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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 ...

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 ...