Berlin-Kurdistan Connection

I've recently spent a few days (again) in Berlín. This European metropolis is the most free and inspiring place that I can think of, and no matter how often I go there, I always find something inspiring there, be it new street art, some great concert, a new fresh perspective of world affairs...

This time, I was delighted to find out that the German Left and the Antifascist Movement are deeply involved in supporting the fight of the Kurdish people against that monstrosity called ISIS. They've realised (it should be quite obvious, but seems like that stupid sense of "colonial guilt" present in so many Europeans prevents many of them of raising their voice against radical Islam) that nowadays Fascism is much more than just neo-nazi scum and the NPD; ISIS and radical Islam are the most threatening and destructive fascist force the world has ever faced, and anyone with a brain and a bit of common sense should support somehow the fight against them.

You'll find all over Kreuzberg posters and stickers asking to support the Kurdish revolutionary self-defense forces, here you have some samples:

• Poster of a fundraising party

  

• End the criminalization of PKK

  

• Poster

  

• Sticker

  

• Beatiful t-shirt with the word "Resistence" in Kurdish.

  

The bad part is that I found some of these stickers torn up. One guy told me that some months ago there were clashes between Kurdish people and a disgusting join force of Islamists and far-right Turkish (yeah, it's sickening). I have not been able to found much information about it. These clashes between Kurds and the Islamist scum have been happening in other places in Germany, but the worst ones took place in Hamburg.

I used to think that fundamentalist Islam was quite less prevalent in Germany than in England, but obviously they also have a problem. When you read that there's a salafist mosque in Hamburg and it's well known by the Government one wonders why such a factory of hate has not been closed and anyone related to it either deported or if unfortunately they have European citizenship put in jail and let to rot there for life. It's common sense, but political correctness and a twisted understanding of "tolerance" have deprived our continent of such sense. If the government does nothing, sooner or later it'll be us, aware citizens, who will have to take action, same as with racism, xenophobia or homophobia, we can not leave any room in this continent for any sort of religious fundamentalists.

Apart from all these calls to support the Kurdish people, I also came across this reminder of another long lasting monstrosity, the imprisonment of Mumia Abu-Jamal.