![]() In 2003, the Kurdish peshmerga sided with the U.S.-led coalition against Saddam Hussein. After the first Gulf War, the UN sought to establish a safe haven in parts of Kurdistan, and the United States and UK set up a no-fly zone. Iraq: In 1986–89, Saddam Hussein conducted a genocidal campaign in which tens of thousands were murdered and thousands of Kurdish villages destroyed, including by bombing and chemical warfare. ![]() ![]() The situation is worse in Iraq, Syria, and Turkey, where the Kurds are a minority people subjected to ethnically targeted violations of human rights. In Iran, though there have been small separatist movements, Kurds are mostly subjected to the same repressive treatment as everyone else (though they also face Persian and Shi’ite chauvinism, and a number of Kurdish political prisoners were recently executed). After World War I, their lands were divided up between Iraq, Iran, Syria, and Turkey. The Kurds, who share ethnic and cultural similarities with Iranians and are mostly Muslim by religion (largely Sunni but with many minorities), have long struggled for self-determination. But the truth is, ideologically and politically these are very, very different systems. right now, yes, the people are facing the Islamic State threat, so it’s very important to have a unified focus. Hen we refer to all Kurdish fighters synonymously, we simply blur the fact that they have very different politics. Paul Seddon, Freeports: What are they and will they help the economy? BBC Newsĭominic McGrath, Liz Truss promises ‘full-fat freeports’ with vow to cut red-tape for business, Independent Workers at two big British ports to strike later this month, CNN Margherita Bruno, Liverpool port strike goes ahead as parties fail to reach agreement, Port Technology Liverpool docks braced for disruption after MDHC port operatives overwhelming strike vote, Unite Jim Tankersley, Railroad Unions and Companies Reach a Tentative Deal to Avoid a Strike, New York TimesĬhris Isidore and Adrienne Broaddus, Massive health care strike: 15,000 Minnesota nurses walk off the job, CNN Businessįresh strike dates announced in Felixstowe dispute as workers reject imposed pay deal , Unite Josh Eidelson and Augusta Saraiva, Rail-Strike Deadline Carries Economic and Political Risks for Biden, Bloomberg Taylor Dafoe, Union Workers at the Philadelphia Museum of Art Are Going on a One-Day ‘Warning’ Strike, Artnet News Workers at storied Philadelphia Museum of Art authorize a strike, AFSCME And as always, if you have any questions, comments, or tips, email us at Svrluga, The USWNT won Tuesday night, then celebrated a much greater victory, Washington Post If you’re interested in advertising on the show, please email. Thank you for listening to our 255th episode! If you like the show, you can support us on Patreon with a monthly contribution, at the level that best suits you. For Argh, we consider the legal status of franchisees and independent contractors, and the people still working while their coworkers are quitting. women’s soccer team, and the 15,000 nurses on strike in Minnesota. And we check in on the historic collective bargaining agreement signed by the U.S. We also hear from Hugh Sawyer of Railroad Workers United about the narrowly averted (for now) railroad workers’ strike, and Adam Rizzo of the Philadelphia Museum of Art workers, on today’s one-day strike. ![]() We discuss working through the COVID-19 pandemic, the combined port strikes at Felixstowe and Liverpool, the Tory plan to create “freeports” to lower labor standards in port areas, and the ongoing cost of living crisis. This week’s episode combines our ongoing coverage of British worker unrest with our intermittent series on logistics workers, as we discuss port strikes with Steve Gerrard, national coordinator for Unite the Union, and worker leaders from the port of Liverpool: John Lynch, Tommy Jennings, Ryan Healey, and Des Prescott. Summer is over, but strike season is continuing in Great Britain, under not only a new prime minister but a new monarch.
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