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People stand witnessing the rubble of a building destroyed by the earthquake.
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The earthquake in Türkiye and Syria

The fault lines of counterrevolution, authoritarianism, racism, and capitalism

 by Shireen Akram-Boshar

On Monday, February 6, a 7.8 magnitude earthquake (followed by another earthquake of 7.5 magnitude) struck southern Türkiye and northwest Syria in the early hours of the morning. Tempest Collective member Shireen Akram-Boshar explains that this tragedy is fundamentally political, affected by the fault lines of counterrevolution, authoritarianism, racism, and capitalism.