Audio Report: San Francisco Rallies for Afrin as Solidarity Demonstrations Spread

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The following audio report comes from our friends at Broken Record Radio out of Santa Rosa, California and features several audio interviews with demonstrators out on the streets of San Francisco during an Afrin support rally in San Francisco. Those interviewed are part of the local Kurdish community and discussed how they see the unfolding situation in regards to the Turkish invasion of Rojava and the need to support the defensive forces on the ground.

In recent weeks, tens of thousands have taken to the streets of the world, holding demonstrations, occupying buildings, holding banners at sporting events, and taking militant actions in solidarity with the struggle in Rojava.

For daily updates on the struggle to defend Afrin, check the YPG Defense Units Twitter account, as well as the Information Center of Afrin Resistance account, and check out our roundup of solidarity actions below.

North America

Solidarity with #Afrin!
Demos in #NYC #DC #Boston#AfrinWillBeTheGraveyardOfFascism#DefendAfrin pic.twitter.com/j76uo7nuHS

— RojavaSolidarityNYC (@RojavaNyc) January 22, 2018

#Rojava – Washington, DC protest against the attack by the Turkish military and the right-wing Islamic fundamentalist terrorist groups it supports on Afrin, a canton in the Democratic Federation of Northern Syria/Rojava. #AfrinUnderAttack #DefendAfrin #AfrinNotAlone pic.twitter.com/o2UpkTOvKI

— ❤️Black Rose/Rosa Negra? (@BRRN_Fed) January 22, 2018

Demo in downtown SF today #defendafrin #turkeyoutofkurdistan pic.twitter.com/BOPbqSFYF4

— Snax (@brigittesnax) January 27, 2018

Representing Rojava tonight at the RAM-NYC Liberation show fundraiser. Also screening some Guerrilla TV from the Kurdish Freedom Movement. #DefendAfrin #revolutionaryanarchism #abolition pic.twitter.com/NAMt20Q4Zk

— The Base (@TheBaseBK) January 27, 2018

. #HappeningNow Demonstration in front of @TurkishEmbassy in Washington D.C to show solidarity with #Afrin #TurkeyHandsOffAfrin pic.twitter.com/IjxeEvvTgN

— Crn Brzn (@crnbrzn) January 27, 2018

https://twitter.com/JamesCanady1990/status/957335538964619266

https://twitter.com/GurkanOrm/status/957624352610144257

https://twitter.com/Fatimaleegarsi/status/958819048980033537

Europe

From the demo in Gothenburg to #DefendAfrin (they say in Swedish "Turkish army – out of Kurdistan!").pic.twitter.com/MggJDS5wzG

— b9AcE ? (@b9AcE) January 27, 2018

Resistance is life.

Hands off #Afrin.

Solidarity with Afrin.#Leeds pic.twitter.com/0Jvlb7cS2S

— Lisa Cumming (@LisaDialogue) January 28, 2018

Now thousands at demonstration in Amsterdam against attacks on #Kurds in #Afrin pic.twitter.com/GPT1nZm0ia

— AFA Nederland (@AFA_Nederland) January 27, 2018

HAPPENING NOW! Kurdish women in London occupying Tory HQ! "Stop UK Arms Sales to Turkey!" After reports of deaths! pic.twitter.com/HgmRmM7xTX

— Hevallo (@Hevallo) January 29, 2018

#Paris, #France: Incendiary Attack Against a Diplomatic Vehicle in Solidarity with #AnarchistPrisoners https://t.co/x6VwcKxOxT pic.twitter.com/mMwSNlOuCL

— Insurrection News (@InsurrectNews) January 29, 2018

#Switzerland: A diplomatic vehicle was set on fire at the premises of the #Turkish Consulate at Weinbergstrasse 65 in #Zurich, last night. #DefendAfrin pic.twitter.com/MJIOep4Yfs

— th1an1 (@th1an1) January 29, 2018

Another solidarity message from Germany: Supporters of the soccer team @Hannover96 with a banner “German tanks out of Kurdistan. #DefendAfrin” at today’s game against @VfL_Wolfsburg #Afrin pic.twitter.com/nIblOGwHlU

— Cahîda Dêrsim (@dersi4m) January 28, 2018

Jan 29 #Berlin: Activists stormed federal press conference in solidarity with #Afrin. One of the attendees was Steffen Seibert, spokesperson of the German Government. The Activists protested against German arms deals with the Turkish state. #Riseup4Afrin pic.twitter.com/P6EtXlH7Hx

— Presence Counts (@OccupyLjubljana) January 29, 2018

In #Bielefeld, earlier today, about 25 activists occupied the office of the #SPD (Social Democratic Party of #Germany) to protest against German arms sales to Turkey and against the continuous oppression and killing of Kurdish people. #DefendAfrin pic.twitter.com/rADiCEFtdB

— th1an1 (@th1an1) January 26, 2018

Madrid, Spain, now in solidarity with #Afrin.#StopTurkeySaveAfrin #DefendAfrin #YPG #YPJ pic.twitter.com/Eflzp2MoHC

— Daniel Lobato (@dlobatob) January 26, 2018

Témoignage de solidarité, "from ZAD to Rojava": c'était le 22/01 devant feu l'épicerie du Sabot, sur l'ex route des chicanes #DefendAfrin pic.twitter.com/DThZoFiZag

— morkA (@morka99) January 30, 2018

https://twitter.com/ICafrinresist/status/957009511738462209

https://twitter.com/ICafrinresist/status/958692484820930560

A pesar de la lluvia, hoy más de 200personas se han concentrado frente al consulado turco en solidaridad con #Afrin y en protesta contra la invasión turca.#Barcelona in solidarity with #Rojava, No Pasarán!#TwitterKurds #AfrinIsNotAlone #DefendAfrin pic.twitter.com/o1Rh9IC1Pa

— Ana Resya (@Ana_Resya) January 26, 2018

"Everywhere is Afrin – Everywhere is Resistance!"
"Halt stand, freies Afrin!"
Solidarity with Efrin/Afrin by ultras of Werder Bremen and St. Pauli in Germany last weekend!
#Afrin #Rojava #defendefrin pic.twitter.com/eW5dMWw6sI

— Ercan Ayboga (@ercanayboga) January 30, 2018

25th January: Antimilitarist acivists stage banner action in front of Lepoard II tank factory of Krauss-Maffei-Wegmann in #Kassel claiming #WarStartsHere, in solidarity with #Afrin. Press release of #BlockWar alliance: https://t.co/4JfA6XBNnv #Riseup4Afrin #antimilitarism pic.twitter.com/mcO1ZGGaYw

— Ⓐ-Infos Kassel (@A_Infos_KS) January 27, 2018

"Fascist Erdogan, Efrîn is not alone": Oslo demo in solidarity with #Afrin @ForeignPYD #HandsOffAfrin #HandsOffRojava #TwitterKurds pic.twitter.com/4q8ZeSzgnP

— Ramin Mam (@Raminmam) January 28, 2018

We’re 200 meters from Turkish embassy in Athens and stopped moving. Many PUK and YPG flag wavers #TwitterKurd solidarity with #Afrin pic.twitter.com/PhsULyWZ2M

— Tech Brat in Berlin? (@shushugah) January 27, 2018

https://twitter.com/Mkd_Hellas/status/957331136858001418

Solidarity in london. #afrin #ypg #ypj pic.twitter.com/O1YomM9ggy

— Patrick Thomas Casey (@pthomascasey) January 27, 2018

Fantastic wee demonstration today in solidarity with Rojava resisting the fascist Turkish invasion.

Another demo planned for Glasgow tomorrow with details below.

Hands off Afrin! ✊??#Edinburgh #AfrinNotAlone #Rojava #Afrin #Antifa #Riseup4Afrin #solidarity #DefendAfrin pic.twitter.com/VYIoaXpmRc

— Edinburgh Antifa (@EdinAntifa) January 26, 2018

Kurdish women in London have occupied Conservative Party HQ in protest against Turkey's war on #Afrin and the UK government's complicity. @BorisJohnson defends Turkey's right to kill Kurdish civilians and arm Jihadists in Northern Syria!#DefendAfrin pic.twitter.com/sFexxxYSkG

— Kurdistan Solidarity Campaign (@KurdsCampaign) January 29, 2018

#werder #ultras in solidarity with #Afrin #Riseup4Afrin #Caillera #iy pic.twitter.com/LDw6t0fOt2

— surfisurfsurf (@surfisurfsurf) January 28, 2018

https://twitter.com/JadYateem/status/957604752363278337

#Oxford march in #solidarity with the #Kurdish people of #Afrin, #Syria – under attack from #Turkish forces pic.twitter.com/VQn8kJPa5v

— Paul Pemberton (@paul_pemberton) January 28, 2018

Hundreds of #Kurds march to the Embassy of Turkey in Athens against the turkish military person in #Afrin.#Greece pic.twitter.com/7UgkDJX6IQ

— Savvas Karmaniolas (@savvaskarma) January 27, 2018

Middle East

Διεθνιστική αντιφασιστική συγκέντρωση στην Ρηγίλλης με εκατοντάδες Κούρδους. 27-1-18 pic.twitter.com/Ml9NsJqQYs

— lolos marios (@lolosmarios) January 27, 2018

#Manbij #solidarity with #Afrin and erect a tent solidarityhttps://t.co/enWHZciUCK pic.twitter.com/GzlJ8ONVBh

— ⚔News Now?️‍ (@juergen_p) January 28, 2018

https://twitter.com/ZagrosToday/status/957944082902536192

https://twitter.com/ICafrinresist/status/958690909444562945

https://twitter.com/shwan_hamad1/status/958020105727873024

https://twitter.com/ICafrinresist/status/958421813175955457

https://twitter.com/ICafrinresist/status/958288365245403136

That is for third day people in #Sulaymaniyah have taken into streets to demonstrate their #solidarity with #Afrin pic.twitter.com/X43x52Hq6S

— Hawre (@hawreah) January 30, 2018

https://twitter.com/MerdKurd/status/958313911018811395