We, the Internationalist Commune of Rojava, declare our solidarity to the indigenous Mapuche people that is fighting for its rights and its land that is occupied by companies and the forces of the Chilean state. Dams for hydropower plants, landfills and roads are created on Wallmapu, the land of the Mapuche since decades. Deforestation rights […]
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von Anne-Marie Sariposa Um ehrlich zu sein, ich war doch sehr verwundert, mit welchen Haltungen die revolutionären Abenteurer*innen in Rojava unterwegs waren. Bevor ich dorthin abgereist war, habe ich mit Freund*innen und Genoss*innen unzählige Gespräche darüber geführt, wie es wohl zu schaffen sei, von dieser Revolution zu lernen, ohne sie auszunutzen oder ihr eine Bedeutung
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Por Anne-Sophie Mariposa “Tenías 35 años, hijos pequeños; te afiliaste no por placer, ganas de aventura o pura confusión adolescente. Lo hiciste porque no te quedaba otra opción, para vos estaba claro que esa era la vía, y porque no se puede vivir en la mentira y la comodidad, en la omisión militante, sin hacerse
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By Anne-Sophie Mariposa Translated from the German version in Kurdistan Report Before traveling to Rojava, I had much conversations with friends and comrades about how to make it possible to learn from this revolution without just taking advantage of it or putting it to meaning derived from my socialization at the heart of Capitalism. We
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Thoughts about democratic autonomy vs. nation state, by Duran Kalkan, member of the executive council of KCK in an interview with Kurdistan Report How can we understand democratic autonomy or democratic confederalism? Is it a system that is regionally specific and therefore only able to address the Kurdish population? I can explain the democratic autonomy
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by Duran Kalkan, Member of the Council of the KCK Translated from the German version in Kurdistan Report Undoubtedly, the success of a revolution depends on how strong its theory and practice is working in an regional, national and international frame. No revolution can be separated from the region and international struggles, and be successful
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von Duran Kalkan, Mitglied des Exekutivausschusses der KCK Zweifellos hängt der Erfolg einer Revolution auch davon ab, dass Theorie und Praxis sowohl national und regional wie auch international entwickelt und umgesetzt werden. Keine Revolution kann sich von ihrer Region und den internationalen Kämpfen losgelöst begreifen und allein national erfolgreich sein. Das wäre ein sehr beschränktes
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Solidarity is not a one-way charity undertaking by privileged activists, but a multidimensional process that contributes to the emancipation of everyone involved. A german man is not impressed with the grassroots democracy project in Rojava because he has seen something similar decades ago in Latin America. A French woman reproaches Kurdish women for a lack
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