Burning crops is a common strategy of repressive states. The Turkish State also regularly burns forests in occupied areas that refuse to submit to their rule. They often destroy villages in the process. On the one hand, this serves as collective punishment and as a warning to others. On the other hand, it is part […]
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The Internationalist Commune send our support to Solidarity Keeps Us Alive, a campaign to release all political prisoners whose lives and health are at serious risk due to Coronavirus pandemic. The campaign’s aims are- + To establish meaningful contact between prisoners, especially women, relatives and supporters and to make the situation and voices of the
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To start where the oppression begins, is the main key of social changes and rebuilding the values of a holistic world and life and society, says Jiyan, a German internationalist in northern Syria. Jiyan is a German internationalist who after the Sinjar massacre and the attack on Kobane in 2015 decided to travel to the
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Um uns mit der Frage zu beschäftigen, welche Rolle Junge Frauen als Internationalistinnen heute spielen, müssen wir uns zuerst mit der allgemeinen Situation in der Junge Frauen Leben beschäftigen. Die Realität Junger Frauen ist zuallererst die Vereinigung von zwei Identitäten: Die der Jugend und die der Frauen. In der Kurdischen Freiheitsbewegung wird die Rolle von
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In order to address the question of what role young women play as internationalists today, we must first look at the general situation young women’s live in. The reality of young women is first of all the union of two identities: that of youth and that of women. In the Kurdish Freedom Movement, the role
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The Autonomous Administration has just announced the extension of the anti-Corona quarantine measures for another ten days. This is a shorter period than before, and the curfew has also been amended to allow money exchanges to operate for two days a week. This was a common demand from the people here. Many families rely on
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Recent Turkish attacks have attempted to create conflict between the SDF and Regime forces in North and East Syria. The Turkish state has been unable to advance against the alliance of these forces, but hopes that conflict between them would create opportunities to do so. This is not a new strategy for Turkey – as
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As Corona exposes the fragility and callousness of the Nation-State system, the Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria is proving far more capable. In many ways the system is designed to operate well in times of challenge and crisis – and for years it has weathered war, embargo, and terrorism. Despite these constant pressures,
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