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Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
MikeDunnAuthor@kolektiva.social wrote:

Today in Labor History July 24, 2017: The Queer Insurrection and Liberation Army (TQILA) was established in Rojava, Syria to combat the persecution of LGBT people by ISIL. The TQILA was a queer anarchist subunit of the IRPGF, who fought alongside the Kurdish People’s Defense Units (YPG).

#workingclass #LaborHistory #queer #insurrection #liberation #anarchism #syria #isis #isil #kurdish #lgbtq #ypg #rojava

TQILA in Raqqa. Image shows heavily armed TQILA fighters in fatigues, some wearing balaclavas or face coverings, standing in front of shelled out buildings, displaying the Pride Flag, a red flag with an M16 and a circle “A,” and a banner that reads: These Faggots Kill Fascists, with 2 circle “A’s.” By IRPGF, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=89781661