HBDH: World Kobanê Day is a day of victory

The Peoples’ United Revolutionary Movement (HBDH) Executive Committee congratulated 1 November World Kobanê Day and called for new victories.

 “Today, the 1st of November, World Kobanê Day, the historic resistance and victory day, marks its 7th year. World Kobanê Day has become a hope for all peoples of the world, especially the peoples of the Middle East. This historic day embodies the resistance and the will of the revolution,” HBDH said in a congratulatory address on Monday.

“The Kurdish people and their friends, the internationalist revolutionaries who achieved victory following a heroic resistance against the murderous, barbaric ISIS and its sponsor, the Erdoğan government, became the architects of hope, freedom and revolution that emerged amidst the ruins of war-torn Kobanê.

Kobanê became a legend as the city of freedom, which is not retired into its shell but meets the whole world, born out of the power of resistance all over the world. With the stance developed against ISIS attacks, Kobanê also became the city of Arin, Paramaz, Bedrettin, Ulaş, Alper and Kader with thousands of other martyrs and veterans. Founded with the imagination of 33 dream travellers, Kobanê is historical proof that reminds us that the age of revolutions is not a thing of the past in Rojava and the world.

The victory achieved against ISIS in Kobanê was both the beginning of the end for ISIS and the fascist Erdoğan government’s plans. While Kobanê still remains standing contrary to Erdogan’s claim that ‘it would soon fall’, it seems that the fascist government itself will fall soon. Fascism which planned to bring down the Kurdish people and revolutionaries in coordination with the ISIS attacks is on the verge of its own collapse after 7 years. This is not a contingency, it is the success of the revolutionaries, the oppressed peoples and the united struggle.

The organization of a total resistance against the fascist attacks, which have not paused even for a single day since the Kobanê victory, has caused fascism to collapse. The peoples and internationalist revolutionaries who resist the occupation and mercenaries in Rojava, the guerrilla forces in the mountains, the growing militia actions in the cities, and the ongoing legitimate struggle of the working class and oppressed peoples have become the symbol of a united revolutionary struggle against fascism.

Based on these struggles, the Kobanê victory continues to protect and defend its existence stronger than ever. The fascist AKP-MHP government wants to complete what ISIS left unfinished through its policy of occupation and exploitation. It wants to enhance its invasion attacks in Afrin, Serekaniyê and Girî Spi and to strangle the Rojava revolution. In order to prevent its own collapse, the fascist power seeks to eliminate the Kurdistan freedom struggle through the policies of occupation and war. It attempts to achieve success through its attacks on the working class and women’s struggle, the Kurdish people, and through the use of chemical weapons against the guerrilla forces. The AKP-MHP fascism is introducing invasion attacks to avoid its approaching end. 

The fascist Erdogan government is desperately zigzagging between Russia and the US to get permission for the invasion. It is trying to find a way to carry out its attacks with the support or silence of the international powers. The fascist government is in a deep crisis, seeking to find a way out. It does not matter whether the fascist government receives the support of international forces, since the decisive point will be the revolutionary resistance line as in Kobanê. The days are approaching when the struggle against fascism, the resistance against all kinds of fascist attacks and occupation are likely to increase even more. On the 7th anniversary of 1 November World Kobanê Day, we are faced with greater duties and responsibilities so to put an end to the fascist Erdogan government by enhancing the revolutionary campaign to achieve freedom and crush fascism.

We call on the working class and oppressed peoples of Turkey, especially our united revolutionary forces, to stand up against fascism and occupation and to meet our guerrilla and militia forces everywhere. 1 November World Kobanê Day is a day of victory. To achieve new victories, we shall destroy fascism and win freedom with the strength we get from the Kobanê Resistance and our immortals!”