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NOVELIST James Kelman has accused British authorities of cracking down on Kurds “when Turkey barks,” following police raids on family homes.
The Scottish writer issued a statement this morning as the Scottish Solidarity with Kurdistan group raised the alarm over “the criminalisation of Kurdish people living in Scotland.”
The campaign said warrants for raids had been issued under Prevention of Terrorism legislation, with detectives in Edinburgh searching for evidence of “support” for the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK).
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)
Fans have beaten repressive, stigmatising legal attacks on themselves before, but now a new wave of repression is building Scottish trades councils are looking to organise new community resistance, reports SEAN O’NEILL