Women's Protection Units (YPJ) fighters in Rojava, northern Syria
THE Kurdish national struggle will “go down in the history books” as this generation’s equivalent of the Spanish Civil War, Labour MP Lloyd Russell-Moyle said today.
Speaking at a party conference fringe meeting, the MP for Brighton Kemptown said the revolution in Rojava, north-west Syria, was comparable to the anarchist revolution in Barcelona in 1936.
At the meeting, organised by the Freedom for Ocalan campaign, he said: “They have defeated Isis, who were a global fascist threat.
“They have created a system based on equality where women have joint leadership in all positions.”
Mr Russell-Moyle, who has visited the area as part of a delegation organised by Unite and the Centre for Kurdish Progress, urged solidarity with the beleaguered region and criticised the Turkish government’s “constant assault” on it.
Other speakers included Osman Baydemir, a senior politician from Turkey’s opposition Peoples’ Democratic Party, Sinn Fein MP Micky Brady and Labour peer Maurice Glasman.
