her defense in the Kobane Case, politician Zeynep Ölbeci talked about the state tortures that she and the villagers were subjected to in her childhood. “We are here because we protest against ISIS,” Ölbeci said. The trial will resume on 9 May.
• Trade unions commemorate the May Day martyrs in Istanbul 

  In Istanbul, trade unions and professional associations commemorated the victims of bloody attacks by Turkish security forces on working class struggle days. At least 37 people were killed in the Taksim massacre on May 1, 1977.
• Kurds in Switzerland to protest Turkish invasion of South Kurdistan 

  Kurds and their friends will meet in a demonstration in Geneva on Saturday to protest the Turkish invasion of South Kurdistan and KDP’s cooperation with Turkey.
• Call for May Day in Amed: Take to the streets against war 

  Union representatives who took to the streets in Amed (Diyarbakir) called on the public to protest the war during the upcoming May Day celebrations.
• Ten members of TÖP party detained in Mersin 

  Ten members of the leftist TÖP party have been taken into custody in Mersin.
• FED-KURD calls for participation in Saturday’s rally in Düsseldorf 

  FED-KURD called for participation in a demonstration to be staged in Düsseldorf, Germany on Saturday to protest the latest Turkish offensive in South Kurdistan and KDP’s cooperation with the Turkish forces.
• German journalist Marlene Förster is held by the Iraqi secret service 

  German journalist Marlene Förster is being held in a solitary cell by Iraqi intelligence and has gone on hunger strike. There is still no contact with her Slovenian colleague Matej K.
• Police in Mersin take 4 TÖP members into custody  

  A political police operation was carried out in Mersin early this morning. 4 TÖP members were detained.
• Union of Kurdish Students to organise a one-day conference at SOAS  

  The Union of Kurdish Students will organise a one-day conference titled “Kurdish Students Beyond the Homeland & the Struggle for Freedom” on Saturday 30 April at SOAS.
• Anti-war performance in front of UN building in Geneva 

  Kurdish and internationalist activists protested against the Turkish war of aggression in Kurdistan and the support of the Erdogan regime with an anti-war performance in front of the UN headquarters in Geneva.
• Scottish trade unions condemn Turkish invasion of Northern Iraq 

  The Scottish Trade Union Congress passed an emergency motion calling for “immediate negotiations with the PKK on a ceasefire and progress towards a peaceful and democratic solution”.
• KCDK-E calls for participation in central rally in Düsseldorf on April 30 

  A central demonstration against the Turkish war of aggression in Kurdistan will take place in Düsseldorf on Saturday. A broad alliance of internationalist and Kurdish organizations is calling for the demonstration.
• Germany backs Turkish invasion in South Kurdistan 

  In a parliament speech, German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock expressed support for the latest invasion attacks of Turkey in South Kurdistan.
• Lawyers of Abdullah Öcalan file new application for visit 

  The excuse of the "lawyer's ban" is over. However, there is still no news from Kurdish people's leader Abdullah Öcalan. Lawyers will apply once more today.