We're very excited to be joined by Stefan Bertram-Lee for this episode of Lasscast, who brought tales from the internatonal brigades. This podcast is about the background to them joining the revolution, what it's like to be there on the ground and what happened when they got back to the UK!

Content warning: death and violence in the context of war

Abbreviations

PKK - Kurdistan Workers Party

YPG - Kurdish armed group

SDF - umbrella organisation that the YPG and other moderate groups are part of

DKP - small turkish communist party

Timestamps:

00:28 background

31:23 on the ground in Rojava

43:08 leaving Rojava

Links

Stefan's twitter: @StefanBertramL

Keep up with the news on the ground: @RISEUP4R0JAVA

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