If Peace Is the Question, Liberation Is the Only Answer
"In a world descending towards wars and genocides, more and more people, including the Turning Point editoral, feel a strong need to discuss peace, and Ture’s speech summarizes the answers to many questions raised by this common desire. Does the word peace have any meaning?"
✍🏽 Editorial Board
📷 Maryam Ashrafi
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"In a world descending towards wars and genocides, more and more people, including the Turning Point editoral, feel a strong need to discuss peace, and Ture’s speech summarizes the answers to many questions raised by this common desire. Does the word peace have any meaning?"
✍🏽 Editorial Board
📷 Maryam Ashrafi
Read the full editorial on Turning Point.
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Last week, Rexhino 'Gino' Abazaj, one of the defendants in the Budapest Trial, was arrested in France under a European Arrest Warrant. He is currently detained in France and, if extradited, could face up to 16 years in prison in Hungary.
In spring, Turning Point interviewed Rexhino for our article about the Hungarian trial involving 17 anti-fascists from across Europe.
You can read his interview and the full background on Turning Point.
In spring, Turning Point interviewed Rexhino for our article about the Hungarian trial involving 17 anti-fascists from across Europe.
You can read his interview and the full background on Turning Point.
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Counter-Protest as Peacebuilding: How a Community Response Helped Extinguishing Anti-Immigrant Riots in Northern Ireland
"As security forces struggled to maintain order, counter-protesters seized the initiative to try and quell the violence, taking up the role the police is ostensibly meant to serve. The riots and the subsequent response can serve as a lesson on the rapid spread of disinformation and disorder, and how to fight back effectively."
✍🏽 Patrick Hilsman
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"As security forces struggled to maintain order, counter-protesters seized the initiative to try and quell the violence, taking up the role the police is ostensibly meant to serve. The riots and the subsequent response can serve as a lesson on the rapid spread of disinformation and disorder, and how to fight back effectively."
✍🏽 Patrick Hilsman
Read the full article on Turning Point.
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‘People Struggle Where They Are’: Joshua Clover on Riots, Strikes and Communes That Are Already Here
"The pipeline blockade doesn’t exist without that little commune, and the commune doesn’t exist without the blockade. They’re utterly linked. They are one. It’s not one or the other. You don’t have to choose militancy versus care work. They’re one thing."
✍🏽 Ronja Mälström
📷 Michele Lapini
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"The pipeline blockade doesn’t exist without that little commune, and the commune doesn’t exist without the blockade. They’re utterly linked. They are one. It’s not one or the other. You don’t have to choose militancy versus care work. They’re one thing."
✍🏽 Ronja Mälström
📷 Michele Lapini
Read the full article on Turning Point.
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Activists Under Fire: The Rising Criminalization of Civil Movements Across Europe
"As authorities clamp down, grassroots groups and NGOs remain resilient and interconnected in building solidarity networks across borders to amplify their demands and unify their struggles. Solidarity, in this climate, is not only a strategy but a necessity to safeguard everyone’s fundamental rights."
✍🏼 Gaia Guatri
📷 Montecruz Foto
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"As authorities clamp down, grassroots groups and NGOs remain resilient and interconnected in building solidarity networks across borders to amplify their demands and unify their struggles. Solidarity, in this climate, is not only a strategy but a necessity to safeguard everyone’s fundamental rights."
✍🏼 Gaia Guatri
📷 Montecruz Foto
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A Year of Elections, a Year of Reflections
"As the world grapples with growing authoritarianism, shrinking communal space, the rise of far-right movements, and more wars, the question remains: What does it mean to build a democratic society in the 21st century?"
✍🏼 Turning Point
📷 Chris Russell
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"As the world grapples with growing authoritarianism, shrinking communal space, the rise of far-right movements, and more wars, the question remains: What does it mean to build a democratic society in the 21st century?"
✍🏼 Turning Point
📷 Chris Russell
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As Europe Slides to the Right, Communists Secure Steady Gains in Austrian Municipalities
"In the 1990s, the KPÖ had all but disappeared. Today, the party holds the mayor’s office in Graz, Austria’s second-biggest city, and has delegates in the city councils of Linz, Salzburg, and Innsbruck."
✍🏽 Gabriel Kuhn
📷 KPÖ
Read the full article on Turning Point.
"In the 1990s, the KPÖ had all but disappeared. Today, the party holds the mayor’s office in Graz, Austria’s second-biggest city, and has delegates in the city councils of Linz, Salzburg, and Innsbruck."
✍🏽 Gabriel Kuhn
📷 KPÖ
Read the full article on Turning Point.
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⚠️ UPDATE ON REXHINO ‘GINO’ ABAZAJ’S TRIAL
Turning Point reporter was in Paris today, observing the trial of Rexhino 'Gino' Abazaj, one of the defendants in the Budapest Trial. Arrested in November on a European Arrest Warrant, he is facing possible deportation to Hungary, where he could face a severe prison sentence.
At the hearing, the French prosecutor demanded deportation, claiming no obstacles to the extradition. Abazaj's defense cited documented human rights violations in Hungary, including substandard prison conditions, and insisted deportation to Hungary undermined Abazaj's fundamental rights.
The defense also lodged minor technical complaints, including the French authorities' failure to send relevant paperwork to Abazaj's lawyer in Hungary, denying his right to a defense lawyer from the issuing country. The defense called for the court to be postponed to a later date.
The judge denied Abazaj's request to transfer from pre-trial imprisonment to house arrest, citing him being an Albanian without a residence permit in France, as well as a flight risk. The court adjourned the hearing to January 15.
Abazaj appeared in good health and spirits, according to family members who were able to talk with him for a few minutes through an armored glass divider.
In spring, we interviewed Abazaj for our article about the Hungarian trial involving 17 anti-fascists from across Europe. You can read his interview and the full background on Turning Point.
Turning Point reporter was in Paris today, observing the trial of Rexhino 'Gino' Abazaj, one of the defendants in the Budapest Trial. Arrested in November on a European Arrest Warrant, he is facing possible deportation to Hungary, where he could face a severe prison sentence.
At the hearing, the French prosecutor demanded deportation, claiming no obstacles to the extradition. Abazaj's defense cited documented human rights violations in Hungary, including substandard prison conditions, and insisted deportation to Hungary undermined Abazaj's fundamental rights.
The defense also lodged minor technical complaints, including the French authorities' failure to send relevant paperwork to Abazaj's lawyer in Hungary, denying his right to a defense lawyer from the issuing country. The defense called for the court to be postponed to a later date.
The judge denied Abazaj's request to transfer from pre-trial imprisonment to house arrest, citing him being an Albanian without a residence permit in France, as well as a flight risk. The court adjourned the hearing to January 15.
Abazaj appeared in good health and spirits, according to family members who were able to talk with him for a few minutes through an armored glass divider.
In spring, we interviewed Abazaj for our article about the Hungarian trial involving 17 anti-fascists from across Europe. You can read his interview and the full background on Turning Point.
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Inside Elon Musk’s Election Team: A Former Contractor Speaks of Chaos and Exploitation in the $250M pro-Trump Campaign
"Elon Musk's America PAC has been sued for criminal campaign tactics and labor violations, as the world’s richest man threw in more than $250 million to get Donald Trump in the Oval Office. An inside view at this voting drive reveals a world of chaos and questionable practices."
✍🏼 Patrick Hilsman & Henri Sulku
📷 Canvassing worker Matthew Dimitri watching himself via surveillance system installed inside the house his boss rented to him
Read the full article on Turning Point.
"Elon Musk's America PAC has been sued for criminal campaign tactics and labor violations, as the world’s richest man threw in more than $250 million to get Donald Trump in the Oval Office. An inside view at this voting drive reveals a world of chaos and questionable practices."
✍🏼 Patrick Hilsman & Henri Sulku
📷 Canvassing worker Matthew Dimitri watching himself via surveillance system installed inside the house his boss rented to him
Read the full article on Turning Point.
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Turkey's 2024 Elections: A Struggle for Democracy Amid Authoritarian Backlash
"Turkey now stands at a crossroads. The decisions made in the coming months will determine whether the country moves toward reconciliation or deeper conflict."
✍🏽 Gözde Çağrı Özköse
📷 Metin Yoksu
Read the full article on Turning Point.
"Turkey now stands at a crossroads. The decisions made in the coming months will determine whether the country moves toward reconciliation or deeper conflict."
✍🏽 Gözde Çağrı Özköse
📷 Metin Yoksu
Read the full article on Turning Point.
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Beyond Rhetoric: Migration is not a Threat
"Migration is not an emergency; it is a reality we must learn to live with. How can we move beyond the rhetoric of crisis and build a world where migration is seen not as a threat, but as an opportunity for exchange, growth, and solidarity?"
✍🏽 Editorial Board
📷 Max Cavallari
Read the full editorial on Turning Point.
"Migration is not an emergency; it is a reality we must learn to live with. How can we move beyond the rhetoric of crisis and build a world where migration is seen not as a threat, but as an opportunity for exchange, growth, and solidarity?"
✍🏽 Editorial Board
📷 Max Cavallari
Read the full editorial on Turning Point.
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On January 9th, hundreds of people in Heseke took to the streets with the slogan Jin, Jiyan, Azadi to demand justice for three Kurdish women organizers assassinated in Paris on this date 12 years ago. Turkey has been implicated as a perpetrator of the triple murder, but French investigations have remained inconclusive.
The protest also rallied for women’s freedom in post-Assad Syria and support for the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) against the backdrop of Islamist-led government formation in Damascus and Turkey-led military attacks on the Kobane region near the northern border.
Turning Point reporting team has arrived in North East Syria to report on the transformative developments shaping the future of the country and the Middle East. As we prepare a dedicated issue of in-depth articles for February, follow along for updates in the coming weeks.
The protest also rallied for women’s freedom in post-Assad Syria and support for the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) against the backdrop of Islamist-led government formation in Damascus and Turkey-led military attacks on the Kobane region near the northern border.
Turning Point reporting team has arrived in North East Syria to report on the transformative developments shaping the future of the country and the Middle East. As we prepare a dedicated issue of in-depth articles for February, follow along for updates in the coming weeks.
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The Turkish Air Force struck a civilian convoy heading toward the fiercely contested Tishreen Dam in Northern Syria, killing at least three people and injuring 19.
The convoy, consisting of several hundred people, departed from Kobane on Wednesday morning to protect the vital hydroelectric plant at Tishreen Dam. Recent Turkish air strikes on the dam had already deprived Kobane of electricity.
Eyewitnesses later brought to a hospital in Kobane reported that 22 vehicles, including an ambulance, were targeted by four consecutive air strikes. Six of the injured were taken to Kobane for medical treatment, but some of the wounded could not be evacuated due to the ongoing risk of further attacks.
Poor cellular networks in Tishreen have left many unable to confirm their loved ones' fate, drawing over 200 people to Kobane hospital.
"We call on the international community to urgently stop the Turkish air strikes," said Farhan Haj Issa, Co-President of the Euphrates Region Autonomous Administration.
The convoy, consisting of several hundred people, departed from Kobane on Wednesday morning to protect the vital hydroelectric plant at Tishreen Dam. Recent Turkish air strikes on the dam had already deprived Kobane of electricity.
Eyewitnesses later brought to a hospital in Kobane reported that 22 vehicles, including an ambulance, were targeted by four consecutive air strikes. Six of the injured were taken to Kobane for medical treatment, but some of the wounded could not be evacuated due to the ongoing risk of further attacks.
Poor cellular networks in Tishreen have left many unable to confirm their loved ones' fate, drawing over 200 people to Kobane hospital.
"We call on the international community to urgently stop the Turkish air strikes," said Farhan Haj Issa, Co-President of the Euphrates Region Autonomous Administration.
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On January 16, more than a thousand people in Kobane protested against Turkish air strikes on civilians, chanting slogans in support of the Syrian Democratic Forces.
On January 18, five civilian casualties from the Turkish air strikes were brought back to Kobane for burial. Among them were an ambulance driver and a married couple, leaving their 7-month-old child orphaned.
Later that afternoon, a convoy was finally able to return from Tishreen, where hundreds of people gathered to welcome their loved ones.
On January 18, five civilian casualties from the Turkish air strikes were brought back to Kobane for burial. Among them were an ambulance driver and a married couple, leaving their 7-month-old child orphaned.
Later that afternoon, a convoy was finally able to return from Tishreen, where hundreds of people gathered to welcome their loved ones.
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