Anna Campbell was her name and Kurdistan
her nation — she died on March 15 2018, the Ides of March.
She was fighting as part of the all-female
Kurdish Women’s Protection Units, the YPJ.

She was 26 when she died 
a long way from Lewes in East Sussex where she was raised.
She was killed by a Turkish airstrike — the Islamist Turks NATO-empowered enemies of the Kurds.
Anna had dyed her blonde hair black so as to not stand out from her comrades in the YPJ.
A form of camouflage, maybe, to sustain her

She was the eighth Briton to be killed fighting for the YPG/YPJ: the first woman volunteer.
She wanted to help the weak and dispossessed against the mighty and the cruel
She knew fear but she still fought: she was brave.

Anna knew she was in mortal danger from ISIS and the Turks armed by NATO
Knowing how dangerous it was, she volunteered to defend Afrin, a Kurdish city, against the Islamo-Fascist Turks.
Her unit opened corridors for civilians to leave and delayed the invaders long enough to save thousands of lives

Anna had more humanity in her little finger than the whole international community

She is an inspiration and a hero for me: her memory will live as long in my memory
As those who fought Fascism in Spain,
As those who gave their lives so that we can dare to be free to fight.

 

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