This last Saturday an evening of Solidarity with the Kurdish People was held in Toulouse. It aimed also to pay hommage to Ivana Hoffman, the 19 years old AfroGerman revolutionary woman that was killed 1 year ago while fighting against the IslamoFascists beasts of Daesh. Just one year ago another day of solidarity with the Kurdkish struggle was held in Toulouse, but it was set up by different organizations. This time it's been Voie Proletarienne, a French communist organization. For me the "Soiree" has been a complete success.
One year ago, the attendants to the activities were maninly members of the French-Kurdish community (as it happens with the support gatherings and demonstrations that I've seen in Toulouse). This time the place was full of Toulousains of non Kurdish descent, meaning that as in Germany, there is a growing interest and involvement of the population (at least the left leaning population) with the Kurdish cause, regardless of having ethnical links with the Kurdish people. The struggle of the Kurdish people against Daesh and the IslamoNationalist Turkish govenrment is a struggle for basic human rights, and any decent human being should feel touched by it.
The activities consisted of a talk and a concert. Obviously the talk was in French, so I did not expect to understand too much (my French listening skills are still minimum), but anyway I attended to see if there was some reading materials, to put some money in the donation box (destined to provide medicines to the antifascist fighters in Rojava, you can donate online), and to see the atmosphere. As I've said, I was pretty happy to see the large crowd attending (200 people says here), and yes, I found pretty interesting stuff to buy.
I was quite amazed by the fact that they were serving vegetarian food. Of course that's what I expect for acts related to the punk scene, but I don't think it's so common for a communist organization, so my hat off, Mesdames et Messieurs!
The concert was also pretty interesting. First Grup Piya playing traditonal Kurdish music, not what I usually listen at home, but the voice of the singer was mesmerizing. And then Thawra a female left wing rapper from Berlin, who delighted us with a short but very intense and uncompromising set. I pretty much appreciate that she gave an explanation of every song, which quite reminded me of the HxC/Punk scene 20 years ago. The instrumental base of some songs was not much my style, though for other songs it nailed it, and her voice and flow is really, really fresh and special, I loved it. This video will leave you asking for more. I think most of the audience was unaware of the AntiDeutsche, controversial "movement". I'm quite fed up of the Israel/Palestine conflict, over the years both sides have got so full of shit (sionist settlers and jewish supremacist on one side, islamist scum on the other side), that honestly, I quite don't care of what happens in that bloody piece of land. Sure it's selfish and simplistic, but I'm quite more concerned about forgotten conflicts like Western Sahara. Whatever bad and unfair it's the situation in Gaza, living off the diminishing international aid in the driest part of the Sahara desert seems quite worse, and mainly there are no Islamists among the Saharaui population.
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