Friday was the last day of my internship in D.C. with Sovereignty First and the Institute for Multi-
Friday was the last day of my internship in D.C. with Sovereignty First and the Institute for Multi-Track Diplomacy. This was my office space. I sorted and packed up thousands of correspondents and papers and worked on a project providing free labor and shitty graphic design [because people don’t want to pay actual graphic designers ] for a pretty cool project attempting to improve communication between 98 key actors in the Syrian Civil War. . All of this happening as Turkey [a NATO ally] has declared war on Afrin, one of the cantons in N. Syria [Rojava] where several hundred thousand displaced people have found refuge under the protection of the YPG/YPJ; while the international community stays silent. For years, Turkey has aided ISIS under the principle of ‘the enemy of my enemy is my friend.” Now that ISIS has been driven out by the US-backed SDF/YPG/YPJ, Turkey is now attempting to commit genocide. Infuriating following all of this in an office building in the nation’s capital without being able to tangibly support the people of Afrin. #DefendAfrin (at Lijst van bekende mensen uit Washington D.C.) -- source link
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