{"id":129,"date":"2018-03-09T00:44:54","date_gmt":"2018-03-09T00:44:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.norn.is\/haukur\/?p=129"},"modified":"2021-03-13T15:16:20","modified_gmt":"2021-03-13T15:16:20","slug":"umfjollun-times","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.norn.is\/haukur\/umfjollun-times\/","title":{"rendered":"Umfj\u00f6llun Times"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.norn.is\/haukur\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2018\/03\/1.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.norn.is\/haukur\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2018\/03\/1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-130\"\/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>A pro-immigration activist who achieved fame protesting against Iceland\u2019s banking collapse ten years ago has been killed fighting for the Kurds in Syria, an example of how the war is galvanising the international left.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The death of Haukur Hilmarsson, 32, was announced on the Facebook page of the \u201cinternational freedom battalion\u201d of the YPG, the Kurdish militia that is allied to the West in the fight against Isis but is also fighting Turkey in the Afrin region.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Colleagues said that he was killed in a Turkish airstrike on February 24. \u201cIn death we say he has become immortal,\u201d the battalion\u2019s tribute said. \u201cFor we will never forget his struggle, his name and his example.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In 2008 Mr Hilmarsson led a protest after the collapse of Iceland\u2019s banks in which he placed the flag of a supermarket chain on the roof of parliament, implying that politicians had been bought. He also called for open borders. Recently he moved to Greece to work for refugees and migrants there and came into contact with the YPG through a Greek anarchist group, according to Icelandic media.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI am here to stand in solidarity with the revolution of Rojava and to fight alongside my comrades to defend what has already been achieved to further the ideals of confederalism,\u201d he said in a video posted online by the YPG. Rojava is the Kurdish name for the large areas of northern and eastern Syria under YPG control, and confederalism is the buzzword of its anarchist philosophy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Eva Hauksd\u00f3ttir, Mr Hilmarsson\u2019s mother, appealed for information about what had happened.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The YPG has attracted hundreds of international volunteers. Macer Gifford, a British fighter, said that Mr Hilmarsson had fought in the battle for Raqqa, Isis\u2019s former capital. 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