Internationalist Commune: We must not let the attacks against Rojava go unnoticed

The Internationalist Commune issued a statement appealing to everyone to speak out against Turkish attacks on Rojava.

The Internationalist Commune issued a statement to appeal to everyone to speak out against Turkish attacks on Rojava.

The statement said: "The airstrikes that were carried out in the last days by the Turkish fascist state against Rojava went mostly unnoticed by the global mainstream media. In particular, the conflict between Israel and Hamas overshadowed the attacks that left millions without electricity, gas, water and led to the cost of dozens of lives lost.

In the last years, we have observed how Turkey draws legitimation from the international silence over their genocidal campaigns against the Kurdish people and steadily intensifies its attacks. Erdogan and his treacherous partner in crime, foreign minister and ex-intelligence chief Hakan Fidan even dare to show their blatant hypocrisy openly by condemning the very same methods they use against the people of Rojava, when carried out by Israel against the Palestinian people."

The statement continued: "With this policy Turkey tries to create an image of itself as a peace bringing regional player and negotiator as they have already done in the war on Ukraine. By distorting the reality of the situation in the Middle East, the true responsible for the escalating chaos stay hidden in the background and continue to push for inhumane and murderous wars. The democratic model of self administration that was established in Rojava, which has been under attack since it’s very birth, has proven that peace in the Middle East is possible as long as the peoples of the region organize themselves without foreign intervention. In order to find a way, not only out of the region, but the global crisis, we must not let the attacks against Rojava go unnoticed."

The statement added: "It is our utmost responsibility to pull the crimes of the Turkish state into the global focus and not to stay silent as the international community does and thereby become a passive supporter of oppression and chaos in the Middle East. Every voice can play a role in the fight against fascism and for a life of peace and dignity. We just have to raise it and make it count."