📕 𝐓𝐇𝐄𝐎𝐑𝐘 𝐎𝐅 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐍𝐎𝐖 📒 (from @OfficialZNET and @libcomorg) #Theory Rojava’s Promise and the Dissolution of the SDF: Time for the Left to Rethink the Kurdish Question? (2026) by Rezgar Akrawi “From this it follows that criticising the SDF is not criticism of the rights of the Kurdish people. Criticising the ruling parties in the Kurdistan Region is not criticism of the Kurdish cause. Rejecting the nation-state is not a rejection of national identity and national rights. It is a leftist position, one that calls for national solidarity to be freed from subordination to elites and authorities, for the question of national liberation to be tied to the struggle for democracy, equality and social justice, and for the united struggle of working women and men by hand and by brain across every nationality and community.” 🛠️⬇️ʀᴇᴀᴅ ᴍᴏʀᴇ⬇️🛠️

🗣️ 𝐎𝐏𝐈𝐍𝐈𝐎𝐍 𝐎𝐅 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐍𝐎𝐖 ✍️ (from @OfficialZNET and @libcomorg) #OpEd Sweden’s Employment Protection Act Is a Joke by Rasmus Hästbacka “I often find myself in grim negotiations where the employer has already decided to fire workers because they’ve suffered workplace injuries or illnesses – or because they’re union activists or health-and-safety delegates. In such situations, the employer doesn’t care one bit about the Swedish Employment Protection Act, abbreviated LAS. Workers are offered a “voluntary” buyout under the threat of a forced buyout. How does that work? First, you need to understand that firing people in Sweden has never been difficult – at least not legally, only financially costly in some cases. Under Section 39 of LAS, employers can always dismiss workers and then buy them out against their will. Even if you’re fired in violation of the law, and even if a court rules that the employer broke the law, the employer can simply buy their way out of the verdict by paying the damages specified in Section 39. In short, the law literally states that money stands above the law. A forced buyout therefore means that you lose your job even if you win in court. The very name of the law – the Employment Protection Act – is therefore somewhat misleading. A more accurate name would be the Law on Employers’ Right to Fire Workers on Any Grounds They Please.” 🛠️⬇️ʀᴇᴀᴅ ᴍᴏʀᴇ - ᴄʟɪᴄᴋ ᴏɴ ᴀʟᴛ⬇️🛠️

🗣️ 𝐄𝐃𝐈𝐓𝐎𝐑𝐈𝐀𝐋 𝐎𝐅 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐍𝐎𝐖 ✍️ (from @OfficialZNET and @libcomorg) #OpEd The Experience of the Iraqi Communist Partisans (Ansar): An Honorable Struggle in the History of the Left by Rezgar Akrawi “The experience of the Communist Ansar1 in Iraq remains one of the finest and most sincere chapters of communist struggle in modern Iraqi history. Every struggle carries both positive and negative aspects, and no human or political endeavor is free of this, however upright its integrity or noble its aims. Yet this experience, notwithstanding the debate and differing views surrounding some of its aspects, stands as living proof that leftist thought can produce some of the most genuine and inspiring models of struggle even in the harshest and darkest of circumstances. It embodied a remarkable example of sacrifice, self-giving, and determination to pursue the path of freedom and social justice, despite the siege, persecution, and repression it faced at the hands of the fascist Ba'athist regime2 . The Communist Ansar movement was distinguished by the diversity of its ethnic and religious composition. Its ranks included Arabs, Kurds, Chaldeans, Assyrians, Syriacs, Turkmen, and Faili Kurds, alongside Armenians. They brought together Sunni and Shia Muslims, Christians, Mandaean Sabians, Yazidis, and Shabak, with men and women serving side by side. In this, the movement exemplified a living model of fraternity among the components of the Iraqi people. This internationalist character left a lasting impression on the residents of Kurdish villages, who came to understand that their true enemy was the Ba'athist regime and its repressive policies, not Arabs as a people, contrary to the narrative that some hardline nationalist forces on both sides attempted to promote, one that reduced the conflict to a narrow ethnic dimension.” 🛠️⬇️ʀᴇᴀᴅ ᴍᴏʀᴇ - ᴄʟɪᴄᴋ ᴏɴ ᴀʟᴛ⬇️🛠️