Does your organisation work with #language #data in #Arabic, #Tagalog, #signLanguage, #Kannada, #Tamil, #Burmese, #Croatian, #Tigrinya, #Vietnamese, #Thai, #Pashto, #Uzbek, #German, #French or #Kurdish?

The @mozilladatacollective has an open #CfP to fund the uplift or creation of datasets in this space that focus on dialogic interaction, multimodal - so video or speech paired with transcription, or which focus on the intersectionality of under-represented contexts or domains.

Is that your organisation?

https://community.mozilladatacollective.com/call-for-proposals-mdc-is-commissioning-mission-aligned-datasets/

Call for proposals: MDC is commissioning mission-aligned datasets!

Mozilla Data Collective is building towards a multicultural, multilingual, and multimodal future that works for all of us. And over the past few months, we’ve listened as people have flagged what kinds of datasets they need, but are struggling to find.  So we’re pleased to announce that MDC

Mozilla Data Collective

Today in Labor History March 17, 2016: The Movement for a Democratic Society declared the establishment of the Democratic Federation of Northern Syria. Supporters of the federation claimed they implemented a form of libertarian socialism, influenced by American anarchist Murray Bookchin, with decentralization, gender equality and local governance through direct democracy, with worker cooperatives and district councils, each with one male and one female co-president. They have also banned child marriages and honor killings, and are attempting to replace punitive justice with a system of restorative justice. And women play a prominent role on the battlefield, as well as within the political system. Yet private property remains a part of their system, which is inconsistent with Bookchinite anarchism. And according to Andrea Glioti, remnants of the PKK’s Stalinist past remained in Rojava. He cites the ubiquitous portraits of PKK leader Abdullah Ocalan, often accompanied by the slogan “There’s no life without a leader.” Since January, 2026, the Rojava have been under attack by the transitional Syrian government, led by a former ISIS militant Ahmed al-Sharaa, with the support of Israel.

#workingclass #LaborHistory #rojava #kabane #anarchism #murrybookchin #syria #kurdish #kurdistan #pkk #abdullahocalan

The #HalabjaMassacre was #ThisDayInHistory in 1988, when #SaddamHussein ordered a #MustardGas attack on the #Kurdish town #Halabja. 5,000 #Kurds were killed & 10,000 wounded. Across the #KurdishGenocide 100,000 were killed and 80% of settlements in #IraqiKurdistan were destroyed.
https://theconversation.com/why-the-next-escalation-in-the-iran-conflict-could-be-between-the-us-and-turkey-278341. "For #Turkey, the collapse or fragmentation of the #Iranian state would be deeply worrying. It could create exactly the conditions #Turkish leaders fear most: armed #Kurdish groups operating across a much longer & more unstable border. Another concern is the possibility of a new #refugee crisis. Turkey already hosts nearly 4 million #Syrians following the civil war that began there in 2011 - the largest refugee population in the world."
Why the next escalation in the Iran conflict could be between the US and Turkey

Washington may see the Kurds as a useful tool for confronting the Iranian regime, but such a strategy could create new tensions elsewhere in the region.

The Conversation

Il Fatto Quotidiano: Missile sull’ambasciata statunitense a Baghdad, fumo e detriti nel complesso diplomatico – Video

Un missile ha colpito un eliporto all’interno del complesso dell’ambasciata statunitense a Baghdad, secondo quanto riferito da due funzionari della sicurezza irachena. Diverse immagini mostrano una colonna di fumo levarsi questa mattina sopra il complesso dell’ambasciata, una delle più grandi strutture diplomatiche statunitensi al mondo, ripetutamente preso di mira da razzi e droni lanciati da milizie filo-iraniane. Le immagini diffuse dall’emittente curda Rudaw mostrano anche detriti sul tetto di uno degli edifici dell’ambasciata
L'articolo Missile sull’ambasciata statunitense a Baghdad, fumo e detriti nel complesso diplomatico – Video proviene da Il Fatto Quotidiano.

Missile on the U.S. embassy in Baghdad, smoke and debris in the diplomatic complex – Video

A missile struck an airbase within the U.S. embassy complex in Baghdad, according to two Iraqi security officials. Several images show a column of smoke rising this morning over the embassy complex, one of the largest U.S. diplomatic facilities in the world, repeatedly targeted by rockets and drones launched by Iranian-backed militias. Images distributed by the Kurdish broadcaster Rudaw also show debris on the roof of one of the embassy buildings.

Missile on the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad, smoke and debris in the diplomatic complex – Video is from Il Fatto Quotidiano.

#Baghdad #Iraqi #Iranian #Kurdish #Rudaw #theUSEmbassy #IlFattoQuotidiano

https://www.ilfattoquotidiano.it/2026/03/14/missile-ambasciata-usa-baghdad-attacco-news/8324173/

Missile sull’ambasciata statunitense a Baghdad, fumo e detriti nel complesso diplomatico – Video

Colpita l'ambasciata degli Stati Uniti: ecco le immagini diffuse dalle tv locali

Il Fatto Quotidiano

RaiNews: Voci arabe sulla guerra, dai murales in Iran alle basi curde sotto le montagne

Un soft power contro l’America per le strade di Teheran, la maledizione del conflitto visto dalle donne e una promessa degli Houthi, che non lascia dubbi: dalla stampa del Medio Oriente notizie e opinioni sfuggite all’informazione occidentale

Arabic voices on the war, from murals in Iran to Kurdish bases under the mountains.

Soft power against America in the streets of Tehran, the curse of conflict seen by women, a promise from the Houthis that leaves no room for doubt: from Middle Eastern press, news and opinions escaped Western information.

#Arabic #Kurdish #America #Tehran #Houthis #MiddleEastern

https://www.rainews.it/articoli/2026/03/esteri-medio-oriente-guerra-iran-escalation-stati-uniti-israele-voci-arabe-rai-al-arab-murales-teheran-curdi-houthi-donne-0222668a-2f4a-4ea0-97e7-fdb41efbab1e.html

Voci arabe sulla guerra, dai murales in Iran alle basi curde sotto le montagne

Un soft power contro l’America per le strade di Teheran, la maledizione del conflitto visto dalle donne e una promessa degli Houthi, che non lascia dubbi: dalla stampa del Medio Oriente notizie e opinioni sfuggite all’informazione occidentale

RaiNews

Agenzia Nova: Iraq: Tajani, ho parlato con presidente Kurdistan, non sembra vogliano entrare in territorio iraniano

13 mar 18:20 - (Agenzia Nova) - "Ho parlato ieri con il presidente del Kurdistan iracheno, Nechirvan Barzani, che e' preoccupato, ma non mi... (Res)

Iraq: Tajani, I spoke with the Kurdish president, he doesn't seem to want to enter Iranian territory.

Mar 13 18:20 - (Agenzia Nova) - "I spoke with the president of the Iraqi Kurdistan, Nechirvan Barzani, yesterday, who is concerned, but not me..." (Res)

#Tajani #Kurdish #Iranian #AgenziaNova #Iraqi #Kurdistan #NechirvanBarzani

https://www.agenzianova.com/a/69b449175ad0d0.88134075/7142581/2026-03-13/iraq-tajani-ho-parlato-con-presidente-kurdistan-non-sembra-vogliano-entrare-in-territorio-iraniano

Domani: Le milizie dei curdi iracheni pronte a invadere l’Iran

The Kurdish Iraqi militias are ready to invade Iran.

#Kurdish #Iraqi

https://www.editorialedomani.it/idee/commenti/le-milizie-dei-curdi-iracheni-pronte-a-invadere-liran-iayi6qqp

Le milizie dei curdi iracheni pronte a invadere l’Iran

... Scopri di più!

Domani

Despite billions of US tax dollars spent and two weeks of planned #Pentagon & Israeli attacks on #Iran that have killed well over a thousand civilians, a “multitude” of intelligence reports from various govt agencies have furnished “consistent analysis that the regime is not in danger” of collapse. The hardline muslim govt “retains control of the Iranian public.” and similarly vetted assessments cast doubt on ability of rebel #Kurdish #militias to srly mount a sustained insurgency capable of destabilizing the state.

https://www.reuters.com/business/media-telecom/us-intelligence-says-iran-government-is-not-risk-collapse-say-sources-2026-03-11/