Harringay, Haringey - So Good they Spelt it Twice!
Hunger strike in Harringay following police raid on Kurdish Community Centre
A wave of protests has followed the closure of a decades-old centre providing essential services for Harringay’s Kurdish and Turkish residents.
There is an interesting write-up in Muslim-oriented online paper, Hyphen.
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Permalink Reply by Michael Collins on
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I totally agree Rajinald, ludicrous and disproportionate, merely a display of bullishness but a serious waste of public funds.
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Permalink Reply by Martin (Woodside) on
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I'm not an expert on police tactics or Turkish/Kurdish disputes, but....
As the situation recently in Harehills demonstrated, when you send a small number of police in to make arrests or back up social workers in a tight-knit community it can quickly turn to mob violence. Having an initial huge police presence to make arrests rather than a couple of 'Old Bill' knocking on the door is more likely to get results over those wanted being ushered out the back and quickly driven away. Much to the chagrin of the communities involved, or those that don't agree with such tactics, it is after all, the way things are now.
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Our local disappointment in parliament, David Lammy, has just responded to a question in the House on the future of the Kurdish community in Syria. He made some vague comment about inclusivity but then went on to allude to the risks of (presumably Kurdish) terrorism. The very public display by the Home Office the other week was clearly part of this framing, as NATO continued to support the Islamist rebels and al Julani's literal Damascene conversion.
Ideally, the fallout of events in Syria will see the establishment of an autonomous Kurdish region within the country. The history of our and the West's involvement in the de-and re-construction of states in the region doesn't bode well for any kind of just or lasting solution, however.
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Lammy's staff have installed a globe on his desk to help him with geography. He flattened it out to make it look more realistic.
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It's all very well to make light of the Middle East situation Gordon but it poses a very serious problem for us in London. The confusion of factions and agendas in Syria makes it hard to decide which flag to display in our windows. Until the Guardian gets to grips with the issue and tells us what side we should be on we will be left in a state of confusion. The BLM signs gave way to the Ukrainian flag (and sometimes the Swedish one in amusing instances where the desire to be on trend outweighed an understanding of the issues at hand) only to be replaced by the flag used by the Palestinians. Should we just add a few stars to that one to express our heartfelt support for a particular Kurdish faction now? Or should we wait to see who is less brutal than the others and buy a completely new flag to display our virtue? Safe to say we'll need a few 'Bring Shamina Home' stickers and ISIS beard care kits to put under the tree this year.
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