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The disgraceful spectacle of Hillary Clinton’s YPJ mini-series 
The blood-soaked former US secretary of state’s role in wanting to be seen as a hero of women’s movements has dubious foundations, writes MARCEL CARTIER
A soldier from the Kurdish Women's Protection Units (YPJ) [Kurdishstruggle/Creative Commons]

IN MARCH 2017, I made my way through the streets of the northern Syrian city of Kobani, just over two years since it had been liberated from the Islamic State by fighters of the People’s Protection Units (YPG) and Women’s Protection Units (YPJ). 

Although some of the city had slowly seen reconstruction taking place, other areas made it appear that the war was still being fought. 

Burnt-out cars used as vehicles for suicide bombings. The stench of yesterday’s corpses buried under rubble not yet removed. Graffiti marking the sight of legendary battles and martyrs lost in combat, adorning walls riddled with bullet holes.

Sanitising the Kurdish Women’s Movement

Sanitising Hillary Clinton’s history 

Sanitising the on-screen and the off-screen

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