Internationalists Long March to kick off on Saturday in Frankfurt

The 23rd anniversary of the international conspiracy against the Kurdish people in the person of Kurdish people’s leader Abdullah Öcalan will bring together internationalists from different countries of the world.

The internationalists will come together in Frankfurt to demand freedom for Abdullah Öcalan on Saturday 5 February. They will join the Long March that will end on 11 February in Saarbrücken.

Internationalists will participate in a mass demonstration to be held in Strasbourg on February 12. The march, which will last approximately 180 km, will host internationalists from Colombia, Brazil, Ecuador, Mexico, Spain, the Basque Country, Catalonia, Italy, Switzerland, Germany, Belgium, Austria and Scandinavia.

Abdullah Öcalan must be freed

Internationalists announced why they are carrying out such a march in a press release. Emphasizing that not only the Kurdish people but also the peoples of the world need Abdullah Öcalan’s ideas, the internationalists recalled that no news had been heard from the Kurdish people’s leader since March 2021.

Internationalists recalled the petition campaigns for Öcalan, which have been carried out for years with the participation of millions of people, and added that “the philosophy of Abdullah Öcalan is necessary not only in Rojava or in the mountains of Kurdistan, but where crises occur. For this reason, we all have a duty to break the isolation in Imrali and to liberate Abdullah Öcalan.”

Expressing that the worldwide struggle for democracy and freedom will become stronger with the freedom of Abdullah Öcalan, internationalists drew attention to the following points: “The struggle for democracy and freedom in the region must be combined with the struggle against the isolation imposed on Abdullah Öcalan. Because Abdullah Öcalan is the architect of the democratic confederalism model, which was developed as an alternative to the nation-state model that causes wars in the world.”

Website in 10 languages

Internationalists also launched a website called “The Long March for Abdullah Öcalan’s Freedom”, in 10 languages. The site can be found here

Those who want to participate in the walk can also apply by writing to the following e-mail address: longmarch2022@protonmail.com

The program of the march is as follows:

5 February (Saturday): Frankfurt, assembly day

6 February (Sunday): Frankfurt-Darmstadt. The march will start at 10 am from Hauptwache.

7 February (Monday): Darmstadt- Bensheim

February 8 (Tuesday): Commemorative event for Weinheim-Mannheim, Berivan and Ronahî.

February 9 (Wednesday): Ludwigshafen-Bad Dürkheim

February 10 (Thursday): Homburg-Saarbrücken

11 February (Friday): Saarbrücken, concert.

February 12 (Saturday): Central rally in Strasbourg.