Κυπριακες Υποσημειωσεις

Κείμενο της Κατερίνας Κόκκινου που εκδόθηκε στο περιοδικό Εξ Υπαρχής, στο τεύχος 10, τον Μάρτη του 2000. Μπορεί να εντοπιστεί σκαναρισμένο πατώντας εδώ (12mb).

Article from August of 2003 by Andrekos Varnava, offering a clear articulation of a Cyprocentric (or Cypriotist) position surrounding Cypriot identity and the Cyprus Dispute. Can be located in pdf format by pressing here. Cyprus: A Rendezvous with History?  By Andrékos Varnáva, History Department, University of Melbourne. I am a CYPRIOT – unless other Cypriots begin to think this way, there will never be peace in Cyprus! Cyprus is our Homeland! My Homeland is under occupation by a foreign intruder – Turkey. This foreign intruder imposed its ways and values on my unsuspecting Cypriot brothers – the Cypriot Muslim/Turkish Community. For years they were told that they were Turks. They were told to fight for partition. They were told and forced to leave their homes and form enclaves away from the ‘menacing Greeks’, where Turkish officers from the mainland trained them in combat. Then in 1974, their ‘brethren’ came and they were told that they were ‘liberated’. What they had been taught to

An important zine on rape culture in the anarchist milieu and what tends to happen during accountability processes stressing survivor autonomy. Trigger warning for abuse. PDF available by pressing here. Text located at  The Anarchist Library. *** Betrayal A critical analysis of rape culture in anarchist subcultures Disclaimer: We’re fucking sick of disclaimers. We resent having to provide apologies and justifications for our words before we even speak them. We’re bitter about how specialized discussions of rape, sexual assault, and abuse have become. We feel insulted and embarrassed that we have to constantly point out that we aren’t speaking on behalf of all survivors, as though that were even possible. Sure, we appreciate a well placed trigger warning. It’s just good etiquette. But when fanatical attempts to avoid triggering each other serve as tools to relegate discussions of interpersonal violence to the margins, to wrap the issue in a neat little box which is only brought out on s

Αντί Επιλόγου Σε αυτή την τελευταία έκδοση έχουν προστεθεί στο τέλος του αρχείου μονάχα τα άπειρα links πηγών που μαζεύτηκαν. Αυτή είναι η τελευταία έκδοση του αρχείου. Δεν πρόκειται να συνεχιστεί η προσπάθεια αρχειοθέτησης. Θεωρώ πως πλέον δεν αξίζει ο χρόνος και ο κόπος διατήρησης της. Ο αρχικός στόχος ήταν να μαζευτούν κάπου τα διάφορα περιστατικά ρατσισμού που λάμβαναν μέρος στην Κυπριακή Δημοκρατία, ως κάποια απάντηση στα επιχειρήματα περί “μεμονωμένων περιστατικών”. Σε αντίθεση, πλέον η σαθρότητα και η σαπίλα της Κυπριακής πραγματικότητας σε σχέση με τον ρατσισμό, την ξενοφοβία, την ρητορική μίσους και την άνοδο της ακροδεξιάς έχει γίνει ένα καθημερινό, σχεδόν τυπικό βίωμα. Δυστυχώς, η πραγματικότητα έχει ξεπεράσει την λογική της αρχειακής προσπάθειας καθαυτής. Delirium Μπορεί να εντοπιστεί πατώντας εδώ.    

Zip file με τις πρώτες προεκλογικές θέσεις του υποψήφιου προέδρου Αχιλλέα Δημητριάδη, που κυκλοφόρησαν στις 28 Φλεβάρη του 2022. Μπορούν να εντοπιστούν πατώντας εδώ.

Amnesty International UK Press releases Cyprus: Police violence must be investigated, and protest ban lifted   25 Feb 2021, 09:23am Witness testimonies and video evidence show excessive use of force by police against protesters ‘The police were throwing stun grenades among the crowd. There were people on the ground, spitting blood, unable to breathe’ - Anastasia Demetriadou Freedom of association also under attack as authorities attempt to shut down anti-racism organisation   Cypriot authorities must lift the unlawful and disproportionate blanket ban on demonstrations, Amnesty International said today, after reviewing disturbing testimony from protesters who were attacked by police. During an anti-corruption protest in Nicosia on 13 February, police subjected peaceful protesters to beatings, water cannon, chemical irritants and stun grenades. Amnesty interviewed protesters who were at the demonstration, during which one woman suffered a permanent injury to her sight, and reviewed audio