The rise and fall of the Kurdish liberation movement + Epstein files

Over the last month, we have seen shocking images come out of Syria. ISIS flags waving over Raqqa. Jihadist militants knocking over the gravestones of Kurdish fighters. When it was set up, the Kurdish statelet of Rojava inspired people worldwide. Later, they beat back ISIS. Now ISIS have returned, and the Kurds are fighting for their lives. How has it come to this?

Meanwhile, the world has been left aghast by the release of millions more files related to billionaire pedophile Jeffery Epstein. This is not only the exposure of the sordid dealings of a lone sex trafficker, but his friends: the most powerful people in the world. Here, for the whole world to see, is an unprecedented insight into the sociology and morality of the ruling class. Moreover, as the perpetrators walk scott free, the release of increasingly shocking dirt is stirring up a guillotine mood in society.

As communists, we more than anyone need to understand the significance and meaning of these events. In this episode of our Marxist current affairs podcast, Against the Stream, Fred Weston and Hamid Alizadeh sat down to do just that.

New episodes of Against the Stream air every Thursday at 6pm GMT on YouTube.

📖 RECOMENDED READING 📖

Donald Trump and the ‘Epstein Class’

🔗https://marxist.com/donald-trump-and-the-epstein-class.htm

Kurds under siege in Rojava

🔗https://marxist.com/kurds-under-siege-in-rojava-only-revolutionary-struggle-against-imperialism-can-prevent-a-massacre.htm

FT: The Epstein rot goes deep

🔗https://www.ft.com/content/3f8277cd-2b47-49ff-b264-fd7ce89c924f

Syria, Turkey, and the Oppression of the Kurds:

🔗https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ivBJ4vpzsqs

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