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SCOTTISH AND KURDISH ARTISTS FOR PEACE IN KURDISTAN

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On the evening of 3rd of October 2017, Edinburgh World Justice Festival and Scottish Solidarity with Kurdistan organised and event full of art, poems and stories. Artists from Scotland and Kurdistan came together to highlight the human rights issues in Kurdistan. An evening of readings, poetry, music and art along with the remarkable Kurdish food by Rojava Restaurant had just completed the evening.   Participants of this exciting event were: writers Alan Cameron, James Kelman, Tom Hubbard, Harrison Hickman and Ray Evans. Speaker of the event from Dove Tales was Jean Rafferty, Roza Salih (Scottish Solidarity with Kurdistan) and Stephen […]

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Food sovereignty: The tide sweeping away capitalism and patriarchy?

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By Grainne Martin-Wells Did you know that 70% of the world’s food supply is produced by small scale farmers? This global grassroots movement shows a new world is possible through sustainable small-scale farming, dismantling patriarchy and capitalism; yet it is barely seen, either in our parliament nor in our supermarkets. So what is this movement and why is it different? In contrast to industrial farming which creates monocultures, reducing biodiversity and destroys land through overworking it, small scale farming sequesters carbon and focuses on feeding people rather accumulating capital. This will be the topic of an amazing talk in the Edinburgh […]

Edinburgh World Justice Festival 2017 Launches Saturday 30!

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From September 30 to October 16 once again the Edinburgh World Justice Festival will be bringing you over 30 exciting and engaging events looking at some of the key issues facing humanity today. This two week festival brings you free film screenings, exhibitions, talks, workshops and more!  We start with a morning workshop by Friends of the Earth Scotland and Nourish, on the global movement for food sovereignty, followed by our festival launch on Saturday 30th at the Fig Tree Bistro. Local politicians and campaigners will open Edinburgh World Justice Festival 2017, discussing the theme for this year’s events: Creating Hope […]

Kurdish community shocked by police raids in Edinburgh

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By Caitlin Logan  Kurdish community centre and homes raided by plain clothes police. THE Kurdish Community Centre and a number of Kurdish families in Edinburgh experienced raids by plain clothes police officers in the early hours of Wednesday (30 August) morning.   Scottish Solidarity with Kurdistan and the Kurdish Community Centre condemned the raids as “an open form of racism” and have said that they believe that pressure from the Turkish consulate is behind the raids. Police confirmed that searches were carried out as part of an ongoing investigation into possible support or fundraising for the PKK, or Kurdistan Workers’ Party, which is […]