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
https://twitter.com/RojavaNyc/status/955489010427801601
#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
https://twitter.com/CerenBorazan/status/957323153629437961
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!").https://t.co/MggJDS5wzG
— b9AcE 🐊 (moved → https://todon.eu/@b9AcE) (@b9AcE) January 27, 2018
Resistance is life.
Hands off #Afrin.
Solidarity with Afrin.#Leeds pic.twitter.com/0Jvlb7cS2S
— Lisa Cumming (@LisaCumin) 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
— CryptoGPT | AI2Earn Staking Live 28/30 Days Growth (@CryptoGPT__org) January 29, 2018
https://twitter.com/th1an1/status/958081144410595329
https://twitter.com/dersi4m/status/957692963588538368
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 https://t.co/P6EtXlH7Hx
— Presence Counts (@OccupyLjubljana) January 29, 2018
https://twitter.com/th1an1/status/956937656285433857
Madrid, Spain, now in solidarity with #Afrin.#StopTurkeySaveAfrin #DefendAfrin #YPG #YPJ pic.twitter.com/Eflzp2MoHC
— Daniel Lobato 𓂆 (@dlobatob) January 26, 2018
https://twitter.com/morka99/status/958352541963632640
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
— Anarchismus in 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 Mamedi (@raminmamadi) 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
— 🇵🇸✡️ #CeaseFireNow to Stop the Genocide in Gaza (@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
https://twitter.com/surfisurfsurf/status/957530785153765376
#Beirut Thousands participated in different rallies to show solidarity with #Afrin #YPG #Turkey #Lebanon
— jad yam (@JadYateem) January 28, 2018
#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
— ⚔Daily Madness🕵️ (@juergen_p) January 28, 2018
https://twitter.com/ZagrosToday/status/957944082902536192
https://twitter.com/ICafrinresist/status/958690909444562945
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 Ahmed (@hawreah) January 30, 2018
https://twitter.com/MerdKurd/status/958313911018811395