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URGENT CALL FOR ACTION:

Global Rally against ISIS – for Kobanê – for Humanity!

Date for the Global Rally: 1 November 2014, 2pm

ISIS launched a major multi-front military campaign against the Kurdish region of Kobanê in northern Syria. This is the third ISIS onslaught on Kobanê since March 2014. As the ISIS was unsuccessful on the two previous occasions, they are attacking with larger forces and want to take Kobanê.

In January this year, the Kurds in western Kurdistan (Rojava) established local administrations in the form of three cantons. One of the three cantons formed is Kobanê. The Turkish border is to the north ofKobanê and all the other sides are surrounded by ISIS-controlled territories. The ISIS has approached theKobanê borders, using US made heavy weapons. Hundreds of thousands of civilians are threatened by the most brutal genocide in modern history. The people of Kobanê are trying to resist using basic weapons against the most brutal attacks of ISIS terrorists, with only the assistance of People’s Protection Unit in Western-Kurdistan, the YPG and YPJ, but without any international help.

Therefore a Global Rally against ISIS – for Kobanê – for Humanity is vital.

The so-called international coalition to fight the ISIS, have not helped Kurdish resistance effectively despite witnessing the ongoing genocide committed against Kobanê. They have not fulfilled their real international legal obligations. Some of the countries in the coalition, especially Turkey, are among financial and military supporters of the ISIS terrorists in Iraq and Syria.

Therefore a Global Rally against ISIS – for Kobanê – for Humanity is vital.

If the world wants democracy in the Middle East, it should support the Kurdish resistance in Kobanê. Democratic autonomy in Rojava promises a free future for all peoples in Syria. In this regard, the “Rojava Model” – the secular, non-sectarian, democratic position in Rojava is the model which practices unity in diversity.

Act Now

It is high time to give the global players the reason to believe otherwise.

We encourage people all over the world to show their solidarity with Kobanê. Go to the streets and demonstrate.

We urge you to join the Global Rally for Kobanê

Support the Resistance against ISIS – for Kobanê – for Humanity!

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Dringender Aktionsaufruf:

Globale Rally gegen ISIS – für Kobane – für Humanität!

Datum für die globale Rally: 1. November 2014, 14 Uhr

ISIS startete einen großen militärischen Feldzug an mehreren Fronten gegen die kurdische Region Kobanein Nord-Syrien. Dies ist der dritte ISIS-Angriff auf Kobane seit März 2014. Weil ISIS bei den vorherigen zwei Gelegenheiten nicht erfolgreich war, greifen sie nun mit stärkeren Kräften an und wollen Kobaneeinnehmen.

Im Januar dieses Jahres haben die Kurden in Westkurdistan (Rojava) kommunale Selbtverwaltungen in Form von drei Kantonen aufgebaut. Eines dieser drei Kantone ist Kobane. Die türkische Grenze liegt im Norden von Kobane und alle anderen Seiten sind von ISIS-kontrollierten Gebieten umgeben. Der ISIS hat sich den Grenzen Kobanes mit schweren Waffen aus den USA genähert. Hunderttausende von Zivilisten werden durch den brutalsten Genozid der modernen Geschichte bedroht. Die Menschen von Kobane versuchen mit leichten Waffen den brutalsten Angriffen von ISIS-Terroristen zu widerstehen nur mit Hilfe der Volksverteidigungseinheiten in Westkurdistan YPG und YPJ, aber ohne irgendeine internationale Hilfe.

Deshalb ist eine Globale Rally – für Kobane – für Humanität unverzichtbar.

Die sogenannte internationale Koalition im Kampf gegen ISIS hat dem kurdischen Widerstand nicht effektiv geholfen, obwohl diese Staaten Zeugen des andauernden Genozids sind, der gegen Kobaneausgeführt wird. Sie haben ihre wirklichen internationalen rechtlichen Verpflichtungen nicht erfüllt. Einige Staaten in dieser Koalition, insbesondere die Türkei, gehören zu den finanziellen und militärischen Unterstützern der ISIS-Terroristen im Irak und in Syrien.

Deshalb ist eine Globale Rally – für Kobane – für Humanität unverzichtbar.

Wenn die Welt Demokratie im Mittleren Osten will, sollte sie den kurdischen Widerstand in Kobaneunterstützen. Demokratische Autonomie verspricht eine freie Zukunft für alle Menschen in Syrien. In dieser Hinsicht ist das "Modell Rojava" – die säkulare, nicht sektiererische, demokratische Haltung in Rojava das Modell, das Einheit in Vielfalt praktiziert.

Handeln Sie jetzt!

Es ist höchste Zeit, den Global-Players Gründe zur Umkehr zu geben.

Wir ermutigen die Menschen in der ganzen Welt, ihre Solidarität mit Kobane zu zeigen. Gehen Sie auf die Straßen und demonstrieren Sie!

Wir bitten Sie eindringlich, sich an der Globalen Rally für Kobane zu beteiligen.

Unterstützen Sie den Widerstand gegen ISIS – für Kobane – für Humanität!

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Signatories:

Prof Noam CHOMSKY-US; Archbishop Desmond TUTU-South Africa; Adolfo Perez ESQUIVEL, Nobel Peace Prize Laureate 1980-Argentina; Hugo BLANCO, leader of the CCP (Campesino Confederation of Peru)-Peru; Prof Bill BOWRING, University of London, Birkbeck College -UK; MICHAEL MANSFIELD QC, President of Haldane Society of Socialist Lawyers-UK; Dr Felix PADEL, Sussex University-UK; LordHYLTON, House of Lords, UK; Margaret OWEN O.B.E, human rights lawyer-UK; Nick HILDYARD, policy adviser-UK; Prof Kariane WESTRHEIM, EU Turkey Civic Commission (EUTCC)-Norway; Prof Michael GUNTER, EU Turkey Civic Commission (EUTCC)-US; Dr.ir. JP Joost JONGERDEN, Wageningen University, The Netherlands; Estella SCHMID, Peace in Kurdistan Campaign-UK; Dr. David GRAEBER-anthropologist, author, UK; Mark THOMAS, writer/comedian-UK; Peter TATCHELL, Director, Peter Tatchell Foundation-UK; Dr Derek WALL, International Coordinator of the Green Party of England and Wales-UK; Stephen SMELLIE, UNISON Lanarkshire, Scotland-UK; FABIO AMATO, Foreign Representative of the PRC Party and Secretariat of the European Left-Italy; Moni OVADIA, perfomer/musicians/theatrical author–Italy; Michel ROLAND, President of Médecins du Monde, Belgium;LUDO DE BRABANDER, spokesperson Vrede vzw (Belgian Peace Organisation)- Belgium; WARD KENNES, Mayor of Kasterlee/ MP, Member of the Flemish Parliament-Belgium; Stephen BOUQUIN, Prof of Sociology, Universite d’Evry-Val-d’Essone and Chairman of ROOD-Belgium; Em. Prof. Herman DE LEY, Ghent University-Belgium Dr. Suresh KHAIRNAR, National Convenor, All India Secular Forum-India; Kishore JAGTAP, President, Phule-Ambedkar Intellectual Forum-India; Amaresh MISRA, Editor-in-Chief, Medhaj News-India; Feroze MITHIBORWALA, National President of Bharat Bachao Andolan (Movement to Save India from Imperialism & Zionism)-India; Dr Radha D’SOUZA, Indian Association of People’s Lawyers – India; Manuel MARTORELL, historian and journalist-Spain; Osvaldo BAYER, historian, writer and anarchist-Argentina; Stella CALLONI, journalist, international analyst and writer-Argentina; FernandoSIGNORINI, Coach of the Argentinian Soccer Team-Argentina; Nora CORTINAS, Human rights activist, co-founder of the Mayo's Square Mothers-Argentina; Rosana ALVARADO, First Vice-President of the National Assembly-Ecuador; Maria Augusta CALLE, President of the Commission on Sovereignty and International Relations of the National Assembly-Ecuador; Virgilio HERNANDEZ, Member of the Board of Directors of the National Legislative Assembly- Ecuador; Pedro DE LA CRUZ, President of the Andean Parliament–Ecuador; Francisco VELASCO, Former Minister of Culture, Member of the Administrative Board of “Alliance Country”-Ecuador; Guillaume LONG, responsible for External Relations of Ecuador Alianza Pais Party-Ecuador; Fernando BOSSI, People's Bolivarian Congress-Argentina; Prof Kamal A.MitraCHENOY, Centre for Comparative Politic & Political Theory, School of International Studies-India; AchinVANIK , Professor of International Relations and Global Politics from the University of Delhi (retired)-India; Amir M. MAASOUMI, Peace Ambassador-India; Sushovan DHAR, Radical Socialist-India; JatinDESAI, veteran journalist & General secretary of the "PIFPD" (Pakistan India Forum for Peace & Democracy) – India; Wilfred DACOSTA, Indian Social Action Forum (INSAF), New Delhi- India; SandhyaJAIN, Journalist, New Delhi – India; Asha KACHRU, Writer-India; Dr. Suresh KHAIRNAR, National Convenor, All India Secular Forum-India; Kishore JAGTAP, President, Phule-Ambedkar Intellectual Forum-India; Amaresh MISRA, Editor-in-Chief, Medhaj News-India; Anwar KOMBAI, Documentary Filmmaker, writer & journalist, Chennai, India; Javed ANAND, Muslims for Secular Democracy, Mumbai-India; RohiniHENSMAN, Writer and Independent Scholar, Bombay-India; Jawad MOHAMMED,Lawyer from Chennai-South India; Sukla SEN, EKTA (Committee for Communal Amity), Mumbai-India; SushovanDHAR, Radical Socialist-India; Jatin DESAI, veteran journalist & General secretary of the "PIFPD" – Pakistan India Forum for Peace & Democracy-India; Raghu JAYANTIYA, Engineering Design Manager-UK; Mukta SRIVASTAV, National Alliance of People's Movements, Mumbai-India; Com. VASUDEVAN,Bluestar Trade Union, Mumbai–India; Com Deepti GOPINATH, Airport Workers Trade Union, Mumbai-India; Akshay KUMAR, Orissa Farmers Struggle, Bhuvaneshwar-India; Prof. Rakesh RAFIQUE, Yuva Kranti, Founder, Moradabad-India; Ravi KOHAR, Convenor, Yuva Kranti (Revolutionary Youth), New Delhi-India; Shelley KASLI, Journalist, Bangalore-India; Salim ALWARE, Indian Muslim Intellectual Forum, Convenor-India; Jyoti BADEKAR, Bharat Bachao Andolan, Mumbai-India; Farouk MAPKAR, Bharat Bachao Andolan, Convenor, Mumbai-India; Yusuf PARMAR, President, Indian Muslim Development Council, Rajkot-India; Arif KAPADIA,  Bharat Bachao Andolan, Mumbai-India; Afaque AZAD, Bharat Bachao Andolan, Mumbai –India; Bhupen SINGH, Journalist, New Delhi-India; Shujaat Ali QADRIQ,Convenor, Muslim Students Organization, Lucknow-INDIA; Ashraf Ali ZAIDI, Bharat Bachao Andolan, New Delhi-India; Sanjay SINGHVI, General Secretary, Trade Union Centre of India (TUCI), Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) CPI-ML-India; Luisa MORGANTINI – Former Vice President of EP-Italy; Prof.Maria Immacolata MACIOTI, Association of Sociology in Italy (AIS)-Italy; Prof. Annamaria RIVERA, Anthropologist-Italy; Prof. Giorgio FORTI, Emeritus at the Faculty, University of Milan, and Member of the Lincei National Academy-Italy; Claudio TREVES, General Secretary of the Labor Union Nidil-Cgil-Italy;YA BASTA! Bologna-Italy; Social Center of TPO-Italy; SOCIAL CENTER OF S. LABAS, Bologna-Italy;MADIBA NETWORK HOUSE- Rimini-Italy; ASSOCIATIONS OF THE 'RUMORI SINISTRI' –Rimini-Italy; POLISPORTIV OF THE ANTI-RACISTS, Rimini-Italy; SOCIAL CENTER OF THE AQ16 -Reggio Emilia-Italy; SOCIAL CENTRES GROUPS of the Marche regions-Italy; AMBASCIATORS OF THE RIGHTS OF MARCHE REGIONS-Italy; YA BASTA! OF THE MARCHE -Italy; AntiracistPOLISPORTIV OF THE 'ASSATA SHAKUR' Ancona-Italy; POLISPORTIV OF THE ACKAPAWA JESI-Italy; YA BASTA! BOLOGNA-Italy; SICILIA ANARCHIST FEDERATION-Italy; NO MUOSRagusa-Italy; MAGAZINE OF THE SICILIA LIBERTARIA-Italy; PIPPO GURRIERI, director of the Sicilia libertarian-Italy; FABRIZIO GATTI, alias Bilal Ibrahim el Habib, journalist and author-Italy; GianniRINALDINI, former General Secretary of the Labour Union Fiom-Cgil and Member of the Cgil National Board; Giorgio CREMASCHI, Former President of the Central Committee of the Labour Union Fiom-Cgil; Luca CASARINI, co-worker; Alfonso DI STEFANO, Comitato NoMuos/ NoSigonella Commitee-Catania-Italy; Anna DI SALVO, Associations of the "La Città Felice"; YA BASTA! OF  TRENTO-Italy; YA BASTA OF TREVISO-Italy; YA BASTA OF PADOVA-Italy; THE SOCIAL CENTER OF THE NORTH EAST-Italy; Teresa MOAFFERI, Cobas Scuola; Sicilia, Italy; Alfonso Di STEFANO, Committee NoMuos/NoSigonella, Sicilia, Italy; Anna Di SALVO, La Città Felice, Sicilia Italy; THE SOCIAL CENTER INTIFADA/COMMUNITY IN RESISTANCE OF EMPOLI-Italy; Laxman  SINGH, Research Scholar (Jamia Millia Islamia)-India; Michel ROLAND,  President of Médecins du Monde, Belgium; Georges-HenriBEAUTHIER  Lawyer-Belgium; Hind RIAD, Lawyer-Belgium; Selma BENKHELIFA, Lawyer-Belgium; Olivier STEIN, Lawyer-Belgium; Joke CALLEWAERT, Lawyer-Belgium; LUDO DE BRABANDER, spokesperson Vrede vzw (Belgian Peace Organisation)- Belgium; DOMINIQUE WILLAERT, Artist- Belgium.