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People stand witnessing the rubble of a building destroyed by the earthquake.

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.

A Turkish flag flies over a waste dump, on a red background

Neocolonial wastelands

by Daniel Johnson

Daniel Johnson reports on the current situation following a 2021 investigation by Greenpeace that revealed how European countries, led by the U.K., Germany, Belgium, and the Netherlands, have shipped millions of tons of waste to Turkey.