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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Through two short texts a comrade of the Internationalist Commune tells those two cities through his own experience there. 1. Colonization and stolen history – The stolen brothers of Kobane. 2. After war and death, the liberation of life and of women – The women council of Raqqa. 1. Colonization and stolen history – The
From Raqqa to Kobane, from colonial past till today’s flourishing of the revolution. Read More »
The word internationalism might seem self explanatory, but it carries a long history. The concept has been evolving ever since the call, “Workers of the World Unite“ and the formation of the first international 150 years ago. But if we follow it down the winding path of struggle we see that with one face or
It´s A Small World- Internationalism In Our Time Read More »
Yesterday, as it is the tradition all over Kurdistan and over the world in the Kurdish diaspora and other internationalist revolutionary groups, we celebrated the 71st anniversary of Abdullah Ocalan by planting 71 trees at the Internationalist Commune site. But this day represents much more than just the celebration of Ocalan’s birthday. What is the
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As a „young person“ in growing up in the U.K. I often felt patronised, as if my perspective of the world was invalidated. It seemed like any time that my analyses didn‘t conform to expectations of society they were discarded on the basis of immaturity. So for me, seeing the revolutionary role of the youth
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The Komun Academy interviewed internationalists of the Internationalist Community. As a self-description, we want to publish the interview here too. “We need to strengthen the ability of the society to democratize and create itself” As the editorial team of Komun-Academy, we interviewed the Internationalist Commune of Rojava. As a political space for internationalist youth to
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