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Turkish police have again arrested two suspected "high-ranking" members of the DHKP-C (Revolutionary People's Liberation Party/Front) in Istanbul. This continues the Turkish state's offensive against the various revolutionary forces. An EU report with Europol data of 23rd of June had more strongly emphasized the "terror threat" posed by the DHKP-C among others and underlined that Europe was the logistic base, e.g. for smuggling weapons.

The friends of SOLROJISTA published the following article on actions regarding the 6th anniversary of the forced disappearance of 43 students, which is here translated perliminary and inofficial:

On the sixth anniversary of the forced disappearance of the 43 normal students of Ayotzinapa, various popular organisations have taken to the streets demanding truth and justice throughout the country.

In forests in Romania, both state and privately owned, the trees are being over-exploited.

We hereby report on some developments of class struggle and the political situation in the various Nordic Countries.

In 21 cities across Europe commemorative festivities are to be held in honor of the two most recent martyrs in the People’s War in Turkey, Central Committee Member Nubar and Unit Commander Rosa. After the reactionary Turkish state laid siege with drones, helicopters, airplanes and a thousand soldiers to the area of their presumed whereabouts for three days, deploying also chemical weapons, their death was announced on September 9th.

On Monday another anti-fascist was sentenced in the trials of "Basel Nazifrei". On November 24, 2018, the revolutionary movement and fighting masses had taken to the streets and blocked a demonstration of the fascist "Party of Nationally Oriented Swiss" (PNOS).

In Freiburg about 15 people participated in a talk on the revolutionary movement in Peru on occasion of the 28th anniversary of the speech of Chairman Gonzalo as part of the Café Popular. Afterwards a very vivid and comradely discussion developed about the necessity to further study Maoism. Of particular interest is the participation of different comrades from Luxembourg. For the event posters were put up in order to mobilize. Additionally a small painting was made on occasion of September 24th.

In March 2016, the agreement between the EU and Turkey to curb "illegal migration" via the Turkey-Greece route was signed. It commits Turkey, for instance, to "repatriate" every migrant who flees to the Greek islands by the illegal route. In return, the EU is to "accept" one Syrian living in Turkey for every Syrian deported there. The EU will pay for these measures financially, i.e. by agreement also for the care of Syrian migrants in Turkey.