It’s common to hear internationalist groups and collectives talk about ‘democratic confederalism’ referred to as the ideological paradigm of the Kurdish Liberation Movement. Despite the fact that this concept has been useful to understand the ideological evolution of the movement, it remains somewhat incomplete, and it may be more appropriate to talk about Democratic Modernity. […]
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The next article was published in ROARmagazine, and is a great inspiration for the ecological works we are working on. Since the 1960s, the theory and praxis of social ecology have helped guide efforts to articulate a radical, counter-systemic ecological outlook with a goal of transforming society’s relationship to non-human nature. For many decades, social
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Conversations with the Kurdish Liberation Movement on ecological society and democratic confederalism. For 4000 years since the breakdown of the Akkadian Empire in Mesopotamia, almost every major societal collapse has featured five trends: spiralling migration, state collapse, food shortages, epidemic disease and climate change.[1] What makes the present era distinct is that whilst previous collapses
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Today 09.01.2018, it is the fifth anniversary of the deaths of Sehid Sara (Sakine Cansiz), Sehid Ronahi (Leyla Saylemez) and Sehid Rojbin (Fidan Dogan). Sehid Sara is one of the first women and founding member of the PKK (Kurdistan Workers’ Party). At a time when it was even harder for women to organize themselves politically
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Am 09.01.2018 jährt sich der Mord an Sehid Sara (Sakine Cansiz), Sehid Ronahi (Leyla Saylemez) und Sehid Rojbin (Fidan Dogan) zum fünften Mal. Sehid Sara ist eine der ersten Frauen und Gründungsmitglied der PKK (Arbeiterpartei Kurdistans). Zu einer Zeit in der es für Frauen noch viel schwieriger war, sich politisch zu organisieren und dem Feind
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Der internationalistischer Langer Marsch wird dieses Jahr vom 08-17 Februar 2018 stattfinden. Dazu hat Cîvaka Azad eine Pressemitteilung mit näheren Informationen geteilt. Die Pressemitteilung ist folgende: „Liebe Freundinnen und Freunde, seit dem langen Marsch im vergangenen Jahr haben wir in unserem Kampf für eine freie Gesellschaft jenseits von Staat, Macht und Gewalt große Erfolge erzielen
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Car* Amic* e Compagn* Dalla lunga marcia dello scorso anno siamo stati in grado di ottenere grandi vittorie nella nostra lotta per una società libera senza Stato, potere o violenza. Attraverso il suo impegno per la democrazia radicale, l’ecologia e la liberazione femminile e per il suo approccio visionario, il movimento curdo della libertà è
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Cher-e-s ami-e-s, Depuis la Grande Marche de l’année dernière, nous avons remporté des victoires considérables dans notre lutte pour une société libre, sans Etat, débarrassée du pouvoir et de la violence. Par son engagement pour la démocratie radicale, l’écologie et la libération de la femme, et grâce à son approche visionnaire, le Mouvement de Libération
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