Journée mondiale contre Daesh – pour Kobanê

Association Internationale des Travailleurs

Appel à la mobilisation
Journée mondiale contre Daesh – pour Kobanê – pour l’Humanité
1er novembre 2014, 14h00- Solidarité internationale.
Le 15 septembre dernier, l’organisation Daesh a entamé une vaste offensive sur plusieurs
fronts contre la ville kurde de Kobanê, dans le nord de la Syrie (Ouest-Kurdistan, dit aussi
Rojava). C’est la troisième fois que Kobanê est visée par cette organisation depuis le mois de mars 2014.

Les deux premières offensives ayant été repoussées, Daesh a rassemblé toutes ses forces pour attaquer encore plus fort et s’emparer de la ville.

En janvier dernier, les Kurdes du Rojava ont mis en place un système d’administration
autonome organisé en trois cantons. Kobanê qui est l’un de ces cantons est longé au nord par la frontière turque, étant encerclé de tous les autres côtés par des zones sous contrôle de Daesh.

Daesh est entré dans la ville de Kobanê en utilisant des armes lourdes de fabrication
américaine. Des centaines de milliers de civils sont confrontés à la menace d’un génocide. A Kobanê, la population tente de résister avec armes légères contre les attaques brutales de ces gangs surarmés. Pour les secourir, ils ne peuvent compter que sur le soutien des YPG et des YPJ, les unités de défense du peuple.

Voilà pourquoi il est important de se mobiliser au niveau mondial pour Kobanê et contre
Daesh La soit-disant coalition internationale contre Daesh n’a apporté aucune aide à la résistance des Kurdes, bien que ceux-ci soient les témoins du génocide en cours.

La coalition n’a pas rempli les obligations auxquelles elle est tenue en vertu du droit
international. Plusieurs des pays membres de cette alliance, en particulier la Turquie, font
partie des soutiens militaires et financiers de Daesh, et non des moindres.
Voilà pourquoi il est important de se mobiliser au niveau mondial pour Kobanê et contre
Daesh

Si la communauté internationale souhaite que la démocratie puisse prendre racine au Moyen-Orient, elle doit soutenir la résistance kurde à Kobanê. Le modèle démocratique de
l’administration autonome du Rojava est un exemple pour toutes les populations de la Syrie.
Ce modèle est laïc, pluraliste, et permet de réaliser l’unité dans la diversité.

Agissons maintenant

Il est grand temps de donner ce message aux acteurs mondiaux : une autre politique est
possible.
Nous encourageons donc tous les peuples de la terre à manifester leur solidarité avec Kobanê.
Nous vous invitons vivement à participer à la journée mondiale pour Kobanê.
Soutenez la résistance contre Daesh ! Soutenez Kobanê ! Soutenez l’humanité !
Agissez maintenant !
Premiers signataires :
Prof Noam CHOMSKY-US; Adolfo Perez ESQUIVEL, Nobel Peace Prize Laureate 1980Argentina;
Archbishop Emeritus Desmond TUTU, Nobel Peace Prize Laureate, South Africa;
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; Lord HYLTON, 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; Fernando SIGNORINI, 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.Mitra CHENOY, Centre for Comparative
Politic & Political Theory, School of International Studies-India; Achin VANIK , 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; Jatin
DESAI, veteran journalist & General secretary of the « PIFPD » (Pakistan India Forum for
Peace & Democracy) – India; Wilfred DACOSTA, Indian Social Action Forum (INSAF),
New Delhi- India; Sandhya JAIN, 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; Rohini
HENSMAN, Writer and Independent Scholar, Bombay-India; Jawad MOHAMMED,Lawyer
from Chennai-South India; Sukla SEN, EKTA (Committee for Communal Amity), Mumbai-
India; Sushovan DHAR, 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; Antiracist POLISPORTIV OF THE ‘ASSATA SHAKUR’ Ancona-
Italy; POLISPORTIV OF THE ACKAPAWA JESI-Italy; YA BASTA! BOLOGNA-Italy;
SICILIA ANARCHIST FEDERATION-Italy; NO MUOS Ragusa-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; Gianni
RINALDINI, 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; YA BASTA! OF TRENTO-
Italy; YA BASTA OF TREVISO-Italy; YA BASTA OF PADOVA-Italy; THE SOCIAL
CENTER OF THE NORTH EAST-Italy; Laxman SINGH, Research Scholar (Jamia Millia
Islamia)-India; Michel ROLAND, President of Médecins du Monde, Belgium; Georges-
Henri BEAUTHIER Lawyer-Belgium; Hind RIAD, Lawyer-Belgium; Selma
BENKHELIFA, Lawyer-Belgium; Olivier STEIN, Lawyer-Belgium; Joke CALLEWAERT,
Lawyer-Belgium; DOMINIQUE WILLAERT, Artist- Belgium;
EU Turkey Civic Commission (EUTCC)
Kariane Westrheim, Chair
Prof Dr Michael Gunter, Secretary General

UK contact: Estella Schmid
Peace in Kurdistan -Campaign for a political solution of the Kurdish Question
Email: estella24@tiscali.co.uk Tel: 020 7586 5892 www.peaceinkurdistancampaign.com