[lbo-talk] A better petition on Kobane

Carl G. Estabrook galliher at illinois.edu
Mon Oct 13 10:06:44 PDT 2014


http://www.bianet.org/english/world/159039-petition-urges-a-humanitarian-corridor-to-kobane

On Oct 13, 2014, at 11:56 AM, Robert Naiman via Peace-discuss <peace-discuss at lists.chambana.net> wrote:


> Ordinarily, one would not necessarily think of the PFLP as having a lot of influence on people on the American left. But right now, when there is a many-sided Lord of the Flies leftist free-for-all on the meaning of Kobane and what, if anything, people should try to do about it, the fact that a bunch of Palestinian leftists are not primarily seeing Kobane through the lenses of "no war" and "stop the bombing" could prove very useful.
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> I think the tide is turning towards "save Kobane." Our petition at MoveOn now has 7,339 signatures.
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> Obama: Press Turkey to Stop Massacre of Syrian Kurds
> http://petitions.moveon.org/sign/obama-press-turkey-to?source=c.url&r_by=1135580
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> "The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine expresses its solidarity with the Kurdish resistance in Kobane struggling to defend themselves and their community from the reactionary armed group, ISIS, whose entry into our region has been facilitated and supported by imperialist powers and their lackeys."
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> http://pflp.ps/english/2014/10/13/pflp-calls-for-unified-revolutionary-front-of-solidarity-with-the-struggle-of-the-people-of-kobane-against-isis
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