Article in other languages: – ESP – GER – ITA This landFertile with dreamsOpens our heartsIn a single heartThousands of souls liveBecause love has no bordersMy courageDoes not belong only to this bodyMy courageIs that of thousands of othersLoveHolds the whole universe togetherIt is the key to lifeAnd of our successThe brightest starsAre the comradesWho […]
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On the 6th of January, jihadist gangs and members of HTS started attacking the neighborhoods Skeikh Maqsoud and Ashrafiyah in Aleppo. Every kind of air and ground weapon was used against two small neighborhoods. In the face of these attacks, our commanders and fighters made no concessions and resisted from the very first day on.
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This article first appeared as a guest article in lowerclassmagazine. Article in other languages: CAT – ESP – GER – ITA It’s 4.30 in the morning. In the cold wind and rain we are gathering in front of the center of the people’s council of a small city in North-East Syria. In the spotlights of
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From 6 January onwards, a massacre unfolded in Aleppo. Turkey-affiliated jihadist groups carried out killings, torture, and executions, claiming the lives of hundreds of people. To this day, civilians continue to be abducted and tortured by the jihadist forces of Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS). It is reported that approximately 300 residents of Sheikh Maqsoud and
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History will remember that two neighborhoods fought against two hegemonic states. Resistance is life. Berxwedan jiyan e. This phrase is a philosophy in North and East Syria, everyone shouts it in the streets, during demonstrations or in everyday conversations. Resistance is the protection of life, of existence. It is about protecting one’s land, identity and
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Other languages: ITA – GER – KURDÎ In hierarchical and statist society systems, the most important political phenomenon is the conflict between the democratic element and the war and power clique. There is a constant struggle between the democratic elements based on communality—society’s mode of existence—and war and power cliques that disguise themselves as hierarchy
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