KURDISH organisations united globally at the weekend to demand freedom for jailed Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) leader Abdullah Ocalan.
People took to the streets, charging: “the time has come” as protests marked the 22nd anniversary of what supporters claim is an “international conspiracy” against the PKK leader.
Campaigners for Mr Ocalan say that imperialist powers and intelligence services including the CIA colluded in his abduction from Kenya and subsequent deportation to Turkey to stand trial on terrorism charges.
CLAUDIA WEBBE looks at how Britain’s Nato ally has upped the stakes in its effort to silence domestic dissenting voices
VIJAY PRASHAD details how US support for Syrian President Ahmad al-Sharaa allowed him to break the resistance of the autonomous Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF)


